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First introduced to secondary schools in 2014, the Big Brother Big Sister programme uses sailboats to impart life values.When Edison Goh was first introduced to sailing some seven years ago, the 14-year-old then was apprehensive about the idea of being out at sea.
This 21-year-old shared that sailing has allowed him to "get out of his comfort zone" and he is now looking forward to participating in several local regattas, or sailing races, now that Covid-19 restrictions have been relaxed. "[And we would say] 'why don't you share the ice cream with others who played [with you]?'" he explained. "Imagine you are hot and thirsty. And there's a bunch of kids who won the ice cream and they share it with you, you will be quite happy right?
"If we do it the right way, and we craft the activities the right way, helping one child at a time is good enough for us."that this mentoring programme was born out of his love for the sea where some of his "best" childhood memories were climbing coconut trees and looking for fishes at the beach. Besides the annual sailing and sustainability camp, students under the BBBS programme also receive career guidance in the form of industry visits and internships.
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