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Project List

1. Backpackers' Passports   Backpacking was historically used to denote a form of budget, independent international travel, is now a lifestyle that has grown considerably. The project aims to allow participants to foster deeper understanding and greater appreciation for cultural diversity between participants of different countries and building friendships. This will help to enhance the level of awareness in participants of their own country as a tourist destination and the importance of the tourism industry.   Project manager: Yuen Chai Lin (Singapore)   Enter Project

2. Brick and Mortar@VirtualHomestay   The objective of the project is to allow students to have a better understanding of the local architectures and its historical significance. Through the exchange of information, students will get the opportunity to know and appreciate the beauty and significance of the buildings and structures available in various countries. During the project, they will also get the opportunity to find out how much their people know about these buildings, and hence, plan to develop a product that will help to promote and educate the public of the selected structures. Finally, the project also aims to be socially responsible by getting participants to design a fund raising programme to raise funds for an organisation, ‘Habitat for Humanity’.   Project manager: Koh Cai Yu (Singapore)   Enter Project

3. Culture Shock   The objective of the project is to allow students to know more of the different cultural practices and behaviour in the participating countries. Through the exchange of information, students will get the opportunity to know and understand the different cultural practices and behaviour that are observed in different countries. During the process, they will also get to exchange knowledge on each other cultural practices and behaviour. The end-product aims that synthesising the new knowledge they have obtained, they will develop a new product.   Project manager: Chua Cheng Bee   Enter Project

4. Eco-Cultural Tourism   Eco-Cultural Tourism is about creating a touristic experience based on an unexploited/explored site in the local community so as to promote ecological or cultural understanding. Groups of 4-6 students from at least 2 participating schools will participate in the exchange of ideas, formulation of strategies and the proposal of an eco-cultural touristic opportunity available in the local community by detailing how and what a tourist visiting the site will learn and experience.   Project manager: Yuen Chai Lin (Singapore)   Enter Project

5. Foodfest@VHomestay   Through the exchange of information and ideas, students will get the opportunity to not only develop and reinforce their understanding of the lifestyle and habits, particularly food and eating habits of their foreign counterparts, but also, be able to teach one another the necessary ingredients and steps to cook the food. Where necessary, mailing the ingredients to each other when unavailable at their own country.   Project manager: Koh Cai Yu (Singapore)   Enter Project

6. FoodTaboos@VirtualHomestay   FoodTaboos@VirtualHomestay allows students the opportunity to know and understand the food taboos existing and practised by different countries and cultures. During the process, they will also get to experience the life of adopting each other’s food taboos. Eventually, they will design and produce a short advertisement to promote or discourage the consumption of certain food taboo or to create a substitute dish for the forbidden food   Project manager: Koh Cai Yu (Singapore)   Enter Project

7. Street "Guru" Adventure   Street name is an identity given to a street to mark a place or area. Understand how a street is named will tell us the past, culture and characteristics of the place. The objective of this project is to allow students to have a better understanding of the origin of local street names and its historical significance. Through the exchange of information, students will get the opportunity to know and appreciate the significance of interesting streets available in various countries. During the project, students will plan to develop a product that will help to promote and educate the public of the selected streets.   Project manager: Chua Bee Kuan   Enter Project

8. T.O.Y.S [Toys of Our Youths]   The origin of toys is prehistoric, Dolls representing infants, animals, and soldiers, as well as representations of tools used by adults are readily found at archaeological sites. Toys and play are an important part of the process of learning about the world and growing up. The young use toys and plays to discover and explore relationships while adults use toys to form and strengthen social bonds, reinforce lessons from their own youth, exercise their minds and bodies. Toys are more than simple amusement, and the way they are used profoundly influence most aspects of life. Through this project, participants will deepen their understanding of toys of past generations and its geographical origins. Participants would look into the social and economic aspect of toys and exchange information with other participants. The evolution of toys from prehistoric times to the present day would lead participants to develop a toy which they believe would be the toy of the future.   Project manager: Yuen Chai Lin (Singapore)   Enter Project

9. Tailor Inc   The objective of the project is to allow students to know more of the traditional costume of different participating countries. Through the exchange of information, students will get the opportunity to know and understand the traditional costume worn by different countries and cultures. During the process, they will also get to exchange knowledge on each other traditional costume. The end-product aims that synthesising the new knowledge they have obtained, they will develop a fusion design of theirs and the adopted traditional costume of their overseas partners.   Project manager: Chua Cheng Bee   Enter Project

10. TraditionalG@VirtualHomestay   TraditionalGames@VH allows students to explore the games played by the past generations, its rules and the tools used. Students will be able to do a comparison for traditional games of different countries. At the last stage, students will tap on their creativity to design a new game with the intention to pass it on to the next generation.   Project manager: Koh Cai Yu (Singapore)   Enter Project

11. When Nature Calls   When Nature Calls explores the toilet culture of different countries. The restroom is so dear to us because we use it everyday. Other than serving the community by meeting our basic needs, restrooms also encompass technological marvels. Upon closer observations, it allows us to expand our knowledge and understanding of the culture of a particular country or city based on the way the restrooms are being managed. Through this project, participants will get to know what it is like to be in a differently–structured restroom with the exchange of experiences and information with their overseas partners. Students will also actively participate in the discussions and develop new initiatives or ideas to improve on the current layout, structures and facilities of restrooms.   Project manager: Yuen Chai Lin (Singapore)   Enter Project