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    Social Impact

    GIC Computing for the Community Fellowship Award

    Since 2017, GIC has partnered with the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing to sponsor the Community Fellowship Award. This award supports students participating in the Computing for Voluntary Welfare Organisations (CVWO) attachment programme, enabling undergraduates to apply their computing skills to help Voluntary Welfare Organisations (VWOs) serve the community more effectively.

    How it works

    Many VWOs lack the expertise and resources to develop computer systems customised for their workflows.

    Through the CVWO initiative, students are matched with VWOs based on their programming skills, enabling them to design and build industry-standard IT solutions tailored to each organisation’s needs.

    GIC employees contribute as mentors, guiding students in stakeholder engagement and project management to improve project outcomes.

    Impact on the community

    Over 190 students have participated in the CVWO programme, developing and maintaining IT systems for over 6 VWOs in Singapore, including Lions Befrienders and 13 Active Ageing Centres across the nation.

    “It was deeply fulfilling to use my technical skills to help streamline the administrative processes of Voluntary Welfare Organisations supporting youth volunteerism. Through this programme, I have gained invaluable leadership, management, and communication skills crucial for my future endeavours.”

    Chrystal Quek

    Award recipient

    “The CRM system developed by NUS CVWO is ahead of its time and continues to support LBSA's daily operations till today. Professor Ben Leong and his team of students possess a deep and complete understanding of the needs of eldercare services in Singapore. Modern database systems for eldercare services in Singapore would be non-existent without them.”

    Karen Wee

    Executive Director, Lions Befrienders Service Association (Singapore)

    Spotlight: ‘Tech Heroes From Crisis’ at IT Leader Awards 2021

    A team from the 2020 batch was recognised as a ‘Tech Hero From Crisis’ at the IT Leader Awards 2021. Organised by the Singapore Computer Society, the award recognises teams that have made a significant positive impact on the community through technology during the pandemic.

    Together with the Singapore Armed Forces, the team of five students raced against time to develop a national contact tracing system in less than three weeks to ease the workload of Ministry of Health (MOH) contact tracers when COVID-19 cases spiked in May 2020. Data compiled with this large-scale web app continued to help MOH provide its daily updates to the public on the COVID-19 situation.

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