I volunteered to be one of those that helps to distribute the hand
sanitiser at designated locations.
They are mostly in the community centres around the whole of Singapore
(23-29 Mar), and some malls under Capitaland (until 05 Apr).
All households should have received the pamphlet, which will provide
the holder a free 500ml of non-alcohol based hand sanitiser.
To collect, will need to bring the pamphlet along, with your own bottle
for collect the hand sanitiser. That’s why it is a BYOB (bring your own bottle)
event.
The collection is from 3pm to 9pm on weekdays, and 10am to 9pm on
weekends.
For the past 6 days, I was there from 3-6pm on weekdays, and earlier
today for most part of the day. Tomorrow will be the last day at Kampong Ubi
Community Centre, where I am helping out with.
It’s really nothing difficult.
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| Me and the barrel |
Essentially, when the people come, they will be ushered to a
registration point. They will have to do declaration in relation to their past
travel history recently, and temperature measurement.
They will then be moved to a station to have the pamphlet checked and
cut as indication of collection, and a hand sanitiser sticker will be pasted on
their bottle to remind them it is now a hand sanitiser.
Then the bottle will be push to another counter to fill up the 500ml of
liquid.
The 500ml of hand sanitiser were all prepared beforehand onto a
measuring cup, indicating the volume. No more, no less, for each pamphlet
shown.
When the barrel gets empty, it will be replaced. The hand sanitiser is also mixed in a separate room when the supply gets low. Having extra barrel ready is essential for such event. :P
Once collected, they will be asked to exit from the collection centre,
and voila!
Of course, as with any kind of activity, there will always be a group
of people who come with different set of challenges for the volunteers.
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| The men in pink ... ...with me is Arjun from my Neighbourhood Committee |
Some come with the pamphlet, claiming they did not receive it (which
can be true, as my home did not receive the pamphlet), and some simply just
turn up saying they did not bring.
Those that came without the pamphlet, were then asked to write down
their name and address as an indication for collection.
Some when given 500ml, asked for more, which would be rejected of
course.
Some come with very small bottle, and the volunteers will have more
challenge to pour into small bottle.
Some would anyhow walk through and past the registration, and when
asked to go back to register, complain every now and then about the ‘mess’.
Well, that is life, no event or process can ever please everyone and
all. There will always be some that may not be as appreciative.
Of course, these are just a smaller group of people. Majority of the
people would still be cordial and nice to us doing the service.
As for today, there was a kid that join us because his dad brought him
over. Cute little fellow that is very eager to help in the stations.
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| Star boy in action |
Shall see tomorrow then. :)
