Field Experience Trainers
Field Experience trainers bring more than 280 years of combined experience of passionate Leadership Training. Our trainers have been involved in the development of International Social Impact Expeditions since the 1990s. More than 2500 leaders through more than 200 courses have been trained by our trainers since 2002.
Our trainers have all been in leadership roles both professionally and as volunteers.
We have been involved in change-making, advocacy, or community development in their spheres of influence.
We walk the talk and lead by example both at home and abroad.
Field Experience believes in role-modelling and our trainers attitude exudes this.
Our trainers have all been in leadership roles both professionally and as volunteers.
We have been involved in change-making, advocacy, or community development in their spheres of influence.
We walk the talk and lead by example both at home and abroad.
Field Experience believes in role-modelling and our trainers attitude exudes this.
Field Experience' Team of Trainers
Alicia Wong
Bernice Lee
Emily Hogan
Farheen Mukri
Goh Ann Tat
Koh Boon Kim
Louis Ho
Natalie Teng
Poh Yu Seung
Ruth Ong
Sharon Low
Theodore Teo
Vivian Wong
Bernice Lee
Emily Hogan
Farheen Mukri
Goh Ann Tat
Koh Boon Kim
Louis Ho
Natalie Teng
Poh Yu Seung
Ruth Ong
Sharon Low
Theodore Teo
Vivian Wong
Alicia
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Alicia has been involved in YEP and Service Learning training since 2003. Since then, she has taught and trained in the fields of Service-Learning, Diversity, Ethnicity and many other relevant topics in Raffles Institution, Ngee Ann Polytechnic and the National Institute of Education. Alicia’s passion for humanitarian logistics has seen her undertake medical missions for disaster relief in areas like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Aceh and India. Post earthquake rebuilding in Nepal. And general done community development projects in China, Thailand and India. But Alicia’s passion for the pressure of intensive logistics was not all disaster-focused– she enjoyed the time she ran logistics for the SEA Games 2015.
A certified and seasoned trainer in Outdoor Education, Alicia has conducted numerous training expeditions in the jungles of Malaysia. She has also been responsible for emergency evacuations, even in situations where formal emergency assistance was not accessible. She has led trips to Nepal and Thailand. She is an avid solo traveller, having backpacked, hitchhiked and trekked alone for long periods in Nepal, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. Alicia is a committed volunteer in animal welfare. She volunteers with different animal welfare groups in Singapore, Malaysia and Nepal, and makes annual trips to Nepal. She believes that the state of how the most vulnerable, fragile, and voiceless are taken cared of in a community/country, depicts the level of humanity present in it. Her belief is that all life is one; and that there is no difference in the level of consciousness between species. Her current interest is raising awareness about projects with her contacts in remote Nepal. Where she is looking for funds and manpower to assist them. She likes working with her hands and has worked as a motorcycle mechanic. Muay thai helps her to relax and find order. |
Ann Tat
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Ann Tat believes that all of us are on earth for a purpose and part of that purpose includes living life with passion and contributing to the larger community. In 2011, he suffered a minor stroke that left him with a pain condition, a constant reminder to live life without regrets and to treasure life, family and friends and to appreciate whatever life throws at him.
A believer in lifelong learning, he obtained a Master in Public Administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy to develop his capabilities to serve for the common good. He also has a postgraduate diploma in social work as well as a bachelor in electric engineering. Ann Tat’s work experience includes both the public, private and education sector. He served previously with the Singapore International Foundation, Raffles Institute of Experiential Learning, National Council of Social Services and the National Youth Council. He volunteers with YMCA of Singapore, Empact and loves spending time with his wife and dog. |
Farheen
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Farheen has been facilitating and training in International Development issues and volunteerism for the past ten years. She has managed community enhancement projects focusing on community development, and its various offshoots in mainly South and Southeast Asia. She has also worked in post-disaster situations in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia. Her experiences inspired several Singapore youth leaders to embark on community projects and encouraged independent Singapore-teams to volunteer in the Pakistan post-earthquake area. Previously, she has mentored older youth in areas such as: Leadership Potential, Sustainable Project Design, Team Dynamics, Design Thinking, Risk Assessment and Management (RAMs), community empowerment and ground-up initiatives. In 2012, she co-set up Humanity Assist LLP, which aims to train individuals in post-disaster management settings. Farheen has worked in a variety of jobs expounding her writing and editing skills as well as in the Third Sector (community issues).
Farheen’s early career was spent in Environment & Development work mainly through Education, Publishing, Auditing and Public Awareness. She is certified from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in Executive Non-Profit Leadership, has a Masters in Social Ecology (with a focus on Sustainable Communities) from Western Sydney University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Murdoch University. She enjoys indulging in fusion cooking and also experiments on sewing projects. Farheen has a deep respect for natural healing, healthy diets and strongly believes in physical, emotional, spiritual and psycho-social wellness. |
Louis
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Louis is a currently teaching Physical Education at a Secondary School. He has been involved in overseas community projects since 2001 when he was part of Project Angel 2, a YEP project organised by NUS Science Faculty. From then on, he has led several overseas community projects to Cambodia, Thailand, China, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
He headed a school's Overseas CIP committee in a Junior College from 2005-2012 where he supervised his team of teachers in organising Overseas CIP trips for students. He also organises Overseas CIP trips for his staff which started in 2006. Louis enjoys conducting professional sharing on service learning in Overseas CIP trips among his colleagues and inspiring them in the way of giving of themselves to their students in an experiential way. He has also conducted Service Learning Training in Vietnam and in Singapore. He is involvement in the International Volunteerism Association and serves the sector as a YEP Leader and a lead trainer for YEP leaders courses. He served as a member of the Advisory Panel for YEP in 2009. |
Natalie
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Natalie is currently working in United World College South-East Asia (UWCSEA), conducting both local and overseas outdoor education programs with students from various grade levels from different cultural backgrounds. She is a highly motivated and creative individual with substantial experience in counselling and managing children and youths. Natalie delights in working and interacting with people from different paths and backgrounds, especially with youths. She believes holistic education is her calling.
Natalie first started her outdoor career as an instructor under Outward Bound Singapore in year 2000 where she was exposed in working with juvenile delinquents. She was also the main trainer who was involved in 5-day Residential program for the participants from Singapore Girls' Home. Natalie then moved on to Republic Polytechnic as a Senior Executive who specialised in designing experiential learning programs for youths with special needs under the Singapore TOTE Board funding. She is the key personnel who developed "Project Aramsay", an experiential program for at-risk youths aged 13-20 years. She also initiated experiential programs for children who are physically or sexually abused in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea under the "Royal Family Kids Camp". Subsequently, she went became a lecturer in Republic Polytechnic, under the Diploma in Outdoor and Adventure learning, specialising in Environmental Education. After her 7 years in Republic Polytechnic, Natalie joined Nanyang Girls' High School, a local middle school, where she their outdoor education curriculum for girls aged 13-16 years. She is responsible for crafting leadership, various overseas service-learning and outdoor education programs for the school. She is also one of the key leaders in leading the school's cross-cultural exposures to China and to various South-East Asia countries. She has led several overseas YEP service-learning trips to multiple countries including China, Thailand, The Philippines, Indonesia and have been to mercy relief and volunteer trips to the Rohingya Camps in Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh) and Mongolia herself. |
Ruth
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Ruth grew up with fond memories of exploring the less traveled parts of Singapore with her Dad. Intrigued by how people and places interact, she pursued Geography as a degree. Her varsity days opened her eyes to international volunteerism when a simple reflection activity in Laos PDR made her realize that there is more to receive than to give. Communities were her teachers and landscapes, her classrooms. The meaningful exchanges of stories compelled her to lead Youth Expedition Projects (YEP) and community engagement in Thailand, Cambodia, China, and India.
Upon graduation, Ruth advocated for Service-Learning in a polytechnic as a student development officer and worked on having young people to “get-out-there”. In 2012, her volunteering stint in India with Raleigh International learning about Monitoring and Evaluation left her to explore constantly on how to do good better. Now, as an educator, she continues to find joy in bringing students into new experiences embracing place-based and experiential learning. In her free time, Ruth is always up for a good conversation over a cup of earl grey tea. |
Yu Seung
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With a career spanning Private, Co-operative and Education sectors, Yu Seung brings to our programs a wide range of field know-how from boardroom to campsite. In Siemens, he lead a regional franchise portfolio that created documented processes for corporate reporting while being customised for local conditions. At NTUC Fairprice, he went on to infuse digital process implementation within a legacy co-operative in Singapore. Within Republic Polytechnic currently, he passionately facilitates learning at the intersections of Youth & Community. From 2018-2020, was Program Consultant to Outward Bound Singapore, on using The Bicycle as an adventure tool.
Away from work, Yu Seung spends time on projects that benefit the community at large, such as petitioning to save trees, rallying fellow motorbikers to group significant opinions for feedback to the Land Transport Authority. He has seen multiple countries on two wheels and believes “When you arrive on a bicycle or motorbike, the locals find it far easier to strike up a conversation”. Yu Seung is a certified Design Thinking facilitator; familiar with profiling tools such as MBTI, 5 Peaks & Emergenetics. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from University of Leicester. His previous experience includes : full time staff of the Adventure Learning Centre in Republic Polytechnic, GM of BorderX (a sport climbing & via ferrata business) and Adjunct Lecturer for University of Northumbria & PSB Academy. |
theodore - Founder & Principal Trainer
YEP and the International Volunteerism Sector
Theodore has been involved in International Volunteerism (IV) since 1992 and served and trained in Indonesia, Sarawak, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Bangladesh, and Thailand prior to focusing on International Service Learning Expeditions with the Youth Expedition Project in the Singapore International Foundation from 2002 and was one of the Assistant Directors heading a cluster of managers for projects in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Timor Leste.
He headed the YEP Programme as NYC's Assistant Director of Youth Expeditions in 2006 to rebuild the youth sector’s traction of the YEP after the programme's 1 year hiatus. Theodore later left NYC to establish a stronger Community Service support system for the Singapore Management University. At the same time, together with Dr Chan Yew Wing, they set up the protem committee of the International Volunteerism Association to support the International Volunteerism sector. He later moved to the corporate sector and contributed to the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability sector through the UN Global Compact Network Singapore as a management committee member representing the Social Enterprise sector through the company he worked in.
He set up Field Experience P.L. in order to focus his attention in citizenry education for Singaporeans. In 2021, Theodore also joined Olive Tree Estates Ltd and heads the area of partnerships and capacity building as part of providing quality homes for masses and building healthy, happy, and connected communities.
For fun, he enjoys time with his family, exploring on his motorbike and bicycle, playing ethnic percussions and rocking the blues harmonica, and loves fiddling with knives, ropes, bikes, and fountain pens.
He headed the YEP Programme as NYC's Assistant Director of Youth Expeditions in 2006 to rebuild the youth sector’s traction of the YEP after the programme's 1 year hiatus. Theodore later left NYC to establish a stronger Community Service support system for the Singapore Management University. At the same time, together with Dr Chan Yew Wing, they set up the protem committee of the International Volunteerism Association to support the International Volunteerism sector. He later moved to the corporate sector and contributed to the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability sector through the UN Global Compact Network Singapore as a management committee member representing the Social Enterprise sector through the company he worked in.
He set up Field Experience P.L. in order to focus his attention in citizenry education for Singaporeans. In 2021, Theodore also joined Olive Tree Estates Ltd and heads the area of partnerships and capacity building as part of providing quality homes for masses and building healthy, happy, and connected communities.
For fun, he enjoys time with his family, exploring on his motorbike and bicycle, playing ethnic percussions and rocking the blues harmonica, and loves fiddling with knives, ropes, bikes, and fountain pens.
In-Depth roles & Experience in ALL aspects of YEP & Active Citizenry
As Leaders’ Mentor and Coach
During the Singapore International Foundation-YEP years when YEP was a new unfamiliar concept – leaders had managers who trained and walked through the project together with them. They supported them in the field. Theodore coached the managers to mentor leaders.
As the YEP Leaders’ Training Course curriculum designer
Theodore headed the YEP Training Team. He weaved together the YEP Leaders’ Course in 2003/04 and it remains relevant even till today.
As a YEP Grantmaker
Theodore directed the Youth Expedition Programme when the programme administration returned to the National Youth Council to the Singapore International Foundation. He was involved in shaping the programme and knows it from the inside.
With a team of five, he extended participant access upwards - from 25 years old to 35 years old, enabling working youth and young adults to engage in society through their workplace which opened the doors for corporate companies to take up YEP as a staff development vehicle.
He also extended leadership access downwards - from 21 years old to younger youth 18 years. People 18 years old could then be trained to lead.
As an Organisation Endorser and Advocate
Theodore headed the undergraduates' community service programme in the SMU Office of Career Services and he established the Centre for Social Responsibility (C4SR). He can advise from the viewpoint of a major YEP organisation endorser.
From the time he joined SMU in 2008, he trebled the number of students heading out to serve annually, from 400 up to 1200 in 2010. The students served in ASEAN countries, China, India and the other parts of the world every year. He set up the mechanism of emergency response for the university so that it could support all the students who were out and about concurrently. At peak periods, there were up to 48 teams out during the uni vacation!!
As an International Volunteer
Theodore has been engaged in International Volunteerism since his first foray into it in 1992. He was involved in impacting 19 communities outside Singapore; Working with MFA, foreign governments, NGOs, institutions, and communities to achieve collaborative and reciprocal social impact, He has since then found a joy in multiplying himself by building up others to continue doing what he is passionate about.
