Camp Sayang, 3rd-5th October 2008

Camp Sayang pictures!

Arrival of the campers, ready for fun.

Campers and counselors get to know each other.

Yeah!

Counselor Thomas strikes a pose with a fellow camper!

Elsa high fives her team mate.

Thomas hangs out with the kids.

Campers line up for the obstacle course.





Water balloons!



Kids play the Blindfold Waddle Walk Relay race.





Campers get ready for the three-legged race.



Trios work hard to stay in balance!

Boys kick back and relax after a day of activities.

Thanks to all who participated :)

3 days left until Camp Sayang!

It's hard to imagine it being this close! It was hard work, but preparations for the camp have all been done, leaving us with just the camp to look forward to on top of the once in a lifetime experience of spending time with these children and significantly touching their lives in one way or another!

Confirmed games and activities which will be carried out during the camp include:

• Baby Hunt (our little treasure hunt with a twist!)
• Project Runway: Keep Green Edition (design your very own unique ensemble out of recycled materials!)
• Camp Olympics
• Rasa Sayang Night (a night of camper performances and fun!)
• First Aid workshop
• Elective workshops (campers are free to choose between music, dance and drama workshops.)
• Movie screening and review (campers will watch a movie and then discuss its moral values afterwards.)
• and a variety of games for the sole purpose of fun!
  

It looks like everything's all set. We've got our campers, we've got our games, we've got our happy counselors...

Prepare for FUN, FUN, FUN! =)

Camp Sayang!

We from The Sayang Project would like to provide an opportunity for orphan children to further build their inter-home friendships because we strongly believe that it will be good for them to be able to come together and share their past experiences as well as make new ones – filled with fun!

With this, The Sayang Project is organizing a three days, two nights camp with fun filled games and activities designed to help build self esteem and pride along with a strong community spirit in the orphans. We packaged fun and learning together to deliver them the most priceless, yet most affordable gift of all—love. =)

The Sayang Project Has Landed...

I suppose we should introduce ourselves! As you can see on the right we are Diploma in Communication students of Taylor's College Petaling Jaya (TCPJ) currently in our fourth semester. There are 28 of us in total working on this project.

We decided to name our project The Sayang Project because we believe that this Bahasa Malaysia word for love is a powerful, yet underused word that represents all things surrounding love like kindness, care, compassion, sacrifice, etc. Our official tag line, "A Gift You Can Afford" holds that material gifts can always be bought, but not everyone can necessarily afford them. Love's nature of being priceless and therefore affordable makes it a gift that everyone can afford to give.

Our official logo (see left) resembling two stick figures joining their arms and legs to form a heart symbolize the common ground that links us all together regardless of our differences: love. The scribbles within the heart and the crayon-like drawings were deliberately done to represent children along with their young, carefree and innocent attitudes.

What makes us unique is that our main aim is not to raise funds or awareness through this project, but mostly to volunteer ourselves as mentors for orphans from different orphanages around the Klang Valley area through organizing a 3 days, 2 nights camp of various activities. These activities are aimed at teaching the children skills that are generally not emphasized in school and providing an opportunity for them to widen their social circle by meeting other orphans in a fun, safe and healthy environment.

More updates on the camp location and activities will be posted soon!