Josephians Team up to Create Positive Social Change

“Youth for Causes” (YFC) is a youth volunteerism competition, organised by YMCA, that aims to inspire and empower young people to create positive social change in their communities. In the first round of selection, more than 70 teams across different JCs, polytechnics and universities in Singapore were successful in their business pitch and received seed funding of $1200 to execute their activities. The SJI team from PRISM, PRIZZM, comprising Adithya, Rahul, Everett, Le Vin, was selected, with the aim of raising funds and awareness for Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF).

The final round was the execution phase of our business idea and Team PRIZZM raised a net total of $2856.70 from our different activities and merchandise pre-orders for SHF. The team’s merchandise included customised sweatshirts, T-shirts and socks designed by the SJI MAROON club.  Also, with the help of volunteers from PRISM, the team raised more than $800 over one day through the classroom’s advertisements.

The team’s “Dizzy Challenge” trend on TikTok also garnered more than 5000 views, where students try to kick the ball after spinning around multiple times. The innovative TikTok trend idea aims to educate students on one of the major symptoms of heart diseases which is dizziness. Meanwhile, their Instagram page was used to educate the public about healthy practices to reduce their chance of heart diseases.

 Overall, with effective cooperation within the team as well as the support from the school, Team PRIZZM was able to clinch the Merit Award for YFC 2023. More importantly, the funds raised by PRIZZM for SHF will be used to fund their patients’ rehabilitation costs (for post-heart surgery patients) as well as financially support patients going for heart surgeries.

From Left: Selvaraj Adithya, Everett Tay Kia Yong, Poh Le Vin, Rahul Singaram Senthilkumar