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Home Home Resources OpportunitiesAIESEC NTU – SSTI International Online Essay Writing Competition
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AIESEC NTU – SSTI International Online Essay Writing Competition

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Deadline
July 31, 2008

Availability
(Global)

Contact Name
AIESEC NTU – SSTI

Contact email
competition@aiesecntu.org

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In today’s world, many Voluntary Welfare Organizations (VWOs) are facing with common problems which threaten their sustainability. (E.g. low volunteer retention rates, obsolete fund-raising ideas and insufficient IT knowledge). How to attract sufficient resources for VWOs sustainability becomes more and more important.

This international online essay writing competition is organized by AIESEC in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, in partnership with SSTI, the Social Service Training Institute in Singapore. It aims to consolidate refreshing ideas and possible solutions from both local and overseas youth aged between 16 and 25 years old. This mutually beneficial collaboration aims to expose youth to the challenges in the social service sector, whilst the Voluntary Welfare Organizations (VWOs) stand to benefit from their new and perhaps innovative ideas.

Cash prizes will be given to the top three essays. Trophies will be given to the winners and the wining essays may be showcased by AIESEC in NTU and SSTI through their media respectively.Winners will be notified by October 2008 through email. Winners’ names will be posted online at www.aiesecntu.org . All winners will need to provide documentations as proof of their date of birth. These can be certified true documents of the originals or a copy of their birth certification/IC/passport for verification.

Essay Topic: How can Non-Profit Organizations/Voluntary Welfare Organizations attract sufficient resources for sustainability?


Rank Number Prizes
Gold 1 SGD $3,000
Silver 1 SGD $2,000
Bronze 1 SGD $1,000
Things to note: Word limit (2,000 words), Deadline for submission(31st July 2008).
Submit application form & completed essay to essay.submission@aiesecntu.org
For more information visit: http://apessay.aiesecntu.org/

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AIESEC International

Present in over 800 universities in over 90 countries and territories, AIESEC, the world's largest student organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact in society. Towards this aim, we run more than 350...