2019-2020

Pictures from 2020’s Chinese New Year Fair at Khatib MRT station!

 Quick reflection:

Positives:

• Very well organised and set up
• Interesting to see how materials are used
• Many people volunteered (more than previous years) (over 1000)
• Location was more suitable for volunteers to access
• Produced so little rubbish (only 2 bins on Sat, out of so many stalls) with >2000 people a day
  • They wash the recyclables to reduce waste
• Apart from a few stalls, all food stall vendors were volunteers

Possible Improvements:

• We could connect ourselves more with them since we have a relatively small impact
• Extend invitations to join the events to UWC community (E-briefs)
• We can use some points from their model
• Try to keep ourselves as part of what their mission is (eg. having more people show up next time)

Learning:

• Buddha Tzu Chi is more than a recycling NGO – Youth centre, massive international presence (more than 30 countries)