About Uni-YMCA

Uni-YMCA is a dynamic club that aims to cultivate servant leadership in our members, through reaching out to the community. We are affiliated to YMCA Singapore, and therefore share the YMCA Vision in helping the under-privileged and less fortunate amongst us. In order to fulfill our mission, we have branched out into various sub-committees such as Local & International Community Service as well as Social Enterprise. We are constantly brainstorming for events to further our cause, hence the birth of our new Freshman Camp! We believe this is a perfect opportunity for all of us to laugh, cheer and have fun, while contributing to a good cause!

More about the CAMP!
Because we’re a service-oriented club, our camp will also have service-oriented activities! Besides fun and games, there are also programmes lined up for participants to engage in local community service projects. Rest assured that this camp will be exciting and enjoyable at the same time. Take this chance to get away from stress, relax and meet new friends!

To sign up please CLICK HERE

More About Go Green
Go Green for the Community aims to develop the notion of the community giving back to the community through recycling efforts.
For this project, volunteers will collect old newspaper and old clothes from the residents and will exchange them for groceries like instant noodles and rice. These groceries will then be donated to the needy families in the constituency.
Before the distribution, volunteers will have to conduct house visits to the needy families. These visits seek to expose the volunteers to the problems facing the families, so that they can better understand their situation. Also, it helps to give assurance to the needy families that they are being taken care of. During the visit, the volunteers can brief the volunteers on what are the schemes available to them. After the visits, the families will be then be “classified” according of their level of need. The “more needy” families will receive a larger share of the groceries. The groceries will all be distributed to all the families just before Chinese New Year. We will seek to give them any additional services possible as well.

If you are interested or need more information you can sign up at the form at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDViMmRqMG0yQUFTY05icThmSl95MkE6MQ.

For any other queries, please email Julia at julialim_1990@hotmail.com. We look forward to your participation!

Thank you!

Go Green for the Community aims to develop the notion of the community giving back to the community through recycling efforts.

For this project, volunteers will collect old newspaper and old clothes from the residents and will exchange them for groceries like instant noodles and rice. These groceries will then be donated to the needy families in the constituency.
Before the distribution, volunteers will have to conduct house visits to the needy families. These visits seek to expose the volunteers to the problems facing the families, so that they can better understand their situation. Also, it helps to give assurance to the needy families that they are being taken care of. During the visit, the volunteers can brief the volunteers on what are the schemes available to them. After the visits, the families will be then be “classified” according of their level of need. The “more needy” families will receive a larger share of the groceries. The groceries will all be distributed to all the families just before Chinese New Year. We will seek to give them any additional services possible as well.

We are currently looking for passionate and responsible individuals to come forward and join us in organising committee comprising both NUS students and YEC!

** Thus, if you are interested in embarking this journey to impact the less fortunate, please sign up at https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dC11UjB1cTVqck40QXhmTzcxbEc4MHc6MQ OR email Julia for more details: julialim_1990@hotmail.com.

We know how troublesome it is for you to sign up individually, especially if you’re coming as a group. So if you do plan to come with friends, only ONE of you will have to download the sign up form and fill up the contact details! Simply indicate your friends’ names in the sign up form and they will automatically be added to our guestlist (:

Hope this helps! Do drop us comments here on wordpress if you have any trouble!

Hi guys! Do come down and get to know more about Uni-Y, an extention of YMCA on campus! Leveraging on YMCA’s resources allows Uni-Y Members to participate in training programmes, local & international conferences and various internships worldwide. These programmes will grant you opportunities to:

- do fund raising & source for sponsorships;
- pitch ideas & news to the media;
- manage team dynamics;
and most of all
- share the love & contribute back to the community!  ♥

If you’re interested in signing up for the welcome tea, sign up forms will be available soon here on our blog (check back again!). In the meantime, feel free to drop comments here on our wordpress regarding any queries or feedback! (:

We look forward to seeing you on the 24th!

