Operation BIBO

Operation “Big Sister, Big Brother” seeks to provide children who have suffered past abuse or neglect with strong, enduring friendships with trained student volunteers who can serve as role models for these children and help them reintegrate back into society.

It is an initiative by a group of students from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, and functions as a tripartite collaboration between YLLSoM/ALCNS, KK Women and Children’s Hospital and Ministry of Social and Family Development.

Game of Survivors

Game of Survivors, organised by NUCOT, supported by NUS MedSoc & Sports Club, is an event that aims raise awareness among undergraduates about organ donation, as well as HOTA & MTERA. The event features organ recipients and volunteers running on treadmills in a pay-per-kilometre format, a games carnival as well as a live band!

We hope to engage youth and spur interest in organ donation through forums with transplant doctors, patients and the public. Ultimately, we hope to clear any misconceptions about organ donation and raise more honest conversation about this topic.

This event is one part of a larger campaign towards raising awareness for organ donation; you might have seen posters of organ donors and recipients of lift doors around NUH.

ODE (One Day Exposure) to Autism

One Day Exposure (ODE) to Autism was initiated in the year 2012 by a group of passionate medical students from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Together with its partnership with St. Andrew’s Autism Centre (SAAC), the programme aims to provide medical students from NUS with a platform to gain exposure to and better understand Autism. This program has since benefited many batches of medical students, allowing them to gain invaluable experience through their interactions with people with Autism. We firmly believe that this early exposure to and understanding of autism will benefit medical students when they start their clinical years. By instilling in our medical students the importance of good communication skills and compassion early in their careers, we hope that this would stand them in good stead to become better doctors in the future.

Camp Rafiki

Camp Rafiki is an annual 3-day2-night camp held during the June holidays with 2 follow-up events. Modeled after CampSimba, it is a camp targeted at youths aged 13-17 years old experiencing the impact of cancer, either directly as a patient or indirectly as a family member.

The camp’s aim revolves around youths establishing meaningful relationships with their peers and with medical student volunteers through experiencial learning and fun-filled activities. Our goal is to create a mentor-mentee relationship between the volunteers and youths where the youths are able to lean and seek advice from them throughout the year and even longer.

The activities of Camp Rafiki are also tailored towards teaching life values such as resilience, empowerment and teamwork. More importantly, it is a platform for the youths to learn how to cope with the emotional stress they are going through.

Camp Simba

Camp Simba seeks to be an opportunity for children of cancer patients to laugh, play and have fun in a safe environment. With three fun-filled days, we hope to promote qualities such as courage, wisdom, strength, and provide these children with “older siblings” to whom they may be able to turn to for assistance. This would give the children an opportunity to just be kids, and to learn that it's alright to be happy even if a parent is sick. We also wish to create a safe and positive environment for them to express themselves and build their self-esteem to take on the challenges in life.

To give continuity and maintain the friendships built during the camp, three reunions are held after the camp. We also encourage facilitators, all of whom are medical students, to keep in contact with the children beyond the reunions and the camps. We hope that this will let participants and their families know that they are never alone should they need someone there for them.