A Day at the UNDP Offices
The THUMP team had the privilege to present on The Food Ninja Programme to UNDP/UNOPS/UNFPA staff on the 29th of August at the UN Offices in Petaling Jaya. The objective of this meet-up was to provide reportage on the project to the UNDP/UNOPS/UNFPA staff on the engagements that we had, the activities used, the cultural mapping sessions, the outcomes and observations that we came across through-out the whole project. We also got to meet Pik Chuan and Jasson from UNDP. Read More! |
Engagement 6: Of Graduation and Goodbyes
The last engagement on 24th of August started with a bang, but a gloomy kind of bang I would say. We knew it was our last day with the kids whom we have gotten close with for throughout the past three weekends, them whose noise we couldn't stand sometimes, whose smiles lit up the room, but at the same time, we wanted to end the Food Ninjas Programme with positive hearts, like a ninja would. Of course, we had to start the day with Shimy leading 'Go Bananas!', a war-cry which have became significant among the group. Read More! |
Engagement 5: The Amazing Ninja Challenge
The Amazing Ninja Challenge was a treasure hunt concept in which the kids had to complete challenges in each station to get clues as to how to find the 'treasure' at the very end. In our case, each station will provide you with a piece of a 4-part puzzle which you can assemble it together once you've completed all four stations. As for intermission, we provided the kids with water as well as a banana to level up their energy because there were a lot of running around involved in this activity. Read More! |
Engagement 4: Healthy Living
It was nice to do something out in the sun, instead of the usual classroom-like setting. The MyPlate Relay was something like a competition. It was great to see the kids all pumped up and very supportive amongst each other. I might add that it was also very amusing to see how they jumped, skipped, did the crab walk and dance to the other side of the playground. Read More! |
Engagement 3: Ninja Quest!
After getting everybody hyped up with a resounding 'Go Bananas!', Will led a short recap quiz and group discussion on what they've learnt the previous week. It was nice to know that most of them remembered the gist of the portions and the consequences of eating junk food. Read more to find out more about The Ninja Quest which got the kids doing some research outside! Read More! |
Engagement 2: You Are What You Eat
We started off the day with healthy berry oat biscuits and a packet of milk, as a nice way to start off the day and also to provide them the energy to last them the whole session. It was Engagement 2 on a very sunny 10th August and the theme of the day was 'You Are What You Eat' with a clear message of the kinds of food to eat less of and the kinds of food to eat more of. Read More! |
Engagement 1: Around the World with Food
First official engagement of Food Ninja! We saw familiar faces from our previous few engagements with the kids during the Soft Launch and during the Global Village, and also new faces as well which pumped up our motivation even more. Read more! |
THUMP starts with Workshop
THUMP has finally started and in progress! With all interns safely in Malaysia, we had an Introduction to Cultural Mapping workshop with Yasmin from #BetterCities. Read more! |
Mini Global Village with the kids!
The Thumpers sat in with the kids for their Sunday English tuition classes and held a mini Global Village at the community hall with foreign AIESECers. Read More! |
Brown Bag Session with UNDP
Heard of a Brown Bag Session? Well, we made a trip to the UNDP Global Shared Service Centre and the Headquarters for a Brown Bag Session! To find out what we were up to, Read more! |