Ray of hope

SUN Club, or ‘Special Projects to Understand Nature’ Club, is the first nature appreciation programme for students with special needs.

Sponsored by Singapore Press Holdings Foundation since the programme was introduced in October 2006, it has benefited close to 2,600 children from 11 special schools.

The programme, which celebrates its third anniversary this year, has been so well-received that it has expanded the locations to include more parks and nature areas such as Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, East Coast Park, Fort Canning Park, HortPark, Pasir Ris Park, Pulau Ubin, and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve.

More than 50 sessions were organised for students with special needs in FY08-09.