Singapore HeritageFest 2010 :: Project U & I :: Overview

Jointly organised by the National Heritage Board (NHB) and the Ministry of Education (MOE), 'Project U & I' is a school outreach programme to commemorate the inaugural Singapore Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in August 2010. This project encourages students to think about the universality of cultural values and beliefs, and to appreciate and respect other cultures.

Through this project, NHB aims to raise the awareness of Singaporean children and youth about various cultures of the world. Further, it is also hoped that they will learn to empathise with their counterparts as they begin to appreciate the different social, political and economic conditions of these countries.

Each project team (or each school) was asked to produce a pair of dolls, one male and one female, dressed in the traditional costumes representing their paired country. Students were encouraged to provide a write-up on the country, evolution of the costumes as well as life of their counterparts. 

The closing date for submission was on 23rd July 2010. A total of 191 schools participated in this exciting project. These dolls were displayed at Compass Point Shopping Centre, one of the festival satellite hubs during the Singapore HeritageFest 2010, from 11-15 August.

To ensure that many more people view this exciting project, the exhibition has travelled to HDB HUB (in the HDB building, opposite POSB bank on the first floor). It will be there till 18 October. Due to space constraints and design elements of the exhibition, half of the exhibition will be shown from now till 17 September, after which, it will be replaced with the remaining half of the exhibition. This remaining half of the exhibition will be on display from 18 September to 18 October 2010. For more details, please refer here.

Visit our doll gallery here for a full display of the doll entries.

We wish to thank all schools who have actively participated in this project for their support and hope to have your continued support in our future projects and programmes.