Pre-Trip Expedition @ Moral Welfare Home for the aged

Location: Moral Welfare Home for the aged

Rationale of choice: Moral Welfare Home is a home for the aged and the residents are slightly intellectually disabled as well. As a result, communication between the residents and our participants will be a problem and we hope that participants can learn how to overcome this barrier. This is because language barrier will also be present when we are in Bago City and we hope that participants are more mentally prepared for the challenge. Secondly, we hope that we can learn from the local hosts’ group of volunteers, ways to conduct suitable interactive activities for the aged. This is because we will be visiting an old folks’ home in the Philippines and we hope that both parties can have an exchange of knowledge, with us as a channel of transfer.

Goals: We hope that through exposure to the local voluntary group, the trip will encourage our participants to be more involved in local community service. Post-trip reflection session will be conducted to encourage our participants to review the meaning and purpose of doing voluntary work.

Activities: We have arranged for the trip to be conducted on 10th October 2009, from 1pm to 5pm. As requested by the host voluntary group, we have decided to take part in their Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations. The Programmes Subcommittees of both parties will be involved in the detailed planning. It may involve bringing the residents out for an excursion trip.