Supporting charities

The Ikigai Project was a co-curricular project developed by Year 13 student Lucy Campbell and fellow Dulwich College (Singapore) students in October 2021. The project was set up to support Love, Nils, a children’s cancer charity, in response to the reduced number of enrichment activities available during pandemic restrictions.

The aim of The Ikigai Project was to design and deliver engaging STEAM workshops that provided children in the Love, Nils community the opportunity to learn, have fun in the process, and make new friends from the College’s community.

The students had full rein to plan and manage the project, with guidance by teachers. Students from the College who were interested in science gathered to plan basic STEAM workshops for 15 participants aged five to eight years. The sessions centred around states of matter and fun experiments involving Oobleck, a substance that changes state depending on how it is interacted with. They were delivered in March 2022 and were enjoyed by the enthusiastic participants.

The students also created care packages with a sustainability theme that were necessary for the experiment, including toys and finger puppets that could be reused, along with handwritten letters. Watching the smiles of the children opening their care packages brought joy to all the project members involved.

The experience enabled Lucy and her team to put her ideas into action, develop leadership skills and feel confident when presenting to new faces. The group hopes they’ve inspired a future generation of scientists.

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