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MINDS’ Vision To be a world-class voluntary welfare organisation that advances the development, well-being and aspirations of persons with intellectual disability and their integration into society MINDS Headquarters 800 Margaret Drive Singapore 149310 Tel: 6479 5655 Fax: 6479 0706 Website: www.minds.org.sg MINDS Centres Idea Employment Development Centre 29 Rosyth Road, Singapore 546190 Tel: 6282 4852 Fax: 6280 5078 SIA-MINDS Employment Development Centre 800 Margaret Drive, Singapore 149310 Tel: 6473 1148 Fax: 6473 3885 Woodlands Employment Development Centre 30 Woodlands Ring Road, #01-02 Singapore 737883 Tel: 6366 3966 Fax: 6366 7422 Ang Mo Kio Training & Development Centre Blk 134 Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, #01-1677 Singapore 560134 Tel: 6456 4174 Fax: 6456 0570 Clementi Training & Development Centre Blk 304 Clementi Ave 4, #01-487 Singapore 120304 Tel: 6776 8743 Fax: 6776 8741 Napiri Training & Development Centre 7 Lorong Napiri, Singapore 547533 Tel: 6387 7662 Fax: 6387 3357 MINDS Special Education Schools Fernvale Gardens School 7 Fernvale Road, Singapore 797635 Tel: 6481 6697 Fax: 6483 2631 Lee Kong Chian Gardens School 802 Margaret Drive, Singapore 149311 Tel: 6473 8332 Fax: 6473 4776 Towner Gardens School 1B Lengkong Lima, Singapore 417557 Tel: 6446 2612 Fax: 6243 7498 Woodlands Gardens School 30 Woodlands Ring Road, #01-01 Singapore 737883 Tel: 6468 0566 Fax: 6468 2142 MINDS Home MINDSville@Napiri 7 Lorong Napiri Singapore 547533 Tel: 6387 7662 Fax: 6387 3357 MINDS Social Enterprise 800 Margaret Drive Singapore 149310 Tel: 6473 7512 (ext.244) Fax: 6473 0831 mindspeak: the heartvoice of special people CONTENTS 2 Message from the CEO 3 Interview with Mrs Jaya Mohideen 4 National Day Heartland Celebrations @ South West District 5 The Flame within our Youths 7 WGS Jaguar Scout Group Bagged Silver Award! 8 The Kool Kidz of TGS 9 Fun Fit @ FGS 10 Outings at The Eastern Shores of Singapore 10 Off to the Singapore Flyer 11 HSBC Helped to Improve the Lives of Low-Income Families 12 MINDS Community Group Home 12 Visiting Group from Macau 13 A Cut above the Rest: Enhancing a Client’s Employability 14 Successful Open Employment at WEDC 14 Christmas Gifts from MINDS Craft 15 Being Able 16 Our Overseas Learning Journey to Adelaide 17 Occupational Therapy in MINDS EDCs Advisory Committee The Public Relations, Education & Communications Committee Chairman: Boo Chong Han Members: Doreen Yap | Daniel Tan | Keh Eng Song | Desiree Lim Editorial Committee Advisors: Keh Eng Song | Jeannie Ho Editor: Desiree Lim Members: Anthony Tan | Jenny Alexander | Josephine Ong | Suzana Soo | Paul Sin | Prema Thevarajah | Ng Mun Wai | Stephen Shi | Koh Gee May | Ling Chong Beng | Rose Kwek | Rosalyn Peng | Shafiyah Sarwan | Mike Koh | Mimi Tan | Gerald Ng MINDSpeak is published by the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (MINDS). Designed and printed by adamsapple. © Copyright is held by the publisher. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any forms or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recordings or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. All views and opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of publisher.
Message from the CEO Welcome to the second issue of our revamped MINDSpeak. Our first revamped issue of MINDSpeak published in August received many positive feedbacks from our readers saying that they enjoyed the refreshing and attractive newsletter. Thank you for these encouraging words. We certainly welcome any feedback and ideas from you on how we can better engage and inspire all our stakeholders through this newsletter. In this issue, we bring an insightful interview with our Advisor, Mrs Jaya Mohideen. Mrs Mohideen has been with MINDS since September 2001 as a Board Member and became President of MINDS from September 2003 to September 2009. Her contributions to MINDS and our clients with intellectual disability have been numerous and significant and we look up to her as an agent of change – someone who studies the present, envisions the future, and makes a positive difference everyday. Read the inspiring stories about our four MINDS pupils and clients who were the torchbearers for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games Singapore which took place in August 2010, and a proud moment for our Woodlands Gardens School’s Jaguar Scout group for receiving silver in the Frank Cooper Sands Award. Without a doubt, our clients are equally able if given the opportunity. We are thankful to HSBC for helping 18 families to make their homes a better place for study as part of its 2010 Corporate Responsibility Challenge. In fact, there are many other corporations doing similar deeds for our clients that we are very grateful for. Finding open employment for our clients with moderate to severe intellectual disability is a major challenge for MINDS. We share with you our centres’ efforts in trying to get national certification for our clients and thus enhance their employability, as well as one success story out of Woodlands Employment Development Centre. With patience and perseverance, we are confident that many more will be able to join the workforce in open employment through our Job Placement and Job Support Programme. This issue also marks an important milestone in the history of MINDS; the launch of MINDS’ Community Group Home Project. We have been preparing a group of male and female hostel residents from our MINDSville@Napiri Hostel/Group Home since 2005 to live in a non-institutionalised environment within the community. MINDS transitional Group Home in MINDSville@Napiri is modeled after a typical HDB unit so that higher functioning clients on open employment can be trained to live independently and be integrated into mainstream society. We are happy that a group of five residents has moved into two rented HDB flats since May this year. The Project also received a Special Mention in the NCSS inaugural Outstanding VWO Award 2010 (Innovation) during the recent NCSS Members’ Conference. We are now looking at selecting and training the next batch of residents to join the pioneers. As we approach the end of the year where festive spirits fill the air, let’s not forget about the continual strive of our staff, donors, volunteers and caregivers for our pupils and clients with intellectual disability. Thank you all and I look forward to another great year where more can, and will, be done for them. Enjoy the upcoming festive seasons. Don’t forget to shop for your festive gifts from our MINDS Craft. Mr Keh Eng Song Chief Executive Officer MINDS mindspeak: the heartvoice of special people 02
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