Article written by Tham Hui Hui A team of nine CAPTains participated in Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT)’s CATwalk programme from 11 to 13 May. MYCAT’s CATwalk programme provided an avenue for participants to do their part for tiger conservation by trekking in the rainforests of Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. These pristine rainforests are the […]

Article written by Chew Ding Xiang & Daryl Lee Si Xuan This is the third year CAPT Kamal organised an overseas service learning trip to India, the team continued its partnership with the Dream School Foundation. This year, the trip involved planning and executing summer camps for students from vulnerable socio-economic backgrounds. The CAPT Kamal […]

Article written by Benson Leom Meng SuanSI-STEER Nepal is the first STEER trip in the College of Alice and Peter Tan (CAPT) which is student-initiated and co-organized with fellows - Ms Wong Soon Fen and Dr Kankana Mukhopadhyay. Partnering with Ridge View Residential College (RVRC), this trip revolved around the theme of "Development, Dilemmas, Design". […]

Article written by Chua Juin Howe Leon   CAPTClouds 2018 is the third iteration of CAPT’s service learning trip to the Yunnan Province of China, focusing on the Kunming as well as Lijiang prefecture. The highlights for this year’s iteration of CAPT Clouds include a day programme with university students from the Lijiang Teacher’s College, […]

Article written by Triston Pang Erh SyenSmile Village is a project in Cambodia maintained by Solutions to End Poverty (STEP). STEP reaches out to families living in slums and integrates them into a community where they are provided with better living conditions and are trained and equipped with necessary skills to allow them to step […]

Article written by Tan Jean Hann CAPTspark is an ACE exploratory project that engages students with Autism Spectrum Disorder from Pathlight School and guides them in their project management and leadership skills to create positive impacts in their community. This project was created out of the belief that individuals with special needs can also actively […]

CAPTISS 2018 saw over 400 attendees throughout the day with over 60 presenters at our nine panels and poster sessions. We welcomed people from CAPT, the wider NUS community, other tertiary institutions, NGOs, government agencies and various community-based organisations from both Singapore and overseas.

In its third run, the CAPT Student Leader Action Mentorship (CAPTSLAM) saw 25 CAPTains mentoring 44 students from Tanglin Secondary School (TSS) as part of the three-month mentorship programme.

The Asian University Alliance (AUA) Forum 2018 was held in Bali from 13-16 November 2018, and was themed “Life Under Water”.

In its third run, the CAPT Student Leader Action Mentorship (CAPTSLAM) saw 25 CAPTains mentoring 44 students from Tanglin Secondary School (TSS) as part of the three-month mentorship programme.

“Super-Moon” – you may have read about that in the media. Super moons ie the moon being geographically closer to our planet Earth as it orbits means that we see a huge moon and also we get stronger tides.

During the recent recess week, 38 CAPTains were privileged to spend an afternoon at the Kim Chuan SMRT Depot. This is the largest underground train depot in the region.

On 16 March 2019, four of us from the Deaf Exploratory Committee went down to the 47th National Athletics Championships 2019 to support the participating deaf students from Beatty Secondary School.

Community Engagement Festival (CE Fest) is CAPT's annual flagship event which aims to celebrate the uniqueness of different communities, through community engagement and relationships forged with our partners. On 22-23 March 2019, over 200 CAPTains and 160 community partners took part in 12 trails focusing on meeting, engaging and learning from the communities on the ground.

This is the 4th year that CAPT is visiting, in the 4th iteration of CAPT Kamal to Bangalore, India. From the 12 to 26 of May, a team of 23 students spent two weeks working with an NGO and a charity organisation based in Bangalore.

CAPTsmile is started by CAPT Social Innovation Wing in 2018. This overseas trip has continued into its second iteration in 2019. With the Impactful Community Development framework as a guide, CAPTsmile prioritized a ground-up approach to change that begins with understanding community’s needs and assets.

CAPT ran two STEER BOTSWANA trips, one in 2017 and another in 2018. The trips have allowed CAPTains to learn about the people and culture of Botswana with particular focus on education, employment and the environment.

CAPT Student Leader Action Mentorship (CAPTSLAM) was first pioneered by CAPT in collaboration with Tanglin Secondary School. In this fourth iteration, CAPTSLAM 4.0 sparked a new partnership with Queensway Secondary School (QSS).

The Hidden Communities in Singapore module invited three Deafblind speakers to class on 15 Oct 2019. The speakers shared their lived experiences and some of the challenges of the Deafblind community.