CANCER DAY

AMSA UPH's WORLD CANCER DAY 2012

Started with an idea from Internal’s division of AMSA UPH, all members of AMSA UPH should be active members and learn how to organize an event and so all members were divided into 3 teams and each team was given a different theme. These groups then divided into World Cancer Day, Tuberculosis Day or Earth & Health Day.

On 4^th February, World Cancer Day was marked to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. First, group 1 planned to hold this event on 17^th February 2012 while we will combine cancer day with valentine day. However, there’s another event on so this event was moved to 25^th February 2012.

In this opportunity, group 1 which are consist 20 members with 3 additional seats for another AMSA UPH members were celebrated this event on YKI (Yayasan Kanker Indonesia) at Lebak Bulus. In this event, there are cancer patient, cancer survivor and also the committee of YKI. Not only them, we also cooperated with the committee so all patients and survivors were brought one of their closest person to join this event.

We started this event with pray, then continued with first session which were consist of designed patchwork by each survivors and patients and made valentines card by their closest person. While they made their handmade, the committee from AMSA UPH joined them and so they could shared some of their struggle and their fights into this cancer.

This event was continued with second session which was decorated chiffon cake by survivor, patients and their closest person while they were divided into 3 small groups first. After finished their decoration, they were asked to write some wishes which was in our plan will be hanged on halogens balloons. Unfortunately, these halogens balloons could not afford the heaviness of all wishing cards so we burnt these wishing cards as a symbolic that this wishes already sent to God.

After finished all the main session, we arrived at the closing session which was handover valentine cards from the patients and survivors’ closest person to patients and survivor. Because of not all patients and survivors brought their closest person, the committee already made some cards for them so everyone still got valentine card. We also share all cakes that had been decorated before and took pictures of them.

 Overall, we can conclude that this event was run smoothly even though we only had a really short time to prepare this event and this is the first event conducted by some members. We learn lot of things from them like their fighting spirit and we could also give some care and concern for them. We hope this event will be one of the most memorable event for them like for us.

-VIVA AMSA UPH-

WORLD NUTRITION DAY

AMSA UPH's WORLD NUTRITION DAY 2012

AMSA UPH carried out a social activity on the 18^th February of 2012 to acknowledge the World Nutrition Day which falls on January. The goal for the activity was to increase awareness from the society of Desa Teluk Naga about the importance of balanced nutrition by giving them educations.

The theme of the activity was “Sehat Makananku, Sehat Keluargaku” which consists of giving education of the importance of balanced nutritional intake, how to prepare a healthy and good meal, advantages of decreasing allowance to be saved and giving demonstration of the proper technique of washing our hands.

Overall, the event was a success. 31 people of Teluk Naga families participated and every AMSA members run their tasks accordingly. 

-VIVA AMSA UPH-

WORLD DISABILITY DAY

WORLD DISABILITY DAY 2012

World Disability Day, a day to appreciate the disabled, both physically and mentally disabled is celebrated every 3 December. To participate on this day, on 20 November 2011, AMSA UPH held a community outreach for all the mental disabled people in Yayasan Bhakti Luhur, Jakarta. This 20 participants came from any age; from toodlers to adults. Most of them are autistic, ADHD, Down's syndrome, etc.

The event is started by a brunch, a morning exercise, and followed with a games. The winner of the games was awarded with a gift. The next event is movie time. After watching a comedy film 'Mr.Bean', the participant will have a chance to answer some questions in a little quiz at the emd of the movie. The quiz met some difficulties because some participants have speaking or hearing difficulties so they cannot participate. Some participant also performed a little show, like singing or playing music instruments.

The outreach is both interesting and challenging because this is the first event that allows  us to interact with mentally disabled people. Sharing the day with them made us realize that there are many things in our life we should be thankful for. They taught us many things, they taught us about life.

-VIVA AMSA UPH-

World Health Mental Day

WORLD HEALTH MENTAL DAY

On 10^th October 2011, AMSA Jakarta celebrate World Health Mental Day by execute an event. Fortunately we have some opportunity to interview one of the participants to know more about this event. This time we gave some questions to Victor-2009 AMSA UPH from Internal Division about his testimony.

Q : What is the purpose of this World Mental Health Day event??

A : The purpose of this event is to appreciate those children who has the special need, also to give some support to their parents.

Q :          When and where this event was celebrated, and who is the participants??

A : This event is celebrated on 22nd October 2011 which placed in Panti Asuhan YHCI Jln. Bulun no 84, Condet, Cilitan, Jakarta Timur. The participants was from all the members of AMSA Jakarta and the comittees was from External Division

Q :Is there any special dissability that the children has that become the target of this event??

A : from this event, mostly of the children that we met that day is the one with ADHD, Hyperactive and autisme

Q : can you tell us a bit of the event ??

A : This event is start with the talk show from some doctors. The seminar was heard by the parents. The purpose of this thing is to give some informatios as what those children need, why the dissability could happen, what will happen in the future of those children and how to manage it. After the talkshow, all the children was gather in the yard with the participants and the comittees and they sing together. There were also some drawing competition with the winner in purpose to appreciate those children.

Q : In your personal opinion, what do you think you could learn from this event ??

A : from this event, i learn that there still a lot of people that need our support including the parents from the mental dissable children. Also, from this event, i learn to give thanks to the life that God has given to us where we could have the perefect healthy life mentally and physhically. And from this event, i realize that, when some of the children in there could get some accomplishment, we actually can do something more in our life and appreciate it.

Q : From all the things that happened that day, what the memorable thing that you could never forget??

A : Actually, i really impress with the patience that the parents have. For me, they really have a big passion to bring up their children in their shortage. Their patience is seemed unlimited to me.

Q : in your opinion, is there any weakness in this event??

A : Maybe the weakness is about the place, because the place is a little bit hard to be accessed and found. But from the overall event and the comittees, i think this event is the great one.

Q : Is there any advice for the comittees so they can work better next time??

A : actually, i heard some positives respond from the parents. They asked for the next time this kind of event to be held again. From me, maybe this event could be held more bigger dan not only in East Jakarta.

-VIVA AMSA UPH-