Week 4 Assignment: Kids Walk For Rice

The premise of Walk For Rice, an ongoing event held at Temasek Polytechnic (TP), is simple. For every two hundred meters walked by a participant, two bowls of rice will be donated to needy families in Singapore's south-eastern district.

Walk For Rice is open to all - and has attracted some interesting participants. About thirty preschoolers from PLAY@TP - a kindergarden located on campus - took part in the walk today, collecting ice-cream sticks to be traded for bowls of rice.

With big smiles and bigger hearts, these kids prove that age is no barrier when it comes to helping the needy.

I managed to speak with Assistant Kindergarden Teacher Ms Lindy, who told me a bit more about the children's participation in this event. Watch the informal interview here.

And for those who want to help out, there's still time. Walk For Rice ends on 15 November at 6pm.