The Raffles Girls' School (RGS) Year 1 Service-Learning programme, which began in 2013, has formed a valuable partnership with FaithActs to provide students with opportunities to perform meaningful community services. This collaboration aligns with FaithActs' mission to impact, change, and transform lives in the community. 

This year, 280 students and approximately 25 staff and parent-volunteers organised mini-carnivals and visited 26 seniors’ homes between 12-14 March. This initiative demonstrates the programme's commitment to engaging students in real-world community service and fostering intergenerational connections. The students, guided by their teachers, designed interactive games for the community, showcasing their creativity and ability to address real needs.

This collaborative effort between RGS and FaithActs shows how educational institutions can partner with community organizations to create meaningful service-learning experiences that benefit both students and the wider community.

This school holiday, our activity center was abuzz with vibrant intergenerational learning as seniors and children connected through the Hokkien dialect and creative crafts. Seniors shared their cultural knowledge, teaching children essential Hokkien phrases. Participants learned how to address family members, name numbers, animals, and fruits, and use everyday greetings—skills that empower them to converse more effectively with their families.

Adding a creative twist, the children became teachers, guiding seniors through fun craft-making activities. The role reversal sparked joy and curiosity, with both generations learning from and encouraging each other.

The sessions fostered a lively atmosphere of mutual respect and appreciation while deepening connections between generations. Everyone left with a renewed sense of cultural pride, valuable language skills, and unique handmade crafts as keepsakes of the day.

We look forward to more such enriching programs that bring together seniors and children for shared learning and joyous exchanges.

FaithActs partnered Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP) to educate our seniors on the usage of the various mobile apps such as Healthy 365, PayNow, myCPF, NLB, SingPass and MyTransportSG. They went "back to school" to attend lectures and they were guided one-to-one. The seniors thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and are now more knowledgeable on using the apps.

This is a collaboration between NP and the Smart Nation and Digital Government Office (SNDGO) to drive the digital transformation in a collective approach towards building a smart nation. 

Raffles Girls’ School (Secondary) engaging our seniors.

A group of NUS undergraduate/graduate students seeking to address the problem of social isolation of the elderly (especially those living alone) came by to engage our seniors through activities on a few occasions.