Date : Friday, June 12, 2009
Time : 20:43
Title : Facebook Group!

Hi again everyone!

Just a small update on our project! We currently in the middle of preparing and we are on track for our first street sales on 5th July. Keep a lookout for us! Our volunteers will be selling badges designed by them around the island on that day! We will give you more information when it is nearer :)

I’m proud to announce that we have got a sponsor for this project! It is none other than Science Centre Singapore and Snow City! We will give you more details when it is nearer

To further create awareness of this project, our team has created a Facebook Group: Project IDbadge. I encourage ALL supporters to join this group, and help create awareness among your friends.
Do continue to support this project! There is MUCH more to come!

Yours Truly,
Rui De
Team Leader, Project IDbadge

Date : Friday, June 5, 2009
Time : 01:27
Title : Pilot sales!

Here are some captured moments from our first ever event!








In total, We sold a total of 102 badges! and raised S$211.70 for Metta Home! This is a very good headstart for our project.



For those of your who bought the badges, I can't thank YOU enough!
And for those who pin the badges on their laptop seleves, shirt etc, THANKS! You help to create awareness for the Intellectually Disabled!



There will be more events coming your way! do watch our for us! and our name! IDbadge!



Rui De

Team Leader, IDbadge

Date : Thursday, June 4, 2009
Time : 19:27
Title : Poster!

Date :
Time : 19:25
Title : ABOUT IDBADGE

We are a group of volunteers from Metta Home working under the Citibank-YMCA Youth For Causes project, and have come together for two main reasons:
ü To spread the message of the Intellectually Disabled (ID) clients and
ü Raise funds for Metta Home.
By buying our badges, your kindness will go a long way in improving the lives of our intellectually disabled clients at Metta Home J

Date :
Time : 19:25
Title : ABOUT METTA HOME

Metta Home is a home for the intellectually disabled and is one of the welfare services of Metta Welfare Association. It has started operation since October 2000. Metta Home is not affiliated to the Community Chest. MH can accommodate 103 intellectually disabled and host a Day Activities Centre for another 50 intellectually disabled clients. This 4-storey building houses contemporary amenities, for example physiotherapy and medical treatment rooms. The curriculum is tailored to develop social and domestic skills to equip clients with the abilities and confidence to lead a normal life. This will help them integrate back into our society and lighten the burden of their families or caregivers. MH is a surrogate home where clients will learn and grow just like in their own home. They are given space to develop individually and to learn at their own pace. The Home strives to foster shared responsibility with parents and to guide them to care for their children.

Objectives of Metta Home:
(a) To offer residential services for the intellectually disabled
(b) To share the responsibility of looking after the disabled with their parents/guardians
(c) To Allow the intellectually disabled to live in a secure, warm and accepted environment
(d) To increase the confidence and esteem of clients
(e) To raise public awareness and consciousness of the intellectually disabled in our society
(f) To network and initiate joint projects with the community

What Metta Home does:

· Activities of Daily Living (ADL)Daily tasks like dressing, feeding, mobility, grooming and toileting.
· Community Living Skills (CLS)Skills to lead independent lives. Numeracy, time and money management, housekeeping, preparation of simple meals, shopping and the use of public facilities like escalators, elevators and toilets are some of the examples.
· Pre-Vocational SkillsTo prepare them for future employment in both open and sheltered environments, concepts like punctuality, concentration, cooperation and responsibility in addition to basic skills like sorting, typing and labelling, are taught.
· Social & Recreational ActivitiesArts and crafts, games, singing, story-telling, dancing, excursions and festive celebrations to promote social interaction and cultivate constructive hobbies.
· Therapies
Occupational therapy and physiotherapy for clients whose fine and gross motor skills are impeded.

Date :
Time : 19:21
Title : ABOUT INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED

§ The intellectually disabled have IQs 70 and below, and are diagnosed with intellectual impairment and disabilities such as Down’s Syndrome, autism, developmental delay and mild spasticity.
§ Caused by Inheritance, Chromosomal abnormality, Infections & Intoxications, Truama, Malnutrition, Radiation, Metabolic Disorder, Asphyxia, Injury, Hormonal Deficiency, Jaundice, Cultural-Familial Factors
§ 2.7% of Singapore’s population suffers from intellectual disability.
§ With almost three out of every 100 people requiring appropriate care for associated conditions, there exists a need for relevant services.
How you can help:
§ Donations to further subsidise fees of low income background clients & sponsor cost of training materials and outdoor activities.
§ Food rations, necessities and clothing donations.
§ Volunteer your arts and crafts and therapy work skills.
Misconceptions:
v They do understand what we are talking about just that they process it slower.
v Expressing their emotions in a different way does not mean they are psychiatric patients!
DOs:
v Give them your empathy
v Communicate with them slowly
v Have lots of patience with them
v Give them your benefit of doubt
Do-NOTs:
v Stare at them
v Agitate them
v Laugh at them
v Scream or shout at them