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Looking beneath the surface



By Pei Lin
Dec 09

I have been volunteering for Y-Camp for the past 3 years, and this has been an experience that I've always cherished. One particular incident that really struck me the most was the Dec 09 camp, when I was a leader leading a group of 30+ volunteers and beneficiaries.

I had a beneficiary who was about fifty years old, and he impacted me significantly through the way he carried himself. Though he was intellectually disabled, he was a really joyful character. He likes to draw, and drew up a really cute cartoon character which no one could recognise, yet he took a lot of pride in his drawing. He was very interactive with the group - and was so much more enthusiastic about activities than the rest of us were.

At that point, it hit me that for these people, their 'special needs' are something that will stay with them for life. Although he was 50, he still had the mentality of a 10 year old, and that may not be a bad thing. That particular camp also taught me a lot about looking beyond the surface of people - and is probably what pushed me to be so passionate about working with people with special needs.
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A camp that changed my life



By Wen Xiang
Dec 10


I first joined Y-camp in December 2010. It was a camp that changed my life. Y-camp to me is not like any other holiday or an orientation camp where the sole purpose is to interact and expand your social circle. It is a camp where it challenges your mental and physical boundaries as much as it will for the beneficiaries.

One will come to know that debriefs play an important part in Y-camp. Each night, these debriefs allowed me to reflect upon my actions, my attitude towards my buddy, my family, my friends and my life. I remembered vividly that during every session of debrief, one of my group mates would cry or that another group mate would reveal something  personal which he/she would never tell anyone at all. It made me realized that we are actually no different from people with intellectual disabilities.
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