TOUCH ‘08 project is an eleven-day project taking place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in December 2008. This project will allow teenagers from Singapore and Vietnam to join hands and work together on a problem-based community project model, to help better the lives of unfortunate children in Vietnam. We also hope that TOUCH ’08 will unite ASEAN active youths together as one, foster friendship between the future leaders of the region in order to exchange ideas and to share their unique cultural traditions. TOUCH ’08 consists of various activities from visiting shelters and orphanages to organizing a day-out camp for needy children. The key event of the project is the Culture Exchange Fun Fair, through which we hope to help the public understand and appreciate other cultures, and to raise enough funds to provide scholarships for needy children. Through TOUCH ’08 project, we wish to promote and encourage youth in social service and volunteerism and instill a sense of compassion in them by providing them with an opportunity to reach out to our less-fortunate neighbors.

This project bases very strong on Service-learning concept where participants will benefit strongly from the whole process of their service through Experiential Learning. During this eleven-day event, reflective group discussions and activities will be held to stimulate onstructive reflection on their actual experience and those will be shared in the whole group.