By Sonia Chang (26A01A)
Introducing…Project STEMulate! Founded by a group of RI students passionate about making STEM education more accessible for underprivileged children, find out more about the team and the wonderful work they have done for our community 🧬❤️
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By Cherie Khoo (26S03B) and Tara Sim (26A01C)
$3.50 might only be able to get you one meat + two veg at the Caifan stall in the RI canteen, but for 50 cents less, you could spend your Saturday morning on an insightful guided tour to Sungei Buloh led by our very own Rafflesians from Project Naturalia.
After discovering his newfound love for nature walks and cataloguing wildlife from attending an international course on ecological research in Malaysia during GAP Semester in Year 4, this VIA project was founded last year by Koshik Basak (26S03J) and heartily supported by many of his friends from Y14.
Since then, their love for animal discovery and nature has shone through the development of Project Naturalia and its team’s dedication to providing guided tours to the community. This project sets itself apart from typical nature walks by teaching participants how to truly appreciate the world around them—going beyond a jog through your neighbourhood park or the obligatory school learning journey to the Botanic Gardens to learn about sustainability that most of us would rather sleep through.
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By Gladys Koh Wei Le (26A01B) and Irene Eva Thomas (26A01B)
When the term ‘disadvantaged children’ is mentioned, we would often focus on the tangible resources they are unable to access.
Yet, barriers to social mobility extend far beyond food or shelter. Family struggles and limited foundational support frequently result in a lack of cultural capital — the non-financial assets such as skills and knowledge that help individuals succeed in society.
One important type of cultural capital is embodied cultural capital, which refers to the internalised habits and dispositions that shape how individuals behave. For example, confidence in public speaking is a form of such cultural capital, as it influences how individuals express themselves in social settings.
Recognising this, Project Horizon—a CE01 initiative in RI led by Cecilia Wong (26S03K) Rosaline See (26S06A), Bryan Sim (26S03D), Syabil Muhammad (26S03D), Rino Hossain (26S03L) and Angelina Chang (26A01D))—seeks to strengthen disadvantaged children’s confidence in public speaking in Singapore. By equipping these children with the skills to communicate and think effectively, they are empowered to express themselves more confidently.
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By Tan Yan Qi (26S06M)
If you asked me two years ago about where my CE01 project would go, I never would have been able to guess that we’d be doing what we are now.
Project Oopsie Daisy started out as a simple VIA which aimed to promote horticulture as a method of improving mental health. Fast forward to Year 5, downsizes in the core team left only 5 members: Alice Chen Anhan (26S03L), Cecilia Wong (26S03K), Jyoti Adithi Narayanan (26S06M), Looi Ee Xin (26S06M) and me.
I vividly remember how the search for a partner organisation went back then. We sent emails to community organisations (the usual targets), hoping to expand our range of beneficiaries beyond children, and somehow landed up on the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) volunteering website.
“Why not?” was the general consensus when we reached out to IMH. To be honest, it seemed rather laughable that we were even trying, but it was a last-ditch attempt after failing to hear back from our other prospective partner organisations, and there was no harm in trying, right?
Less than a week later, we received a reply. And thus, we started our volunteering journey at IMH.
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By Prajna Girish (27S06O) and Harish Arun Prasad (27S05B)
All photographs provided by Zhu Taiwu (26S06K)
The Coin Toss
3 games against VJC this year. 2 losses for RI’s Cricket Team. But they earned their redemption just in time.
The air in Ceylon Sports Club was hot and engulfing—not just because temperatures were crossing 34°C, but because tensions were thick enough to slice with a knife.
“Everyone was charged up and ready to make a statement when it mattered the most.”
Swarit Thakur (27S05B)
After a relatively-good NSG run, both the VJC and RI players were warming up—rehearsing batting motions and lobbing balls, while spectators took to the stands for the match that would determine the 2026 champion after multiple face-offs. For the RI team, the stakes were especially high. They had to defend their title from last year, didn’t they?
The coin was tossed, RI was batting first. The first ball landed on the pitch, and the finals had officially begun.
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