3. External VIA

Dear Eunoians who are doing your External VIA,

Thank you for being a changemakers in your journey to do good for the community.

This page serves to provide you with the information required to plan and implement the VIA project, as well as to render support in doing so.  You may click on the tabs accordingly to find out more!

Student Initiated External VIA Guidelines:

• Students can choose to do their projects with any Volunteering Welfare Organizations (VWOs) and Non-Profit Organizations (NPOs) externally.

• Students are encouraged to show regular involvement like volunteering with an organization or projects where the student is actively involved through planning. You are strongly encourage to submit projects that demonstrated more than 10 hours in commitment as a participant.

• Projects which are done in with profit-maximising organisations, religious context, exchanged for monetary benefits or services rendered with personal benefits will not be recognized.

• The VIA Project has to be done in collaboration with an established external VWO and non-profit organisation. Projects such as food distribution with family in a hometown overseas will not be considered as an official record.

• For all CAP and PW projects, please approach your respective Teachers to get the endorsements and advice if it is included in External VIA. 

In EJC, you may choose a cause that you truly believe in and start your own initiative via Student Initiated External VIA Projects! This will be done on your own accord as you choose the organizations and volunteer with them. Do note that projects should not focus on fundraising as the only element. 

Start something:

Here are the 3 steps to initiate a VIA

Step 1: Fill up the proposal form 

Step 2: Teacher in charge to approves and email you. 

Step 3: Upon approval, you may carry out the initiated VIA activities on the proposed date. 

Start somewhere: 

Here are the 3 steps to participate in a VIA 

Step 1: Sign up for a community project that fullfills the guideline above

Step 2: You may carry out the initiated VIA activities on the proposed date. 

At the end of the project, all Student-Initiated External VIA projects need to be submitted within 2 weeks to this link for official recording.

Submissions can include soft copy documents, including organization letters which include activity name, roles, event start date, and event date. These documents should be uploaded on the form. Should there be no such documents, you may send the link above to the organization for the official endorsement of your involvement. Please note that we do not accept sign-up emails as an endorsement.

Guidelines for Advocacy

Do note that fundraising activities should not be conducted within the school premises. This policy ensures that all advocacy efforts remain focused on raising awareness and driving change through educational and community-based initiatives, rather than financial contributions.

The parameters for advocacy are as follows: