Supported Living Overnight Program 23-25 Oct 2009 (Fri - Sun)

Activities:
i) Leadership Skills Training Program by SEGI College - Recap

Objectives:
- To give an opportunity to partipants to give feedback about what they learnt to the other group members





Activities:
i) Pravena Farewell Day.

Objectives:
- To thank volunteer Pravena from University Malaya for her great effort and assistance throughout her Placement with D&S. The youth presented a beautiful Thank You card with signatures from all members and shared a few words of appreciation.

Supported Living Day Program 19 October 2009

Activities:
i) Visiting the family Mr Chanthiran for Deepavali Open House.

Objectives:
- To teach the group skills for appropriate social behavior when in someone else's house.

We were kindly invited by this family to their open house, this was great, considering many do not get a chance to visit their indian friends during festivals. We got lost for a while but eventually managed to find the place. We presented a gift of fruits and a Deepavali Card signed by our youth.
We were served by great Deepavali themed delicacies with thosai, muruku with chicken and lamb.
At the end of the short but sweet visit, each of our youth was given a Deepavali Angpow! It was a thoroughly enjoyable day in the spirit of ` One Malaysia `!!

Supported Living Overnight Program 10-11 Oct 2009 (Sat - Sun)

Activities:
i) Games and Fun activities with Help University Students

Objectives:
- To teach the group skills for better communication.
a) How to start a conversation
b) How to accept NO in a positive manner.
4 Students from Help University College spent some quality time with our youth by playing group games and fun activities. They did very well and kept the activities and games simple but fun for our youth to participate. This was their first experience and they were very effective in conducting a teaching session which included every individual no matter how severe their disabilities



ii) Discussion about The Meaning of Deepavali

Objectives:
Pravena from University Malaysia Student shared some brief details about her knowledge of Deepavali. Very interesting celebration. Now, we know why its celebrated in such a colourful way.

Supported Living Overnight Program 26-29 Sept 2009 (Sat - Tue)

Activities:
i) 26th Sept: Segi College, Developing Leadership Skills Workshop: organized by Adventure Club / Dayspring and in partnership with Leaderonomics.
ii) 3 Days 2 Nights at Awana Genting

Objective:
The aim was to build leadership skills, self confidence and to learn the basics of public speaking. 4 SL members were there to participate in this event. The event was fairly well organized with simple yet understandable presentation and each group was supported by a facilitator from Segi / Leaderonomics and supporters from each organizations. The workshop was packed with lots of fun games and activities. The presentators were funny and entertaining. Our group had enjoyed it so much.





The main reason of going for an outing or camping is to teach the youth on how to pack lightly for convenient traveling because they all will be carrying their own bags and stuffs. Also, to learn independent skills on managing own self. Before the outing/camping, we reminded the youth to pack properly and try to keep things light for easy carrying. Make sure they have enough clothing, toiletries, plastic bags for dirty clothing, money and documents.
We did a powerpoint presentation about appropriate social interaction skills and how to respect each other within the group. For example bullying, we raised the point that all this doesn't only happen in the outside world but also in our own group. We asked each other if any of this ever happened to them and most of them said yes, whether in school, in public or anywhere else. They expressed their feelings and opinions to the group. We also did a recap about Appropriate Clothing since we were going to a Restaurant Buffet at Awana.
We had a buffet dinner at Awana, thanks to one of the SL parents for kindly supporting us. Although we did Appropriate clothing presentation that day, some of the youth still came with unsuitable dress to the restaurant. We need to be stronger in our approach with this subject in the future. (Where are the fashion police?). We enjoyed the buffet dinner and later were entertained by the local trio singers band, playing and singing evergreen songs. The youth took the chances to dedicate songs and danced and sang the night away. Before returning to our hotel, we played in the arcade nearby and just had fun.

Supported Living Day Program 19 September 2009

Activities:
i) Discussion about The Meaning of Hari Raya
Objectives:
- To teach the youth, myself included, the meaning of Hari Raya.
- Why do we puasa? What is Hari Raya? and why do we celebrate it? (Thanks to Wikipedia and my vaguely memories of what i learned in high school)
We managed to create a simple yet understandable powerpoint as a presentation to bring some understanding to the youth about Hari Raya. So now i think we all understand a little bit about this festival, something that is very important living in a multireligious community.



ii) Discussion about Appropriate Clothing
Objectives:
- To increase their knowledge and awareness about appropriate dressing.
We strongly feel a need to do this because of the inappropriate choice of wardrobe for various activities and event, and the need for age appropriate choice of clothes. Well, we don't really know whether that was their fashion statement or them being artistic and wanted to express themselves but we think it's too much "expression" to handle. We hope this brings some changes into their wardrobes.