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Be a Volunteer

The act of giving has given much joy to our members as well as to the volunteers themselves. There's no special qualifications to become our volunteers, as long as you have the compassion to help people with disabilities. So, if you are enthusiastic to uplift the lives of the physically disabled, here's a few areas where you can help:

Food Ration | Social Activities | Educational & Enrichment Programmes | Public Education | Befriender Service | Home Assistance Service | Fund Raising | Administration

 

Download Volunteer Application Form

* Please note that the Adobe Acrobat Reader® is required to view the above-mentioned forms.

 

Food Ration
This programme is organized on a bi-monthly basis to distribute food items to needy members.
HWA would like to invite sponsors, donors or organizations who share the same passion to contribute such supplies to help member's household that have income of less than $200 per head per month.

 

Social Activities
Activities such as Family Day, Christmas Party, etc are organized to promote social integration among the members.
Volunteers can plan & co-ordinate these activities. You will help members like feeding, pushing their wheelchairs, using the bathroom etc. during the activities. Similarly, if you have class 3 or 4 license, you could help by driving our vehicle.

 

Educational & Enrichment Programmes
HWA encourages its members to upgrade themselves so as to keep themselves abreast of knowledge and skills that are essential in today's job market. The types of courses that we conduct include:
  1. Computer Courses such as Elementary Computing, Microsoft Office, etc.
  2. Language Courses such as Spoken and Written English, etc.
  3. Performing Arts such as Drama, Singing, Harmonica, etc.
  4. Leisure activities such as Painting, Handicrafts Making, etc.
  5. Sports Activities such as Basketball, Swimming, Tennis, Archery, etc.
If you are a qualified trainer, lecturers or an experienced professional who would like to share your knowledge with our members, you are most welcome to impart your knowledge & skills to them. Schools/Corporates are welcome too.

 

Public Education
In order to create public awareness of people with disabilities, talks and exhibition are held frequently at various schools and organizations.
If you have good spoken English and/or Mandarin and relevant public speaking experiences, you are most welcomed to help us conduct public educational talks.

 

Befriender Service
To visit the homebound and members who are less mobile at their homes to provide friendship and emotional support to them.
Volunteers should be able to:
  1. Converse in any of the 4 languages
  2. Submit simple monthly reports
  3. Conduct home-visits for a period up to 6 months
You will be assigned to a particular befrienders' group based on different zoning.

 

Home Assistance Service
To help members who are less mobile without family support to clean their premises, buy meals, provide tuition for them, etc.
You will be assigned to help members who are near your vicinity.

 

Fund Raising
HWA, being not a member of the Community Chest, has to raise its own funds to finance its many programmes and activities.
You will assist us to raise funds in activities such as selling of flags during Flag Day and solicitation of funds through pledge cards.

 

Administration
We need volunteers who are available during office hours to help with the sending out of circulars, data-entry, flag day preparations, etc.