GP Programme-- Globalization Partnership Programme

Today the group meet and decide on the module they would like to work for. Below are the details.



G P Programme -- Globalization Partnership Programme

GP Programme to Vietnam 2008

Objectives
1. To plant the seed of entrepreneurship in our students

2. To participate in a Community Involvement Partnership (CIP) project that is sustainable and beneficial to the host community

3. To examine the development of the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park(VSIP I) in Binh Duong Province


Date of Trip 30st May to 3th June 2008

Students who are participating in the GP Programme to Vietnam 2008 are now working on one of the following modules:

Entrepreneurship Module (Engaging Mind)

Global Citizenship Module (Working Hands)

Community Involvement Partnership CIP (Touching Heart)


The Globalisation Partnership Programme will prepare our students to function in the 21st century: rooted in Singapore yet with wings to soar.




Entrepreneurship Module (Engaging Mind)




1. Develop a business plan.

2. Seek for capital. ( If you are coming out with your own capital, it must not be more than $20).

3. Student can also invest in your company for a share of $10 or $20.

4. Decide on a target amount of money you want to rise with this capital.

5. Do research on the Internet and interview the students to analyse the market trends.

6. Decide on the items that you want to buy in Vietnam and purchase them in Vietnam.

7. Sell the items in Singapore during the Humanities Week. Ensure that you earn a healthy profit margin.

8. You have to prepare a profit and loss account, a trail balance and a balance sheet.

9. Return the capital to the investors and the profit to a charity of your choice.


One of the shop which sells model ships.





Global Citizenship Module (Working Hands)





1.Read up on the Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP).
You can visit this blog http://www.vsip.com.vn

2.Prepare a list of questions to ask the Customer Service manager Mr. Deacon Tan and the Deputy General Director Mr. Anthony Tan.

• Facilities in the park



• Why did the Vietnam government choose to work with Singapore



• How will VSIP benefit Singapore?



• Qualities that Singaporean should have to work overseas



• Problems that Singaporean will encounter



• Words of wisdom for Singaporean who wants to have wings to sore



• Prepare a thank you card and a small gift (which you can get from the school office) for the two gentlemen.




• Take good photos when you are touring the VSIP. If possible make a short video of VSIP.



• Prepare a report to be uploaded to the GP Vietnam Blog.



• You will have to make a presentation during the Humanities Week.
  

Community Involvement Partnership CIP (Touching Heart)


1. Do a research on Dieu Giac Orphanage

Over one hundred children call the Dieu Giac orphanage home, and many will never know another. The group of Buddhist nuns cares for the children from different ethic groups and religious backgrounds. All children who are the proper age receive an education as well as learn how to do handicrafts

Try this website http://www.intafusion.com.au/eachgrain/index.html

or this http://orphaned.org/index.html

2.You all will be in-charge of collecting story books, new colour pencils, baby clothes (must be reasonable new), toys and games.

3.You may like to present a care talk to appeal for the gift.

4.Store all gifts in a class room and pack them into fifty bags before the school ends.

5.Mark the bags clearly. One group will be for primary school students, one groups will be for the babies and one group for the agent orange victim.

6.Design a programme for all students to have interaction time with the children of the home.

7.Brief the rest of the students the night before on what they should be doing when they are in the orphanage.

8.Do a reflection of this CIP activity and upload it on the GP Vietnam Blog.
You will have to present it during the Humanities Week



“When I was a little girl … my mother said: ‘At every meal instead of three bowls of rice I would like us to eat two and a half, and give half to those in need.”

Master Nun Nhu Tri, Founder of Dieu Giac Orphanage.

Mrs Selva, Mayflower VP and Mr Gana at the home in February.
Community Involvement Partnership CIP (Touching Heart)


1. Do a research paper on Agent Orange

• 
  What is it?






• Why was it used?






• When was it used?






• What are the environmental, social and political impact of Agent Orange?






• How do Agent Orange affect human?






• Plan activities to do with the residents of the Agent Orange Centre.
  

2.Plan for possible problems that your fellow classmate will encounter.

3.How will you solve these problems?

4.In your report, suggest sustainable follow up action that can be done for these victims of Agent Orange.

5.Up load the report in both the GP Vietnam blog and the Ess Army Blog.