​Brilliant Buddies

(formerly We Can Be Heroes)

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​Brilliant Buddies (formerly named formerly We Can Be Heroes) is a volunteer-based, non-profit entity headquartered in Singapore committed to promoting the rights of people with mental health issues and disabilities to live a more enjoyable and fulfilled life

Our mission is to help people with mental health issues and disabilities lead a happier & more fulfilled life.

Building on a successful, on-going mentorship programme, which we set up a few years ago for underprivileged and troubled girls from Pertapis Home in Singapore, we wanted to take the learnings from this experience and extend our reach to support people with mental health issues and disabilities, while also involving male volunteers.
We pair people with mental health issues and disabilities with volunteers based on their mutual interests, such as tastes and hobbies. Through mentoring, our volunteers offer friendship and support by spending time with their mentees, first at the institutions where the mentees study or are a part of, and later on - with permission from the mentees' guardians - on outings and social activities they can enjoy together outside their homes.

How it works
• As a first step, we organise a briefing for our new We Can Be Heroes Volunteers at one of our partners' venues, so as to outline what is to be expected and how to interact with mentees at those institutions.
• Soon after, volunteers can join the planned group activities at those venues with their mentees. This usually takes the form of arts and crafts projects, reading, group icebreaker games and even dancing. Some activities may include planned outings at other venues such as bowling alleys, running tracks and nature reserves for hiking.
• If a special bond forms between mentor and mentee, and if this is permitted by the mentee's guardian, then outings can be scheduled outside of the group activities. Once paired, our mentors and mentees can go to social events togethers a couple times a month for a year.
• We partner with well run institutions and schools in Singapore that have programmes in place providing care, guidance and special education to adults and children with special needs - including Language Delay, Language Disorder, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder, Developmental Delays and other Mental Health Disorders.
• We believe mentoring could help people with mental health issues and disabilities by enhancing their inclusion in society. Mentors can serve as role models and share experiences while helping to support their mentees in their academic, career and psychosocial development.

Christine Amour-Levar is the Founder of ​Brilliant Buddies.

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