Chinese New Year Outreach
acts29 will be having a Chinese New Year Outreach on 31st Jan Saturday from 930am to 1130am. We need volunteers for this event and hopefully these volunteers after the CNY outreach would like to continue a 1 year outreach program.
Those interested to volunteer for the outreach can email me at:
sherlyn@acts29mission.org
Who are we reaching out to?
Households in 1 room rental flats in Toa Payoh
Mostly elderly living alone
What will we be doing there?
As we have collated data on the households we'll be visit them and get to know them.
What do we need?
We need volunteers who can go around to befriend the residents.
We need donations of foodstuff.
1. Bread (white or wholemeal)
2. Fruits
3. Coffee/Tea
check back here as we update the list this week
What do we need to do before the outreach?
Those who have signed up as volunteers need to pick up some dialect. Teochew/Hokkien/Cantonese. Volunteers will be assigned to the various households according to the dialects they can communicate in.
What words should a volunteer learn in dialect?
Volunteers should be able to converse in simple dialect. Volunteers should be able to introduce themselves (name, where they live, why they are here, what they are currently doing e.g. study or work)
How are you?
Have you eaten?
What is your name?
What do you like to eat?
What do you do during the day?
What do you like to do?
How can I help you?
What happens after the visit?
Each adopted household will have their own individual needs. We'll come up with a year plan based on what we know about the households. Hopefully enough volunteers can come forward to take up a one year commitment.
If you're free on Saturday morning, please sign up and use this opportunity to love God's people! :)
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2 comments:
Can I suggest that acts29 consider working with Lions Befrienders or the senior activity centres nearby as I think they are quite well penetrated in that area and taking care of the needs of the elderly there.
Also, LB provides the same services - befriending and food ration to the same target grp - vulnerable elderly
Thanks for pointing this out! :)
acts29 makes it a point to find out what non-profit organizations are doing for the residents whom we reach out to and we communicate with them to ensure that we don't duplicate our work. So we're aware of the CARE corner on the ground floor of Blk 5. However acts29's outreach is different from Lion Befrienders or other non-profit organizations.
Usually volunteers arrange for activities e.g performances, dinner/lunch/outing/parties/provide meals and rations. Angel Networkk does not focus on these things. We focus on mission: encounter and dialogue.
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