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RAS conducts HTSE program for Grace Orchard School
Ms Tan Zhi Tong, conducted the HTSE Program for
Grace Orchard School
students on 18th August 2008.
Ms Sharon Su, a
Social Worker with Grace Orchard, decided to invite RAS to hold an assembly
talk for her students. As the student population at Grace Orchard has
special needs the more they should learn to keep themselves clean and
germ-free toilets and practice this at home and public. The Management and
staff at Grace
Orchard School
thank Ms Tan Zhi Tong for the informative session.
NEA Northwest Regional
Office HTP Talk
The talk held at NEA
NW RO on 7 Aug 2008 was a resounding success. More than 50 participants
from the Northwest region of Singapore attended the Happy
Toilet Program workshop.
The workshop’s
objective was to encourage toilet owners to participate in the Happy Toilet
Programme. RAS also educated staff on toilet designs, cleanliness standards
and user behaviour. After the talk, participants were grouped into their
various categories, such as management, cleaning supervisors and grassroots
(which represented the public). Problems faced by each group were brought
up and RAS, meandered through the problems. Last but not least, a visit to
the toilets at NEA NW RO gave the participants hands-on experience on the
duties and responsibilites of toilets assessors. Freshening Industries Pte
Ltd sponsored the doorgifts with sample packs of Zappy Boy Antiseptic
Wipes, Toilet Seat Cleaners and Insect Repellent Wipes.
RAS conducts the First VEA
Training @ Ulu Pandan CC
Mr Ronson Zhang
conducted the first Volunteer Eco-Assessor (VEA) training for grassroot
leaders from NorthWest CDC on 30th August 2008. The event was
co-organised by NEA North West Regional Office.
The purpose of the VEA
training was to train 20 participants to be ‘clean restrooms’
ambassadors so that they would educate their peers. In support of our Happy
Toilet Program. In addition, these VEAs advise errant toilet operators on
corrective measures. The training consisted of a 45-min theory lesson as
well as an on-site practical component based on the Self-Assessment
Checklist.
Female CEAs Recruitment Drive in
Partnership with Womens’ Development Secretariat
The Womens’ Development
Secretariat has been instrumental in supporting RAS’s initiative of
creating flexi-jobs for mothers and seniors.
Members of the
public namely from the 5 CDCs have signed up to be Certified Eco-Assessors
on 30th Sept 2008 at NTUC Centre. Amongst from the various
qualities we were looking for, included passion for clean toilets as well
as a keen interest in advising toilet operators on corrective measures.
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RAS
in pride
25 officers from the Thai Health Ministry get a taste of
RAS’s Happy Toilet Program
RAS
was formally invited by the Thai Health Ministry to conduct a a Happy
Toilet Study Program on 15th August 2008.
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The
24 strong delegates were treated to a day of presentations held at Environment Building
followed by toilet tours at Holy
Innocent Primary
School, Alexandra
Hospital and
Whampoa Food Centre. The delegates were particularly interested in the
success of our Happy Toilet school and toilet audit programs and
expressed their eagerness to initiate similar activities in Thailand.
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RAS
in pride
RAS
showcases exhibits at the "South West Community Development Council
(CDC) District Meeting 2008"
 Dr Amy Khor has outlined ECO
Plan South West that highlights 5 Eco Goals. RAS is pleased to know that
the Committee has ranked Eco Goal 3. as “Keep public toilets clean
and dry for a pleasant toilet experience”.
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As
a close partner with South West CDC, RAS showcased its displays,
including video footages on its programmes to the attendees of the South
West CDC District Meeting on 27 July 08 at HortPark. The Guest of Honour,
Minister Lim Boon Heng accompanied by Finance Minister Tharman
Shanmugaratnam, Acting Manpower Minister Gan Kim Yong, Mayor Amy Khor and
Advisers launched the draft Environment and Community (ECo) Plan South
West for public feedback. The plan looks at both environmental and social
sustainability — three goals focussed on the environment and two on
the community.
The initiatives that South
West CDC propose to undertake include developing a public toilets
volunteer assessor programme to monitor the cleanliness levels of public
toilets. The District Meeting is an annual meeting to
engage and gather feedback or ideas from community stakeholders such as
Advisers, council members and representatives from community and
corporate partners, school, grassroots organisations, welfare
organisations and relevant government agencies to better serve the
community.
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Youth Initiatives with RAS
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Victoria Junior College partners with RAS on Project SEEK 2008.
21 VJC students are currently
embarking on a project to offer better sanitation facilities to
underprivileged children. The project culminates in an expedition to Sikkim, India in November 2008. Apart
from various activities, RAS will be sharing with the students the best
practices in hygiene and toilet etiquette.
Hwa Chong
Junior College and Raffles Junior College
Students from Hwa Chong JC
and RJC have chosen to work on a toilet theme for their Project Work and
have sought the RAS’s expertise and knowledge. The RAS applauds these students on
taking up initiatives that help raise awareness and encourage more youth
groups to do the same.
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Upcoming Activities
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RAS to hold the pioneer batch of CEA
training for SouthWest CDC
Southwest leads the way as being
the first CDC to host the CEA training for 10 of its residents as part of
the WDS’s back-to-work initiative. The CEA training is scheduled to
take place during the 2nd week of October 2008.
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RAS to hold NParks first VEA training
NParks will be engaging its
staff to be VEA trained in October 2008. This is part of the NParks
initiative for all their staff to be fluent on our minimum 3-star rating
standard. The training will further enable the staff to conduct internal
cross-division audits for all NParks toilets.
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 Join Us at the LOO Campaign 2008-2010
RAS will launch the LOO
campaign on 19 November 2008 at the Zoo in conjunction with World Toilet
Day to achieve our 2010 goal of
sprucing up local public toilets, with at least a minimum 3 star Happy
Toilet rating, the latter being the basic standard of toilet cleanliness.
Mayors, our partners and supporters will be invited to a signing
ceremony. Do check in to this link for more updates on venue and timing
details.
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Meet our RAS staff
Ms Xu Yuxuan the latest addition to our RAS
team,
is in fact, not a new face. She worked with us as an intern in 2006 and was
more than happy to share her talent and skills with us upon her graduation
from NTU. We wish Yuxuan a fruitful journey with us as she heads the
volunteer management projects.
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