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PA wants more youths to come forward to serve the community
By Joanne Chan | Posted: 12 June 2010 1837 hrs
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PA wants more youths to come forward to serve the community
SINGAPORE: Singapore needs to continuously nurture the next generation of grassroots leaders to ensure that the social fabric remains strong and people are bonded.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Lim Boon Heng, noted that a key factor would be getting more youth volunteers to serve the community.
Mr Lim added that grassroots organisations may need to improve their image to attract the youth.
654 grassroots leaders known as Community LEAD Champions were honoured for their contributions in grooming the next generation.
These champions lead efforts to recruit, retain and develop grassroots leaders in their respective constituencies.
And speaking at the People's Association Community Lead Champion Awards ceremony on Saturday, Mr Lim urged these leaders to engage the youth.
Mr Lim highlighted the importance of getting more youths to come forward as volunteers in the grassroots organisations. This is especially important for leadership renewal as the current population of leaders is ageing.
To get more youths involved, Mr Lim noted that the People's Association may need to improve its image.
He said: "We want to tap the ideas of the people. So we will have to convey to the young that the PA's grassroots organisations are means for them to achieve what they want, not what they perceive as what the government wants."
Another way to attract the youth is getting them to do things they're passionate about.
Angela Goh, leader, Marsiling Community LEAD Champion Team, said: “When we have the online website for Marsiling, we specially put a column, ‘what is your interest?’. From there, we tag on to their needs and put them to the proper sub-committees or committees that they want to be in.
“Most want to help the needy families and some are very interested to get involved in children's programmes."
The People's Association has also started working with Resident's Committees to form youth chapters to get more young people involved in community service. - CNA/vm
PA wants more youths to come forward to serve the community
By Joanne Chan | Posted: 12 June 2010 1837 hrs
Photos 1 of 1
Video
PA wants more youths to come forward to serve the community
SINGAPORE: Singapore needs to continuously nurture the next generation of grassroots leaders to ensure that the social fabric remains strong and people are bonded.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, Lim Boon Heng, noted that a key factor would be getting more youth volunteers to serve the community.
Mr Lim added that grassroots organisations may need to improve their image to attract the youth.
654 grassroots leaders known as Community LEAD Champions were honoured for their contributions in grooming the next generation.
These champions lead efforts to recruit, retain and develop grassroots leaders in their respective constituencies.
And speaking at the People's Association Community Lead Champion Awards ceremony on Saturday, Mr Lim urged these leaders to engage the youth.
Mr Lim highlighted the importance of getting more youths to come forward as volunteers in the grassroots organisations. This is especially important for leadership renewal as the current population of leaders is ageing.
To get more youths involved, Mr Lim noted that the People's Association may need to improve its image.
He said: "We want to tap the ideas of the people. So we will have to convey to the young that the PA's grassroots organisations are means for them to achieve what they want, not what they perceive as what the government wants."
Another way to attract the youth is getting them to do things they're passionate about.
Angela Goh, leader, Marsiling Community LEAD Champion Team, said: “When we have the online website for Marsiling, we specially put a column, ‘what is your interest?’. From there, we tag on to their needs and put them to the proper sub-committees or committees that they want to be in.
“Most want to help the needy families and some are very interested to get involved in children's programmes."
The People's Association has also started working with Resident's Committees to form youth chapters to get more young people involved in community service. - CNA/vm
