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12:57 AM Friday, June 11, 2010
{ Recce Trip for Street Sales }
It was a perfect morning. After unloading all our jellybeans into Cheryl’s abode, we went on to help Eng Han to do his shirt. Even though there were a few ink smudges on the shirt, the design looked perfectly fine – and Eng Han was so glad that he had finally gotten his Youth CrusAIDers shirt!
After getting all our baskets of jellybeans and money pouches ready, we were all set to head on for our recee trip. Well, the main purpose of this trip was to see just how receptive our target audiences were towards our products – and besides that, we also wanted to find out more about the ideal venues in which we could possibly choose for our street sales. With these objectives in mind, we headed on to Far East Plaza to have our lunch first before embarking on our street sales, with the girls forming one pair and the guys forming another pair.
Both teams tried out a different approach during the street sales. The guys chose to walk along Orchard Road while selling jellybeans, while the gals chose to stand at one location, just outside 313@Somerset. With our poster on one hand and the basket of jellybeans on the other, both teams used all our strength and might to sell our bottles of jellybeans. In the end, it seemed that the girls were better off in terms of jellybeans sales as compared to the guys, as they managed to sell a whooping number of 15 bottles of jellybeans while the guys only managed to sell 7 of them!
After almost 2 hours of jellybeans sales along Orchard Road, we had a change in our plan – and that is, we decided to head on to the heartlands to see whether sales would be better there. We headed to Toa Payoh, which is a widely known heartland in Singapore – and we tested out our jellybeans sales there. We realized that the number of people in Toa Payoh was much lesser as compared to that of Orchard Road – and we learnt that we should just continue to have our sales in the shopping district, since that was the only place in which we could expect a gargantuan amount of people for our sales.
Therefore, with this lesson in mind, the guys headed back to Orchard Road once again, while the girls headed to Bugis for their sales. Both teams continued to sell their jellybeans with all their might, and we finally concluded our sales at around 7pm.
Through this recee trip, we learnt that one should fix his/her position during street sales, as that was the more effective way to sell our products to the greatest extent. We should also learn to be thick-skinned and loud during our street sales, so that we can attract potential customers to buy our products. Lastly, we also concluded that shopping districts are still the most desirable venues for our street sales, as the human traffic in these places are perfectly suitable for us to carry out our sales.
After this trip, we are definitely more confident that we can handle our volunteers well for our future street sales!
Bottles and bottles of jellybeans in baskets bought by Yuan Teng!
Posters meant to attract potential customers!
on our way to orchard road
Posted by: Yunfei Edited by: Eng Han
12:57 AM Friday, June 11, 2010
{ Recce Trip for Street Sales }
It was a perfect morning. After unloading all our jellybeans into Cheryl’s abode, we went on to help Eng Han to do his shirt. Even though there were a few ink smudges on the shirt, the design looked perfectly fine – and Eng Han was so glad that he had finally gotten his Youth CrusAIDers shirt!
After getting all our baskets of jellybeans and money pouches ready, we were all set to head on for our recee trip. Well, the main purpose of this trip was to see just how receptive our target audiences were towards our products – and besides that, we also wanted to find out more about the ideal venues in which we could possibly choose for our street sales. With these objectives in mind, we headed on to Far East Plaza to have our lunch first before embarking on our street sales, with the girls forming one pair and the guys forming another pair.
Both teams tried out a different approach during the street sales. The guys chose to walk along Orchard Road while selling jellybeans, while the gals chose to stand at one location, just outside 313@Somerset. With our poster on one hand and the basket of jellybeans on the other, both teams used all our strength and might to sell our bottles of jellybeans. In the end, it seemed that the girls were better off in terms of jellybeans sales as compared to the guys, as they managed to sell a whooping number of 15 bottles of jellybeans while the guys only managed to sell 7 of them!
After almost 2 hours of jellybeans sales along Orchard Road, we had a change in our plan – and that is, we decided to head on to the heartlands to see whether sales would be better there. We headed to Toa Payoh, which is a widely known heartland in Singapore – and we tested out our jellybeans sales there. We realized that the number of people in Toa Payoh was much lesser as compared to that of Orchard Road – and we learnt that we should just continue to have our sales in the shopping district, since that was the only place in which we could expect a gargantuan amount of people for our sales.
Therefore, with this lesson in mind, the guys headed back to Orchard Road once again, while the girls headed to Bugis for their sales. Both teams continued to sell their jellybeans with all their might, and we finally concluded our sales at around 7pm.
Through this recee trip, we learnt that one should fix his/her position during street sales, as that was the more effective way to sell our products to the greatest extent. We should also learn to be thick-skinned and loud during our street sales, so that we can attract potential customers to buy our products. Lastly, we also concluded that shopping districts are still the most desirable venues for our street sales, as the human traffic in these places are perfectly suitable for us to carry out our sales.
