SINGAPORE: It is a sunny afternoon at the Sunlove-Kampong Chai Chee Senior Activity Centre, and 72-year-old Mohd Ali Abdullah is hard at work, his eyes fixed on the wheelchair lying on its side in front of him. With practised skill, he unscrewed the front wheel and removed it.Advertisement
But slightly over a year ago, he was recruited to join what is fondly known as the “wheelchair brigade”: Active seniors who volunteer their time and effort to service the wheelchairs of their needy peers.HELPING OTHERS, WHILE LEARNING A NEW SKILL “Then at the same time, we saw a lot of seniors who were not doing much with their time … so we thought, why not get them to learn a new skill?”
A structured training programme was also developed, where seniors are sent to a centralised training centre in the Tampines area to be trained by Kampung Senang volunteers. “When they go through the course, they feel that they’re doing something good, and they get to learn a new skill, instead of just sitting there chit-chatting or playing games,” she said. “And when they know they are doing something to help another resident, they are even more willing to learn.”
What can put a brake on her daily activities, however, is if issues crop up with her wheelchair. The tyres do get worn down and the screws do become loose and need tightening from time to time.
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