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History of NTU SIFE
Prior to the current team, there was no succession planning.
All of the previous teams were formed for the sole purpose of competing in the SIFE Nationals.
They were disbanded after the Nationals. Thus the experience gained by each team over the years was not passed down.
Formation of NTU SIFE
About 1.5 years ago, a few of us came together and formed an team by ourselves to compete in the nationals with our first project - Hawkers Financial Literacy Programme.
Since then, our team has grew from 5 people to 10 people.
We are now embarking on NTU SIFE's recruitment drive over the next 3 days (17 -19th August 2009).
SIFE Nationals 2008
We took part in the Nationals with our first project.
And we emerged as the finalists in the competition, with the support of Prof Clive and Mr Anthony Teo, Secretary of NTU.
The team was very heartened by the results and continued working on other projects.
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First SIFE Project(Hawkers Financial Literacy Programme) (Contributed by Guanyi)
In March 2008, a financial literacy project targeted at the hawkers was conceived as we felt that there was a need to lift the veil about insurance and emphasize the importance of maintaining bookkeeping records to track cashflows.
This will have a positive effect on their personal finance and businesses.
Through the project, we collaborated with various parties to develop suitable materials and method of delivery.
Eventually, a fruitful and interactive workshop was conducted where we shared some insurance insights and bookkeeping skills with the participants.
Second SIFE Project(MISE Competition) (Contributed by Diana)
NTU SIFE participated in the Mayor's Imagine Social Entrepreneurship (MISE) Challenge in 2008, emerging as finalists in the competition. MISE is a social entrepreneurship business plan competition, whereby students are paired with Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs) to identify sustainable businesses that can be started to empower the beneficiaries in the VWOs.
Third SIFE Project(CycleCulture) (Contributed by Ming Zhou)
CycleCulture is a project undertaken by NTUSIFE which exploits the recent public transport experiment to allow foldable bicycles on the Singapore MRT system.
NTUSIFE students showed international students around various places of interest in Singapore with the use of foldable bicycles and the public transport system.
CycleCulture embraces the 'Go Public' philosophy in encouraging young people, both local and international, to make use of the public transport network.
This initiative not only promotes environmental friendliness by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases, it also promotes a healthy lifestyle through cycling.
However, we stopped the project as NTU didnt support cycling due to safety issues.
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First Forum (Contributed by Juhu)
Title: Social Entrepreneurship: Business with a Heart (23 Jan 09)
Speakers: Jack Sim from World Toilet Organization, Hazel Menon from Beauty Immanuel, Bernise Ang from Syinc.
During the Forum, we also had a Student Sharing Session whereby students from ITEs and Polytechnic get to showcase their projects with NTU Students.
ITE KARE Team to present their product: bags made from recycle materials.
SPSIFE Team to present their SIFE projects
NTUSIFE Team to present our vision and mission + past projects: Cycle Culture, Mayor's Imagine for Social Enterprise (MISE) Competition, Financial Literacy Hawker Project.
Second Forum(Contributed by Diana)
Title: Get Real: The Untold Stories of Entrepreneurs.
Speakers: Mr Samuel Chia of NYDC Cafe, Ms Nanz Chong-Komo of Komo Pte ltd, Ms Elfaine Tan of Fr3b.com
NTU SIFE is coorganising this forum in the upcoming Entrepreneurship and Innovation Festival organised by the Nanyang Technopreneurship Centre.
Third Forum(GK Forum) (Contributed by Juhu)
Title: The Art of Changing Lives: Discovering Opportunities in Social Enterprise (27 Aug 09)
Speakers: Antonio Meloto - Founder of Gawad Kalinga, Bebet Gozun - Head of Green Kalinga (GK's Environmental arm)
Mr Antonio Meloto will be introducing their holistic poverty eradicating strategy development: a stage of social artistry. The way social innovation works into process for sustainability.
Ms Bebet Gozun will touch on the reality part of environmental projects implementation, the feasibility and innovation.
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Existing Project(YEP) (contributed by minghui)
Currently, NTU SIFE is working on Project Waterloo. It is a Youth Expedition Project(YEP) which is funded by National Youth Council.
The project can be broken down into 3 phases, Pre-expedition, Expedition and Post Expedition.
Now till November: Pre-expedition consists of recruitment, fund-raising activities, team-bonding/facilitation sessions, local project(e.g. Blessings in a Bag)
December: Expedition consists of building a water filtration system in Pursat Province, Cambodia.
January till March: Post-expedition is still in the pipeline. It has to be a local project as well.
Existing Project(GK Project)
To be updated by Juhu.
Existing Project(Recruitment) (contributed by minghui)
A solid recruitment is critical to the sustainability of NTUSIFE.
And we are not sparing any effort to ensure that we get the right people we want over the next 2 weeks.
Welcome Tea Session(26th August, Monday)
A session for newcomers to know more about SIFE.
We plan to invite SIFE SG to come down and share with the newcomers about SIFE.
Venue to be confirmed.
Presentation at GK Forum(27th August, Thursday)
In line with the social entrepreneurial theme of the forum, NTU SIFE will have an official launch during the event.
The club will share its vision and projects with a student audience of approximately 100-200.
