infinITE Issue 116 - Institute of Technical Education

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STARS
New Life with Tie-Dye
Students organise tie-dye workshop and fashion show for
good cause
by Jamie Chan
Promoting Inclusiveness: The team posed for a
picture with students with disabilities from ITE
College Central and the MDAS.
It is possible to reinvent old clothes into
hip fashion wear with a simple solution:
tie-dye. Students Dinah Syafiqah Bte
Jallal, Seri Nabilah Binte Rizal, Nur Hazirah
Bte Abd Rashid, Siti Nasuha Bte Ramlee,
Jasmin Bte Zulkifli Yeo and Brandon
New Weilong were inspired by a fellow
classmate, Pavanjit Singh Sandhu, who
suffers from spina bifida (a birth defect in
which the backbone and spinal canal do
not close before birth) and is wheelchair
bound. They held a tie-dye workshop on
19 January 2013 at ITE College Central,
and invited eight physically-challenged
students from ITE College Central and
the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Singapore (MDAS) to participate in the
event.
During the event, participants learned
the art of tie-dyeing, and enjoyed a
fashion runway show where nine models
of different body types showcased tiedye
creations on the runway. By giving
old or plain apparels a new lease of life
through tie-dye, the team hoped to also
encourage youth to be environmentally
friendly, while embracing other youths
with physically-challenged. In addition,
the students helped raise funds towards
beneficiaries from the MDAS through
ticket sales for the workshop and fashion
runway, as well as sales of tie-dye tote
bags on campus.
Promoting Inclusiveness and
Awareness about Disabilities
“Pavanjit is our classmate and friend,
and we are inspired by his positive
attitude. We decided that since
we were aiming to raise funds for
beneficiaries under MDAS, we could
also use this event to create awareness
about disabilities among students in
ITE,” Dinah said.
Dinah and her friends had tapped
on the Central Singapore Community
Development Council (CDC)’s Mayor’s
Imagine Fund (MIF), which encourages
youth volunteerism and supports youths
who wish to implement communityrelated
initiatives and projects. The group
received a $2,600 start-up grant from MIF
to make their vision a reality.
Ms Sherena Loh, Executive Director,
MDAS, shared her support for the
project, “We are glad that these youths
have included various aspects of society
in their project. Their invitation to
members of MDAS to participate in the
tie-dye workshop really drives home the
element of inclusion in the programme,
and indeed makes it a holistic outreach
effort.”
Sharing and Helping: ITE students helped MDAS
members with their tie-dye work during the workshop.
Beauty Comes in All Shapes: Models of different
looks walked down the runway to promote the
‘new’ tie-dyed fashionwear.
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