After this trip, we are definitely more confident that we can handle our volunteers well for our future street sales!
Bottles and bottles of jellybeans in baskets bought by Yuan Teng!
Posters meant to attract potential customers!
on our way to orchard road
Posted by: Yunfei Edited by: Eng Han
Youth CrusAIDers
(left to right) Teo Eng Han, Qiu Yunfei, Lee Cheryl, Yueh Yuan Teng
Who Are We We are a team of students, and we are currently doing a project under the Citibank-Youth for Causes project grant. We are liaising with Action for AIDS as our VWO for our fund-raising efforts. All the funds that we are intending to raise throughout the course of our project will be directed to the AIDS beneficiaries from our VWO.
What is Youth for Causes? Put together by Citibank and YMCA of Singapore, Citibank-YMCA Youth For Causes (YFC) offers teens the platform to turn their ideas into reality, and mentors from both organisations will be there to guide, help and support.
Our VWO Action for Aids Singapore
Quick Facts:
a. Non-profit organisation
b. Formed in 1988
c. Operate the only anonymous HIV-testing facility in Singapore
Objectives:
a. Provide support and assistance to people living with HIV and AIDS
b. Raise awareness of HIV and AIDS infection
c. Remove stigma against HIV and AIDS patients and their loved ones
d. Encourage AIDS-related research locally
How Our Beneficiaries Benefit From Our Project All proceeds from our fund-raising efforts will go to Action for Aids Singapore, which provides support to people whose lives are affected by HIV/Aids in one way or another. The three funds under Action for Aids Singapore are:
-Care for the Family Fund: Subsidies for families experiencing income disruption as their HIV-infected sole breadwinner is temporarily unable to work due to HIV-caused illnesses.
-Medication Fund: Subsidies for HIV victims’ medication, which allows them to live normally and carry on with life
-HIV Pregnant Mothers’ Fund: Subsidize the medication for HIV positive pregnant mothers so that their child can be born healthy
How Do We Intend To Raise Funds We intend to do so through a three prong approach:
1. School outreach: Sales of products to various schools
2. Public outreach: Street sales
3. Corporate outreach: Sales of products to companies/ organisations
Our goal (to be achieved by 12th September 2010): Number of bottles of jellybeans sold: 10000 bottles
Our Products 1. Jellybeans (The number of jellybeans that are found in each medical bottle represents the amount of medication that our beneficiaries need to take in a period of 5 days.)
2. Pegs
3. Stress balls
Be A Volunteer!
Activity 1: Actual sales of jelly beans
none at the moment
To Be A Volunteer... 1.No prior experience required!
(half an hour training session would be held before the actual carrying out of any one of the above + Handbook will be provided for all volunteers’ reference)
2. Kindly fill up and submit your particulars below:
If you have any queries, feel free to email youthcrusaiders@gmail.com to clarify them!
Thank you!
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Facts & Figures about HIV
Statistics of HIV/AIDs in Singapore
As of the end of 2008:
3941 cases of HIV infected Singaporeans (but there may be more who remain undiagnosed):
>1228 of these people have died
>914 have AIDs-related illnesses
>1799 are asymptomatic HIV carriers
More information about HIV/AIDs
AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency System
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HIV is the virus which causes AIDs. Over time, HIV can weaken one’s immune system, leaving the victim susceptible to infections which can be prevented in a normal person. An AIDs diagnosis is done by a physician based on CD4 counts or symptoms, and usually occurs some time after one is infected with HIV.
How is HIV virus spread: 1) Through sexual intercourse
>body discharge involved: semen or vaginal discharge
2) Through sharing needles or unsterile medical instrument
>a. body fluid involved: blood
3) Infection during pregnancy, childbirth or breast-feeding
HIV/AIDs is not curable, but the condition can be controlled with medication. It is a chronic illness which needs care and attention.
Test yourself!
True or False?
1. HIV can spread through mosquito bites.
2. You can get AIDS from sharing food with a person with AIDS.
3. The risk of HIV spreading is increased by sharing used needles/ syringes.
4. Condoms are 100% effective against AIDS.
5. HIV virus dies upon contact with air in 30s.
6. Mothers can transmit the HIV virus through breastfeeding.
Ans: F, F, T, F, T, T
Food for thought…
Are all HIV-positive victims responsible for their plight? If your answer is yes, think again. What about children who contracted the virus from their HIV-positive mothers? What about faithful spouses who happen to have contracted the virus from their unfaithful partners?
People who have volunteered
Amanda Chan
Ang Wei Loong
Bryson Lim
Charles Tan
Eusebio D'Almeida
Fiona Lim
John Choo
Liu Fuxin
Nobelle Liew
Novia Liew
Sabrina Tay
Shaun Thium
Stanley Koo
Tuieng Seok Yin
