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A survey conducted by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, a national body that promotes and develops volunteerism and philanthropy across all sectors in Singapore, revealed that 23 per cent of Singapore youths aged between 15–24 years were volunteers, the highest among all age groups1.

It is heartening to note that our students compare favourably with the national average as every one in three NUS undergraduates is a volunteer2.

In the year of review, our students raised about S$540,000, with a collection of over S$443,000 from Flag Day 2009 alone.
 
Other noteworthy events include:
   
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 A Charity Run organised by Kent Ridge Hall which raised a sum of S$60,000 in aid of the Children’s Cancer Foundation.
   
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 A donation drive by the NUS Students Union and Graduate Students’ Society which collected close to S$19,000 for the victims of Typhoon Ketsana and the Padang earthquake.
   
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 Charity Fiesta 2009 and Breakers’ Day 2009 by the NUS Students’ Union Volunteer Action Committee which collectively raised S$10,000.
 
Apart from fund-raising efforts, students from various faculty clubs and societies were involved in community service projects, at home and abroad. Some of the local projects included the provision of direct service to a wide spectrum of special needs groups such as the intellectually disabled, mentally ill, elderly as well as disadvantaged youths and family.
 
 
Many of our students also participated in Overseas Service Learning trips such as Youth Expedition Projects where they volunteered for 2–3 week stints in the region. Some of these were:
 
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 A youth expedition trip to New Delhi, India organised by NUS Students’ Muslim Society to assist a local NGO Salaam Baalak Trust in providing support services for street children.
   
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 Power Up Serdang 2010, a community service project by NUS Students’ Nursing Sub-Club to promote the healthcare needs of local villagers in Serdang Village, Medan, Indonesia.
   
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 Project Greenheart, an expedition to Phnom Penh, Cambodia by the NUS Environmental Science and Engineering Sub-Club to provide a clean and renewable source of energy to the students of Lavalla School.
   
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 Project Mam Xanh 2009, a community service project by NUSSU Volunteer Action Committee to construct and refurbish a primary school and conduct an educational camp for children and youths in a village community in Vietnam.
 
Apart from community service, our students are also involved in eco projects which aim to raise awareness of environmental sustainability among the campus community. The main environmental student body at NUS, Students Against Violation of the Earth (SAVE), takes the lead in initiating meaningful programmes to promote social responsibility towards the environment. These programmes include the NUS Green Carnival, Earth Hour and various energy and waste management projects.
 
1 The Straits Times, “Youth rally round charitable causes”, 16 January 2010
2 Cited from Undergraduate Volunteerism & Social Giving Survey 2009
 
 
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