SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND

DESIGN
Bachelor of Quantity Surveying (Honours)

Community Service Initiative

UCM 60102

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT REPORT

Melvin Lim Wei Jien

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 TABLE OF CONTENT

Content
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Acknowledgement……………………………………………………………………...…2

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………….3

Objectives……………………………………………………………………………………3

Aim…………………………………………………………………………………………….4

Itinerary…………………………………………………………………………………….....4

Activities…………………………………………………………………………………...…5

Contributions……………………………………………………………………………..…6

Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………..……7

Appendix…………………………………………………………………………………....8-10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher Ms.

Tay Shir Wen who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project
which is giving out to the community and to the less fortunate, which also
helped me in developing my soft skills and I came to know about so many new
things, I am really thankful for all that.

Secondly I would also like to thank my parents, friends and also my

wonderful group members who helped me a lot in finalizing this project within
the limited time frame.

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INTRODUCTION

In this assignment, we, my group members and I were asked to find an

orphanage home and to entertain and teach the kids for a period of time. We
were instructed to organize a role play game for the kids, organize a time for
sharing on different professions to the kids in order to enhance the interest of the
kids. Lastly, to have a question and answer session with the kids regarding the
previous activities.

Therefore, the orphanage home that we found was Ti-Ratana Welfare

Society located at New Salak South Village, Kuala Lumpur. Ti-Ratana Welfare
Society is a community service society set up in the spirit of compassion to both
serve and provide shelter, education and care to the underprivileged members
of the community. It is also a voluntary, non-profit, non-partisan and non-
denominational organization offering a wide scope of community service (ti-
ratana.org.my, 2016). The age range of the kids at Ti-Ratana that we were
hosting, are all below 12 years old.

OBJECTIVES

The objective of this assignment is to nurture a culture of respect and care

towards all members of the community among the fortunate students and to
plant a seed of dream into the hearts of kids in the orphanage homes.

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AIM

To develop a community of tertiary students to be more responsible, be

more sensitive, and be more knowledgeable about the community and their
needs

ITINERARY

0830 – Met up at Taylor’s University

0930 – Arrived at Ti-Ratana and start setting up

0945 – Dividing the kids into 3 teams for games

1000 – Each game has been started

1130 – End of games, Q&A session

1230 – Gave a token of appreciation to Ti-Ratana

1300 – End of whole event and had lunch

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ACTIVITES

There were 3 activities that our group planned and hosted. The first
activity we planned was called the “Hospital game”, in this game we displayed
and taught the kids how a real operating hospital business would run. There is
approximately 17 kids in this game, we then assigned different roles such as
doctors, nurses, patients to the kids. After that, they would all each play their role
accordingly and see how a hospital would run.

Secondly, the construction game. In this activity, we taught and helped

the kids step by step on how to construct a housing model by showing the
housing model that we had already pre constructed. The main materials that
the kids had to use were all recyclable such as straws, satay sticks, manila
cardboards and Styrofoam boards. During the construction period, we also
gave them a few tips and some knowledge on Malaysia’s construction industry.

Last but not least, the fashion show game. In this game, the objective is to
test the kids creativity by using recyclable newspapers to design a “dress” or
some sort of similar clothing on another persons’ body. Once they are done with
the designing, the person that is wearing the dress have to do a fashion walk to
display to the audience their finished product. At the end, we gave different
kinds of prizes to the kids depending on their creativity.

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Basically my role for this group assignment is to help out with the games. I
was assigned into the construction games group. During the earlier stages of this
assignment, my group and I had to find pictures of housing models that is
manageable and able to construct for kids under 12 years old.

After finding some sources and pictures of the housing model, we finally
decided on one model that my group and I voted for. Hence, my group and I
then went to buy related materials that is needed to construct the housing
model we chose.

When all the materials is purchased, my group and I then met up and we
did a dry run together. To test out to see whether or not we are able to construct
the housing model and to also test the time required to construct that housing
model. After testing out, we then decided that is it possible, so my group and I
then started doing the preparation of the game.

Besides that, my other role of this group assignment was to also take
pictures and videos to record what we did during that day itself, so we can then
also show the pictures and videos through our project videos and presentations.

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CONCLUSION

In conclusion, I can say that I have definitely learn how to be more patient
and be more understanding. Be it working as a team in such a big group
together or be it controlling and managing the kids, both of these needs to
have patience and understanding.

Another thing to mention is, after seeing and looking the kids’ current
conditions, I have also realized how fortunate I am, in this current state, living in
such a comfortable environment, able to have a proper education, food and
shelter.

Able to help and teach, and to also show love and support to orphanage
kids there was definitely a privileged. Seeing the smile on their faces really
makes your day and makes you feel the joy of doing these little things. If I had
an opportunity to do this sort of event or project in the future again, I would
definitely want to volunteer and help out.

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APPENDIX

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APPENDIX (CONT’D)

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APPENDIX (CONT’D)

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