PROJECT OVERVIEW

This is a HSSRP project done by us, three Chinese High Students, under an NUS mentorship. This is our first experience with a mentorship, so we may be a bit raw in many areas, but thanks to ours mentors' help, we did manage to polish it up quite a bit.

From the title, Voluntarism in Singapore, you can probably tell what our project is all about, but it isn't as simple as the title seems. Yes, we are going to find out Singaporeans' (main focus on students) views on voluntarism: how often they do it, why they are motivated and not motivated to do it, their general attitude towards it and their suggestions and personal feedback. Unlike previous projects we've done, the scale of this project is very much larger: not just the simple research, survey and conclusion. Instead, the steps we will need to take are much more tedious, and coupled with the busy schedule of Secondary 3 life, we know it just won't be easy.

Yes, indeed this project will require much more work. We're not just trying to find out the superficial reasons for voluntarism, but the inner thoughts and motivations for doing voluntary work. By the way, we consider voluntarism to be strictly voluntary, and by this we will try to differentiate between the 6 compulsory CIP hours that students need to fulfill and the extra voluntary work that they do in their own free time. We will also be trying to discover factors that drive a person to volunteer, and the reasons why he doesn't. Of course, we will also be exploring the countless excuses people give to reject voluntary work.

At the end of the day, we will gather all the motivators and non-motivators and come up with a general conclusion to the trend of voluntarism in Singapore. Our final aim is to find a satisfactory solution to encourage and drive our people to volunteer. After all, that little bit of time can go a long way for the less fornutate.

For further information on our process, check out our Methodology. You can also take a look at our final proposal here.