NUS Students’ Union Volunteer Action Committee bags ASEAN Award
BREAKING NEWS by Stella Phua
20 September 2011
Winning its first international award, this student volunteer organization has accomplished a big feat. The two-time Singapore Youth Award winner won this year’s ASEAN Youth Award for its outstanding performance in volunteerism.
NUS Students’ Union Volunteer Action Committee received thesixth Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations in ASEAN Award at the 17th ASEAN Youth Day Meeting Opening Ceremony, held in the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel on Sept. 14.
The TAYO ASEAN Award is a regional award given to outstanding youth organizations in recognition of their valuable contribution to community and youth development efforts.
The guest of honour, Acting Minister for Community Development (Youth and Sports), Chan Chun Sing, presented two prestigious ASEAN awards – the ASEAN Youth Award 2011 and the 6th TAYO ASEAN Award – to Lina Chong and NVAC respectively.
“This is the first time NVAC is receiving this international award. Previously, we only received local awards so this ASEAN award is considered a bigger recognition for us,” said Zeng Zhanpeng, chairperson of NVAC.
Since its establishment in 1990, NVAC has held regular volunteer projects at local institutions such as the Institute of Mental Health and the National University Hospital. They have also participated in international Youth Exchange Programmes in ASEAN countries and several fundraising projects for victims of natural disasters like Cyclone Nargis in 2008.
For its active contribution in both the local and regional communities, NVAC was conferred the TAYO ASEAN Award. The student volunteer organization strives to promote volunteerism among youths in Singapore and raise awareness for global causes.
NVAC has previously won several local awards, such as the Singapore Youth Award for Community and Youth Services in 2002 and 2009 and the President’s Social Service Award in 2006.
Speaking of NVAC’s win, Ang Tze Ting, project director of the Institute of Mental Health voluntary group, said, “I hope this ASEAN award will motivate more students to participate actively in voluntary work.”
Now that NVAC has won such a prestigious award, Poh Ying Hui, a third-year Economics undergraduate applying for YEP, feels that her chance of getting into their Youth Exchange Programmes looks slimmer. “It would definitely get more competitive as more students are aware of their overseas projects,” she said.
Singapore hosted the 17th AYDM from Sept. 13 to 16 to celebrate ASEAN youth achievements and strengthen regional ties. Ten youths and eight youth groups from 10 ASEAN Member States were commended for their outstanding contributions to the communities during the annual meeting.
20 September 2011
Winning its first international award, this student volunteer organization has accomplished a big feat. The two-time Singapore Youth Award winner won this year’s ASEAN Youth Award for its outstanding performance in volunteerism.
NUS Students’ Union Volunteer Action Committee received thesixth Ten Accomplished Youth Organizations in ASEAN Award at the 17th ASEAN Youth Day Meeting Opening Ceremony, held in the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel on Sept. 14.
The TAYO ASEAN Award is a regional award given to outstanding youth organizations in recognition of their valuable contribution to community and youth development efforts.
The guest of honour, Acting Minister for Community Development (Youth and Sports), Chan Chun Sing, presented two prestigious ASEAN awards – the ASEAN Youth Award 2011 and the 6th TAYO ASEAN Award – to Lina Chong and NVAC respectively.
“This is the first time NVAC is receiving this international award. Previously, we only received local awards so this ASEAN award is considered a bigger recognition for us,” said Zeng Zhanpeng, chairperson of NVAC.
Since its establishment in 1990, NVAC has held regular volunteer projects at local institutions such as the Institute of Mental Health and the National University Hospital. They have also participated in international Youth Exchange Programmes in ASEAN countries and several fundraising projects for victims of natural disasters like Cyclone Nargis in 2008.
For its active contribution in both the local and regional communities, NVAC was conferred the TAYO ASEAN Award. The student volunteer organization strives to promote volunteerism among youths in Singapore and raise awareness for global causes.
NVAC has previously won several local awards, such as the Singapore Youth Award for Community and Youth Services in 2002 and 2009 and the President’s Social Service Award in 2006.
Speaking of NVAC’s win, Ang Tze Ting, project director of the Institute of Mental Health voluntary group, said, “I hope this ASEAN award will motivate more students to participate actively in voluntary work.”
Now that NVAC has won such a prestigious award, Poh Ying Hui, a third-year Economics undergraduate applying for YEP, feels that her chance of getting into their Youth Exchange Programmes looks slimmer. “It would definitely get more competitive as more students are aware of their overseas projects,” she said.
Singapore hosted the 17th AYDM from Sept. 13 to 16 to celebrate ASEAN youth achievements and strengthen regional ties. Ten youths and eight youth groups from 10 ASEAN Member States were commended for their outstanding contributions to the communities during the annual meeting.