singapore Archive
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The passion spurs her on: 77 years old and still volunteering
Posted on May 6, 2011 | 1 CommentShe had gone through operations with 32 stitches in her legs and metal bars are lodged within both her legs, but that did not deter Helen Soh (77) from taking public transport to volunteer with the Singapore Red Cross. It is the passion that keeps her going. -
Singapore: “What are the challenges our world faces today?”
Posted on August 26, 2010 | No Comments“Climate change” said the badminton player from USA. “Racism” said the athlete from Cyprus, “Malaria” added the two girls from Mali. These young athletes did not take long to identify today’s most important global issues when we asked them during out workshop on humanitarian storytelling. -
Singapore: RESPECT!
Posted on August 25, 2010 | No CommentsMoon Dae Sun was not a very popular gold medallist. At least not in the sports arena immediately after he had knocked out his opponent after two minutes in the taekwondo final. However, Moon Dae Sun went back to the knocked out finalist, helped him stand up and arm-in-arm, they went around the arena to greet and thank the audience. Speaking to young athletes during our workshop, Moon Dae Soon’s key message was to treat everybody with respect... -
Singapore: The spirit and the spirits!
Posted on August 25, 2010 | 1 CommentYou get evidence of this “experience” every minute and every hour spent the village, where young athletes from all over the world curiously try to learn more about other countries by visiting the many booths – these days from the Americas and the Pacific – and playing foosball and other games as well as taking photos with each other of course... -
Singapore: intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding
Posted on August 24, 2010 | 2 CommentsThey were in very high spirits, these four girls from the Angolan handball team, when they arrived at our booth late last night. Doing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with your teammates watching in cheering can quite an ordeal, but once they got “in to it”, everybody wanted to try. And then they wanted to do the anti-choking exercise, but they all skipped out when it came to bandaging. -
Singapore: Reflecting on the difference we make
Posted on August 22, 2010 | No CommentsIt was at CEP that I had the chance to meet many talented athletes, as well as double Olympian, Hamish Carter and 6-time Paralympic athlete Robert Balk. Even though both Hamish and Robert are champions of their own causes, the ones that truly inspired me were the young athletes who had big dreams of how they will change the world. -
Singapore: youth athletes inspire youth volunteers
Posted on August 18, 2010 | No CommentsBeing able to discuss and talk about humanitarian issues with the Olympic athletes at the Youth Olympics Games (I) currently be hosted in Singapore is one of the greatest opportunities offered to youth volunteers in Singapore for some years. "Meeting people such as this has made me rethink the way that I look at myself as a person, and adds rich meaning to my volunteering experience with the Red Cross." -- Cheong Mao Lin, volunteer of the Singapore Red Cross. -
Youth Olympics: Singapore youth bring Red Cross Red Crescent to the games
Posted on August 16, 2010 | 1 CommentFrom 14-26 August, Singapore plays host to the inaugural Youth Olympic Games. Some 5,000 athletes and officials from the 205 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are attending the games, along with estimated 1,200 media representatives, 20,000 local and international volunteers, and more than 370,000 spectators, and the Red Cross Red Crescent is supporting the cultural and education programme of the games.
