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All activities at AHF 2010 are FREE, and open to EVERYONE.*
It will be held from 15 to 17 January in Singapore at The Plaza, National Library Building, 100 Victoria Street. Click here for a map of the area. Organised as a public educational platform to promote both humanitarian and environmental causes to the masses, the inaugural AHF will feature film screenings, green activities, talks and exhibitions.
* The networking session on Day 3 is for a limited target group. If you would like to attend, please email the organiser (see programme below for more details).
Event Highlights
– Free rides on the Segway Personal Transporter
– Showcase of the SQEV1 electric car
– Green Marks The Spot (GMTS): gathering of people from all over Singapore at the event venue via green modes of transport, including walking, cycling, in-line skating, public transport and hybrid/electric vehicles. GMTS incorporates a recycling campaign featuring the Reverse Vending Machine, with prizes from Coca-Cola Singapore. Click here for more details.
– Night screenings of humanitarian and environmental films
– Public reading of a book about children caught in armed conflict
– Grace Music Festival Roadshow: featuring Philippine singer-songwriter Noel Cabangon, and the Singspirators
– “Altered Land” photographic exhibition by Ernest Goh
– “Seeds of Change” environmental exhibition by Singapore Soka Association
NGO Exhibitors
Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore)
Roots & Shoots
WWF Singapore
Riverkids Project
Project Myanmar
Project Nepal
UNIFEM Singapore
PhilanthropyWorks
Food4Thought, NUS Students Against Violation of the Earth
Youth Environmental Guardians@Mayflower
NOTE: Most activities and exhibitions are held over Days 1 & 2 (Jan 15/16) at The Plaza, National Library Building. Day 3 has only one activity – the AHF Humanity Connector – that will be held at Emily Hill.
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"Altered Land" Photography Exhibition by Ernest Goh
GUEST-OF-HONOUR: Mr Kwek Leng Joo (M.D., City Developments Limited)
Day 1 – Friday (Jan 15) at The Plaza
10:00am START OF AHF 2010
NGO exhibition; "Altered Land" photography exhibition;
"Seeds Of Change" environmental exhibition; showcase of electric car,
Reverse Vending Machines and Segways
Recycling campaign (10am to 10pm)
Making recycling fun with the Reverse Vending Machines
HIGHLIGHT: One drink redemption for every batch of recycled cans
and plastic bottles (except glass); while stocks last; limited
redemption period (10am to 4pm)
6:00pm AHF 2010 LAUNCH CEREMONY
7:00pm BOOK READING
Children In Armed Conflict: Excerpts from ‘Little Daughter’
8:00pm FILM SCREENING
“The Day After Peace” by Jeremy Gilley
Day 2 – Saturday (Jan 16) at The Plaza
10:00am GREEN MARKS THE SPOT Click here for details
Mass gathering at The Plaza via green modes of transport
(walking, cycling, rollerblading, Segway, public transport, hybrid cars etc.)
Recycling campaign (10am to 10pm)
Making recycling fun with the Reverse Vending Machines
HIGHLIGHT: One drink redemption for every batch of recycled cans
and plastic bottles (except glass); while stocks last; limited
redemption period (10am to 4pm)
NGO exhibition; "Altered Land" photography exhibition;
"Seeds Of Change" environmental exhibition; showcase of electric car,
Reverse Vending Machines and Segways
11:00am GET CONNECTED! PANEL 1
Let’s Talk Food: What’s For Lunch?
Chairperson: Low Chip Khoon – Educator and environmental activist
Panellist 1: Heather Chi – Director, Food For All
“Hunger and Food Waste”
Panellist 2: Koh Ting Ting – Director, Food4Thought, NUS SAVE
“Fight Climate Change With Diet Change”
12:30pm MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Grace Music Festival Roadshow
Featuring Noel Cabangon, and the Singspirators
2:00pm GET CONNECTED! PANEL 2
After Copenhagen: Glimpses Of Hope For Planet Earth
Chairperson: Jessica Cheam – Journalist, The Straits Times
Panellist 1: Bernice Lee – General Manager, Jane Goodall Institute (Singapore)
Panellist 2: Tony Boatman – Director, The Climate Project Singapore
3:30pm GET CONNECTED! PANEL 3
Caring For The Needy: Whose Job Is It?
Chairperson: Jonathan How – Director, Café Diplo
Panellist 1: Vivian Claire Liu – Founding Director, PhilanthrophyWorks
“Catalytic Philanthropy – Be the Change You Want”
Panellist 2: Mark Philpott – President, Humaneity Foundation
“Humane-ity: A Matter of Responsibility”
Panellist 3: Michael Switow – Co-Founder, One (Singapore)
“Make Poverty History”
5:30pm MUSICAL PERFORMANCE
Grace Music Festival Roadshow
Featuring Noel Cabangon, and the Singspirators
7:30pm FILM SCREENING
“Switchbacks” by Harry Chew/Mark Philpott
“Another Way Of Seeing Things” by Daisaku Ikeda
“Quiet Revolution” by Earth Council
– END OF ACTIVITIES AT THE PLAZA –
Day 3 – Sunday (Jan 17) at Emily Hill
3:00pm AHF HUMANITY CONNECTOR
Networking session for NGO/Social enterprise/CSR representatives,
grantmakers, and individuals involved in humanity projects
Email the organiser if you would like to receive an invitation to attend. |
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