Red Cross Place Based Learning

This activity will be facilitated by Red Cross Volunteers

Objectives of Activity

1) Understand the importance of clean water through:

• Singapore’s 4 National Taps

• Minimum amount of water for survival

2) The RoamFilterPlus (RFP) and how it helps in a crisis.

• Intro of water filtration system (practice and try)

• Ways of Filtering water

3) Experience filtering and transporting water through the “Clean Water”

• An obstacle course activity to transport water without spilling.

• To appreciate Singapore’s clean water supply and;

• Do our parts to sustain and preserve sources of clean water.

This activity will be facilitated by Red Cross Volunteers

Objectives of Activity

1) Understand the impacts of civil emergencies

• emergencies around the world

• what Red Cross and other humanitarian organisation do to help

2) What if you are in an emergency

• Intro to the Go-bag

• Activity and discussion on what goes into the Go-bag

3) Vigilance and Resilience

(1) Be thankful

• You may feel that the distance you trekked is long but there are refugees who go much further just to stay alive.

• You may feet tired and your feet hurt but there are people who won't feel that because they have no legs or are bed-ridden.

• You may feel deprived of comfort items like air con and cold drinks but many out there are without even basic necessity.

(2) Be prepared

• Threat to our way of life and even our lives is always there.

• SGSecure: it's not a matter of "if" but "when". Think back to SARS, COVID-19, Haze etc. Many other threats like climate change, rising sea level beyond the horizon. Are we prepared physically and mentally?

(3) Be willing to serve

• Doing our part - give and contribute where we can.

• Red Cross, OBS Alumni and many other organisation out there.

• Pay it forward.

Are you of the opinion that you have a messy life?  The fact that you can read this right now shows that you are more lucky than more than half the population of the world. You don’t believe us? Let the facts speak for themselves

1. 4.3 billion People (More than half the population of the world) live on less than $2 a day.

2. 100 million go to bed hungry every night.

3. 842 million people in the world do not have enough to eat

4. 780 million people lack access to an improved water source; approximately one in nine people

5. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness you are more blessed than the million people who will not survive this week.

6. If you can read this article you are more fortunate than 785 million adults in the world who cannot read it at all.

7. ONE BILLION people still don't own a mobile phone

8. And a third of the world does not have access to the internet

9. 17,000 kids will die today of starvation.

10. If you can afford to eat 3 meals a day for 3 weeks straight, you are in the top 15% of the richest people in the world

11. 2.5 billion people, don’t have access to a toilet.

12. If you have a bed, fridge, closet and a roof over your head, you are richer than 75 percent of the world.

13. If you have a bank account you are richer than 35 percent of the population.

14. If you have 1,000 in your wallet and owe no one you are richer than 25% of Americans

15. If you have money in the bank, your wallet, and some spare change you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.

Are you still complaining?