Name of the School: St. Hilda’s Secondary School

Address : No. 2 Tampines St. 82 Singapore 528968

School Leader: Taninette Wong

Story Title: Glaucoma awareness

Tel.: 8444 8347 Email: tanineteeeee@hotmail.com

Mentor Teacher : Mrs. Cindy Fu

STUDENT INFORMATION

1) Name: Huang BaoBai

Age: 14 Grade: Secondary 2

2) Name: Joshua Tseng

Age: 13 Grade: Secondary 2

3) Name: Grace Ann

Age: 13 Grade: Secondary 2

4) Name: Chong KarMun

Age: 14 Grade: Secondary 2

5) Name: Taninette Wong

Age: 14 Grade: Secondary 2

To raise awareness to let people know that

glaucoma exists not only in the old, but

also among young people and also to

change the way people treat them.

1) To make an obstacle course where

the player goes through the course

blindfolded, to experience the trauma

of having loss of sight.

2) PowerPoint presentation on glaucoma

awareness to the Secondary 2 cohort.

3) Bake cookies with a slip of paper on it

which would help to introduce

glaucoma to our fellow schoolmates.

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Our final solution was to share about the awareness on glaucoma to our fellow classmates during

assembly period. And we further raised the awareness by setting up a booth during our school carnival

on 5th

August 2011 for our fellow schoolmates to put themselves in the shoes of a glaucoma patient.

The booth has 3 different sections to it, namely:

1. Reading and writing out the words on a slip of paper

2. Going through a maze of messy tables and chairs

3. Finding 6 balls within the booth.

* The games were carried out while wearing a blindfold with two cut-out holes. (Continued below)

5th August 2011

2. IMAGINE: ( Continued from previous page )

4. Paste posters all around the school.

5. Make a notice board in the school canteen where students and teachers can learn more about

what we’re doing and also learn more about glaucoma.

3. DO ( Continued from previous page )

Throughout this entire journey, we learnt how to work well together in teams and also helped to

strengthen our friendship bonds as we did not know each other well before embarking on this project.

We also learnt more about glaucoma through this programme. Details of the project are as below:

▪ There was about 10 people involved in making this project successful.

▪ We spent about 1 week in the preparation of the hall’s presentation and setting up of the booth.

The implementation of the booth’s activity was about 1 hour 30 minutes.

▪ The entire Secondary 2 cohort (332 students) attended our presentation on glaucoma awareness

held in the hall.

▪ 30 participants from the school took part in the booth’s activity.

Comments of the participants are as follow:

▪ “I think the project managed to reach out to the students and teachers. Overall, it was enjoyable

and the project was interesting.” Sabrina Mustaffa

▪ “I think the project was fun, many students and even teachers participated in the game. It

managed to send the message of glaucoma to the students who played the game.” Farah

▪ “I think the service learning project was interactive and helpful. It allowed me to experience the life

of sufferer from glaucoma in a different way. Now I understand the difficulties they faced and I will

show my care for them next time.” Taninette Wong

▪ “It was good, the experience and talk allowed me to understand more about glaucoma.” Mr. Khoo

Tse Horng (Principal)

▪ “I feel that the process has been a good experience for me being the tour guide of the game. I do

get a clearer understanding from seeing at different perspectives of the participants.” Grace Ann