WOW Kampung

## Summary

WOW Kampung story started back in 2012, when a group of activists who believe in making impactful changes through positive and constructive actions came together to create a 21st Century Kampung, named Ground-Up Initiative (GUI) . Seeing there was a need for a better understanding and connection of the Self with Nature and Community for future developments, WOW Kampung was born as the education arm of GUI.

Along the way, the land the Kampung was sitting on was to be taken back for redevelopment. By bringing light to the positive impacts the Kampung can nurture, WOW Kampung successfully halted the redevelopment and gained the support of the government to co-create the Kampung Kampus we have today.

Through the 6 years of sustainable progress, WOW Kampung worked on the ground to understand and integrate the needs of the environment and community into our projects. WOW Kampung inspired mindsets and ignited actions for positive change from the ground-up - one person, one community, and one school at a time. Beyond environmentalism, we believe it is about rootedness, identity and community building for a different Singapore that lives within the 5G vision (Gracious, Green, Giving, Grounded and Grateful) of GUI.

More importantly, WOW Kampung believe that any activation of change needs to start with the Self. Therefore, it is important to begin a change in our attitudes (the head), acquire new competencies (the hands), before putting ideas into action with a sincere heart and our feet on the ground.

Today, Kampung Kampus land is again facing the odds of redevelopment. But this time, we want to take control of our future and not just fight for a hope of tomorrow. Transcending beyond the land of Kampung Kampus, WOW Kampung remain a close affiliate to GUI, striving to continue spreading the values and Kampung spirit for future-readiness, and creating learning experiences that bring out the best of our people.

## Mission

Cultivating Activators of Change

WOW Kampung is on a mission to empower people with the ability to take control of wellbeing, build a positive relationship with yourself internally, and externally with the community and environment, and take action in creating meaningful change.

WOW Kampung does this by fuelling 21st century education with learning experiences that become powerful tools for personal growth, nurturing learners into resilient, confident, and future-ready individuals who can overcome challenges throughout their life-long journey towards a fulfilling life.

## Vision

A future where people are resilient, confident, and future-ready Activators of Change, who are inspired to give and ignited to serve.

Thriving and adapting in an uncertain future requires people to be equipped with the right qualities, values, skills and tools, to enable us to be aware of our full potential and become positive impacts to the world.

## Motto

Inspire to Give, Ignite to Serve

WOW Kampung believes that a driving core towards a happy, purposeful and sustainable future is the human spirit of giving and serving.

WOW Kampung is committed to embody this spirit through our social movements, which serve as a platform for our learners to join us in serving for real causes. Through our learning programmes, we also cultivate the values of gratitude, community spirit, and ownership of our environment.

## Initiatives

Preschool level: JOE (Just One Earth)

* To sow the seeds of caring for the environment and our community.
* To weave learning into the child's understanding of the world, their values, and their character.
* To develop a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness between self and the wider environment.
* To encourage family involvement in the child's learning, and through the child, spread the spirit of active social and earth citizenry through their family and the wider community.

Primary school and Secondary school level: Overcoming My Giants (OMG)

* To provide students an understanding of Wellbeing, Community and the Environment, and why these are important for them
* To enable students to clearly identify their challenges in life and understand challenges are normal
* To equip students with 'tools' to overcome the challenges with confidence and motivation
* To develop the qualities, values, and skills required to take action towards building good relationships with themselves, their family, friends and community.

Tertiary Level: The Environmental Learner Series

* Developed to address the needs of environmental education, the Environmental Learner Series nurtures the student's relationship with the Environment and Community through 6 focused programmes.
* Outlined by the UNESCO-UNEP curriculum, students can develop the capability and willingness to respond to environmental issues in their communities through ethically responsible ways only when they feel a combination of ownership in the issues and empowerment to effect change to the issues.

Teachers and Corporates Level: Walk in Our Shoes Kampung Retreat

* Time: 4.5 Hours
* Location: At Kampung Kampus
* Suitable for 20 - 30 Pax

The Walk in Our Shoes Kampung Retreat is an experiential team building programme with the following objectives:

* To bond over exploratory fun, challenges and common purpose for a shared experience
* To recharge and rejuvenate the mind and body by being close to nature and engaging in back-to-basics activities
* To "walk in the shoes" of the WOW Kampung community to experience the Living Classroom philosophy - bringing experiential and place-based learning to participants
* To understand the 5G (Gracious, Green, Giving, Grounded, Grateful) vision of the Kampung
* To unpack ideas towards nurturing the joy of learning and entrepreneurial dare in your students

## Get in Touch

WOW Kampung Main Office

Address: CT Hub, 2 Kallang Avenue #06-31 Singapore 339407

Phone: (65) 6224 0822

Email: [[1]]

Kampung Kampus,

Home of Ground-Up Initiative

Address: 91 Lorong Chencharu, Singapore 769201

## References

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