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    Social Impact

    GIC Computing for the Community Fellowship Award

    Since 2017, GIC has partnered with the National University of Singapore (NUS) School of Computing to sponsor the Computing for the Community Fellowship Award. This award supports students participating in the Computing for Voluntary Welfare Organizations (“CVWO”) attachment programme, which enables undergraduates to apply their skills in assisting voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs) better serve the community.

    How it works

    The CVWO initiative assists VWOs in Singapore, which often lack the funds for IT systems, by developing high-quality, relevant systems tailored to their workflows. Students are matched with VWOs based on their programming skills, giving them the opportunity to create industry-standard IT solutions for these charities.

    GIC employees serve as mentors to these students to guide them on stakeholder and project management.

    Impact on the community

    Over 172 students have participated in the CVWO programme, developing and maintaining IT systems for over 6 VWOs in Singapore, including Lion’s Befrienders Service Association (LBSA) and 13 Active Ageing Centres across the nation.

    "CVWO has been a greatly rewarding experience, allowing me to develop my technical skills while contributing to a meaningful cause. It has also provided invaluable insights into the process of software engineering in a real-world context."

    Dave Wong

    Computing for the Community Fellowship Award recipient

    “The CRM system developed by NUS CVWO is ahead of its time and continues to support LBSA's daily operations till today. The NUS CVWO team possesses a deep and complete understanding of the needs of eldercare services in Singapore. Modern database systems for eldercare services in Singapore would be non-existent without them.”

    Karen Wee

    Executive Director, Lions Befrienders Service Association (Singapore)

    Spotlight: ‘Tech Heroes From Crisis’ at IT Leader Awards 2021

    A team from the 2020 batch was recognised as a ‘Tech Hero From Crisis’ at the IT Leader Awards 2021. Organised by the Singapore Computer Society, the award recognises teams that have made a significant positive impact on the community through technology during the pandemic.

    Together with the Singapore Armed Forces, the team of five students raced against time to develop a national contact tracing system in less than three weeks, to ease the workload of Ministry of Health (MOH) contact tracers when COVID-19 cases spiked in May 2020. Data compiled with this large-scale web app helped MOH provide its daily updates to the public on the COVID-19 situation.

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