I have decided to choose City Harvest Community Services Association as my choice.
Image taken from: http://www.facebook.com/chcsa?v=feed&story_fbid=143299458853
Let me give you a brief history on the organisation.
“City Harvest Community Services Association (CHCSA) was established in March 1996. Championing the merits of active social care within our society, CHCSA has continually endeavoured to express the ethos of faith and hope in the human spirit through practical demonstrations of love to the community at large. This extends especially to those who are less fortunate, regardless of their race, language and religion.
CHCSA passionately believes in a culture of loving others fervently. With that, as of 31 December 2008, we have a dedicated group of 8 full-time staff and 842 volunteers who work toward fulfilling the vision of making a difference in our society. In 2008 alone, CHCSA provided 20,932 services to 15,239 unique individuals of which 6,314 were assisted on a regular basis.” “
Source: http://www.chcsa.org.sg/about_chcsa.htm
Screenshot taken from: http://www.chcsa.org.sg/
List of things that they have in the website.
- A brief history of them and their services for the needy.
- Statistic on the services provided for the various groups.
- Other works that involved the community.
- Events calendar for that period of year.
- Provides photo gallery and videos.
- Their involvement in the tsunami operation.
- Contact details were provided.
Well there are everything that you need to know about them. How to get yourself register for blood donation, upcoming events and to get you started as a volunteer. However, I think there are much to be improve to increase the awareness.
How to increase the awareness of the organisation in the society?
Firstly, I think they should tell the viewers on their website that they have a facebook and twitter accounts so that more people will get updated with their events and use youtube for sharing their videos online to encourage more viewers to support their events. With facebook, they can really share their thoughts and show how people can contribute to the organisation as part of doing a good deed.
CHCSA in facebook & twitter
Screenshot taken from: http://www.facebook.com/chcsa?v=feed&story_fbid=143299458853
Screenshot taken from; http://twitter.com/search?q=chcsa
Secondly, they should work hand in hand with Mediacorp because I think they should make a documentary on the life stories of staffs and volunteers who have work together to show their passion and love towards humanity. I think it is the best way to spread the awareness that there is such an organisation who are willing to help those who need them. With all the awards that they have gained, why not show to the rest of Singaporeans how they are dedicated and their willingness to help one another no matter what background you came from.
Lastly, they should make an online forum to the viewers who would like to share their thoughts and opinions on upcoming events and how they can help the organisation. This forum will form new friendships and everyone can relate to each other the importance of caring to the community. That will be great to know new people , interact one another and finally get to meet them in person during the event.
In conclusion, I do hope that the organisation are working hard to make themselves acknowledge by the locals even though not many of us know about them because mainly we either do not bother to check on them or there are too many organisations that are doing the same thing which is helping those in need. Through these writings, I have learned that there are such organisations and now I know a few of them too.