Some of you might have stumbled into here or happen to saw one of our posters! So here are more information about us and why you should become part of us!

Why You Should Join Us!

Because Uni-Y:
1) Offers comprehensive training programmes for Uni-Y members – YMCA’s Leadership & Management Programme etc.
2) Leverages on YMCA’s resources (in terms of offering overseas internships and exposure to international conferences).
3) Encourages volunteerism work in viable and sustainable projects.
4) Provides the opportunity to become skilled at event management through large-scaled conferences, local and overseas community service projects (e.g. trips to Cambodia, Vietnam, China).

5) Offers the platform to cultivate local and international friendships.

Last but not the least, “the sky is really your limit”; Uni-Y (in collaboration with YMCA) has YMCA is able to help turn bold and meaningful ideas into reality.

In addition, you can also gain hands-on experience in:
1) Fund raising and sourcing for sponsorship
2) Pitching ideas and news to the media
3) Managing the team dynamics to achieve the team’s objectives
4) MOST IMPORTANTLY: SHARE the LOVE and CONTRIBUTE back to the community

Interested parties can download the sign up form on the right side of the webpage. Fill up the form and email it to nusuniy@gmail.com!

The Uni-Y@NTU Football For Cause 2010 is a social enterprise project that integrates elements of charity and service learning in a sporting event to raise funds for our local community service programmes which serves to meet the social and physical needs of our elderly folk.

It is a one day tournament on the 29th of May, so grab your friends, form a team and register NOW!

16 teams will go head to head in a round robin tournament at the NTU softball pitch with the winners grabbing attractive prizes!

Just $70.00 to register a team of 10 players! You can register online at http://footballforcause.readingkids.org/

For more information please contact us at uniy@ntu.edu.sg

This is the (tentative) schedule for the day:

We need 8 groups of 15 – 20 pax!

The group representative can contact Li Wen @ 65862352 / liwen@ymca.org.sg directly.

The details of the briefing are as follows:

Date: 19 March2010, Friday  – Each group sends only 4 volunteer leaders to attend briefing
Time: 7pm – 9pm
Venue: YMCA Building, level 4

Light refreshments will be provided

UNI-Y CAMBODIA YEP MAY 2010

1)      Uni-Y YEP Cambodia May 2010 offers you the opportunity to spend time ( yes, I mean a lot of time!) with children and youths (5 to 21 years of age) from an orphanage!

2)      This service learning trip entails the erection of a fence around the orphanage, conducting English lessons for them, and other ad-hoc projects!

3)      Trips to the Angkor Wat, Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng (the genocide) museum will be facilitated to understand the circumstances and culture of the local people. (trust me this is NOT the highlight of the trip)

4)      This project is the continuation of previous projects and there will be other teams to follow. So you can bet that what you do there is really substantial in helping the orphanage!

Duration: 2 weeks (tentatively 8th to 22th of May, +3 days)

Cost: <$650 after YEP subsidy

For more information, please contact Joseph at +90663731 and email to uniycambodia@gmail.com or joseph.yap.zy@gmail.com to indicate your interest! Please include your name, faculty and contact number.

For eg, “Hi!! I am xxxxxxx from faculty of xxxxxx and i’m interested to go to Cambodia!”

Hope to hear from you soon!

Fast Facts of Cambodia

1) The crown-jewel of the Khmer Empire was the city of Angkor, centered around the temple of Angkor Wat. Construction began in the 890s, and Angkor served as the seat of power for more than 500 years. At its height Angkor covered more area than modern-day New York City.

2) In 1975 the Khmer Rouge won the civil war, and set to work creating an agrarian communist utopia by exterminating political opponents, monks and priests, and educated people in general. Just four years of Khmer Rouge rule left 1 to 2 million Cambodians dead- about 1/5 of the population.

3) Cambodia has arguably the most interesting history in South East Asia, but it still remains in the third world.