Star appearance @ NTU

For 2 days, the OLE team is back to our own school! Not only did our fellow course mates come to show their support, the rest of the NTU population also pledge their support at our booth. Play e slides and find your own pretty faces!



Nanyang Tech University

On the first day of our roadshow in NTU, we had a pleasant surprise! MediaCorp Channel U came to our school to record Campus Yummy Hunt 美食大专攻!!!! Check out FELLICIA CHIN pledging her support!!!!!!






Gosh, she is so gorgeous... everyone present was charmed by her beauty. Not only was she warm and friendly, she encouraged others to join her in supporting this cause! We were thrilled by her actions. Thank you Felicia!!!

Montfort Sec

From Bukit Batok, the OLE team traveled over to Hougang the very next day to spread the OLE message to Montfort Sec on Thursday!

Anyhow, our booth was plonked right in front of their assembly area so we did get quite a bit of attention. As usual, James was the centre of attraction with people wanting to take pictures with him. (Maybe next time we should just send James down and let him do his thing) We could feel that the holiday mood was in the air, with the students planning their outings and traveling plans. We just hope you gentlemen will factor OLE into your plans as well!

Here are some of your photos...



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To end this entry, we want to thank Mr Victor Ong for being so supportive of the cause and making everything possible!

As all Secondary schools close, OLE team will be moving to tertiary institutions. Next week, we are heading to the first university -- Nanyang Tech Uni! So happen to be our school too.. so ALL NTU peeps, we expect to see you at Canteen A!

P.S. All the best for all the Sec 4 and 5 students who are sitting for your 'O' & 'N' lvl!

Millenia Institute

For those who come visit our blog regularly, you might have noticed that the OLE Team is feeling suicidal recently. Look to the right column and you'll notice that the frquency of our school visits have increased. We're now going from once a week to 3 times a week! But chill...we're stepping up our efforts to reach out to more people before school's out and students go for their well-deserved break. So today, we're down at Millenia Institute.

Even before we stepped in MI, a sentence from the OM Mr Singh impressed us. Just when we are worried that we won't be able to show our videos and have a talk during assembly. He said, "Ok, I'll move assembly to the Hall for you." Can you imagine a school changing its assembly venue just because 4 youths wanna promote something called OLE? Talk about City of Possibilities... THANK YOU MR SINGH!~ =)

Anyway, we did our usual talks, videos and booth set-up. But today, we introduced something new to the usual line-up. We have toilet posters! They're like James and Lina, but they are posters and will be placed on the toilet doors. They basically carry the same message - that you won't get AIDS by sharing the same toilet with an AIDS patient. We have taken some pictures, so juz take a look below at our new posters.

Another thing we're particularly proud of is how the Millenians have decorated the thumbprint board. For the first time, we see butterfly shapes and angel wings formed by thumbprints on the board. :) We've taken some close-up shots of these interesting designs to share with all you and if you're the one responsible for it, WELL DONE!

Lastly, halfway through the roadshow, we felt that James was having too good a life sitting down and waiting for people to take photos with him. So we brought him around school to take pictures with all the Millenians who are there.

Look out for your pics!



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Next up, Montfort Sec will get the OLE treatment!

The OLE Run

Roadshows, exhibitions, school talks, thumbprint pledges and now... OLE Run is here!

We've been thinking about how young people like you and I can play a more active role in showing support for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. During our roadshows, we were touched when students came up and asked how else they could contribute apart from signing up as volunteers or pledging towards the cause. I'd say, it all start small, and it's gotta start somewhere.

The campaign so far has been in full force of raising awareness of such a situation, that discrimination and stigma against these people is indeed happening as I type this, no matter we like it or not. And the very least thing that we can do is to change our mindset.

On 30 November 2007, we will be having the OLE Run.

A total of 357 rounds of running will be accumulated by all participating runners. 357 more people infected by AIDS last year in Singapore, 357 more people who need our support. The run will be leading up to the launch of the OLE exhibition and what better way is there to show the burning passion (especially after running under the sun ;p) for the cause?

Each member in the team will be covering approximately 1.1km to 3.3km. If you have any queries or want to support the cause, sign up with other two of your friends to form a team of 3 and email your full name, email and contact details to youth_ole@worldvision.org.sg now!

We look forward to seeing you guys!

Anglican High School

Today we have a fun time at Anglican High!

Although it was raining heavily in the morning, the rain did not wash away the Anglican spirit. We felt welcomed by the staffs and students. Most importantly, the Anglicans showed that they are with us in this fight against hate.

AHS is our first secondary school roadshow and we were not very sure what to expect at first. But AHS proved to us that age is not a deterring factor in helping others. We were really glad that Secondary One students were as enthusiastic as their older peers in wanting to reach out their helping hands for the people affected by HIV/AIDS.

The OLE team will like to specially thank Mr Yeoh for cooperating with us and making it all possible!




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Next stop: Millennia Institute

Hwa Chong Institution

The OLE Team went down to HCI yesterday and I must say, it was quite an experience.

As we were not able to do a presentation during assembly, we went in feeling rather worried, bothered by the thought of not having students visiting our booth. However, you guys showed us that there was nothing to be worried about in the first place. Even though we did not publicise beforehand what OLE was about, many of you still took the initiative to come forward to learn more about the campaign. Maybe this is the Hwa Chong spirit that we have heard so much about, and we thank you for your love and compassion.



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And our next stop would be... Anglican High School

Hate the disease, Not the person

For now, James and Lina have been down at different schools to convey a series of messages. I sure hope they have been successful. Let's take a look at some of them.

Message from James: Hi, I am James. I am HIV positive. But you will not be infected by sharing a table with me.



Message from Lina: Hi, I am Lina. I am HIV positive. But you will not be infected by running with me.



So very often, the misconceptions about people living with AIDS or affected by AIDS resulted in these faces behind the disease to be discriminated against or stigmatised. We hope to bring to awareness this issue. You have the ability to make changes, and the very first step is simply to hate the disease, but not the person.

You have one life, do something.