As an Active Citizen (Professionally)
Theodore established the philanthropic and social impact systems for the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of one of Singapore's largest social enterprises, to enable children and youth from the lowest income segment in Singapore. Unabashed that there really is till poverty in Singapore, he strategised to get families out of poverty. Investing the social impact funds of the company into the unserved and underserved segments of our population to level the playing field for young people. To enable families out of the poverty cycle with dignity and strength through supporting approximately 3,000 youth annually, levelling the playing field for them to overcome learning disabilities, developing character, values, or social skills, and practical money management skills.
Theodore also expanded the micro-insurance protection to some 34,000 parents of children receiving the MOE Financial Assistance Scheme. This supports families who are left behind in times of crisis of the death or Total Permanent Disability of a loved one.
He was also a director for a listed company-social enterprise as its director of partnership and capacity building. Strategising and equipping their partners in Vietnam with regard to positive social impact for the residents in their social and affordable housing estates using an Asset-Based Community Development approach.
As a Cyclist Safety Advocate
Being a cycling-as-transport advocate, Theodore also served in the Safe Cycling Task Force (SCFT) and served in the committee who pulled together excellent volunteer work of many cyclists - the GPS locations of hazardous locations along roads commonly used by cyclists. The project resulted in the setup of the CYCLISTS AHEAD road signs - a collaborative work by SCTF, LTA, and the then MCYS.
During the Singapore International Foundation-YEP years when YEP was a new unfamiliar concept – leaders had managers who trained and walked through the project together with them. They supported them in the field. Theodore coached the managers to mentor leaders.
As the YEP Leaders’ Training Course curriculum designer
Theodore headed the YEP Training Team. He weaved together the YEP Leaders’ Course in 2003/04 and it remains relevant even till today.
As a YEP Grantmaker
Theodore directed the Youth Expedition Programme when the programme administration returned to the National Youth Council to the Singapore International Foundation. He was involved in shaping the programme and knows it from the inside.
With a team of five, he extended participant access upwards - from 25 years old to 35 years old, enabling working youth and young adults to engage in society through their workplace which opened the doors for corporate companies to take up YEP as a staff development vehicle.
He also extended leadership access downwards - from 21 years old to younger youth 18 years. People 18 years old could then be trained to lead.
As an Organisation Endorser and Advocate
Theodore headed the undergraduates' community service programme in the SMU Office of Career Services and he established the Centre for Social Responsibility (C4SR). He can advise from the viewpoint of a major YEP organisation endorser.
From the time he joined SMU in 2008, he trebled the number of students heading out to serve annually, from 400 up to 1200 in 2010. The students served in ASEAN countries, China, India and the other parts of the world every year. He set up the mechanism of emergency response for the university so that it could support all the students who were out and about concurrently. At peak periods, there were up to 48 teams out during the uni vacation!!
As an International Volunteer
Theodore has been engaged in International Volunteerism since his first foray into it in 1992. He was involved in impacting 19 communities outside Singapore; Working with MFA, foreign governments, NGOs, institutions, and communities to achieve collaborative and reciprocal social impact, He has since then found a joy in multiplying himself by building up others to continue doing what he is passionate about.
As an Active Citizen (Professionally)
Theodore established the philanthropic and social impact systems for the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of one of Singapore's largest social enterprises, to enable children and youth from the lowest income segment in Singapore. Unabashed that there really is till poverty in Singapore, he strategised to get families out of poverty. Investing the social impact funds of the company into the unserved and underserved segments of our population to level the playing field for young people. To enable families out of the poverty cycle with dignity and strength through supporting approximately 3,000 youth annually, levelling the playing field for them to overcome learning disabilities, developing character, values, or social skills, and practical money management skills.
Theodore also expanded the micro-insurance protection to some 34,000 parents of children receiving the MOE Financial Assistance Scheme. This supports families who are left behind in times of crisis of the death or Total Permanent Disability of a loved one.
He was also a director for a listed company-social enterprise as its director of partnership and capacity building. Strategising and equipping their partners in Vietnam with regard to positive social impact for the residents in their social and affordable housing estates using an Asset-Based Community Development approach.
As a Cyclist Safety Advocate
Being a cycling-as-transport advocate, Theodore also served in the Safe Cycling Task Force (SCFT) and served in the committee who pulled together excellent volunteer work of many cyclists - the GPS locations of hazardous locations along roads commonly used by cyclists. The project resulted in the setup of the CYCLISTS AHEAD road signs - a collaborative work by SCTF, LTA, and the then MCYS.
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