Students Build a Roof-top Garden at Elderly Home

Hundreds of IE Business School students constructed a roof-top garden for elderly residents at the Hospital Care Center Laguna in collaboration with Splash Projects, giving the students the opportunity to become socially involved.

Working in 13 separate groups, all 250 Master in Management students participated in the 7-day event, designed to merge a team-building exercise with an act of social responsibility.

According to Stephanie Villemagne, the Associate Dean of the Master in Management, the exercise helps teach students to create the future.

Splash Projects Limited works with companies to get them involved in volunteer work on a local communal scale. The activities they organize encourage collaboration in both the learning and working environment.

For many students, this activity was the first time they had volunteered their services requiring physical labor.

Students said that the Covid-19 pandemic had caused some difficulties setting up the project, but made it even more meaningful to create an outdoor space for residents to enjoy.

Students praised the unusual teaching method that allowed them to feel like they were creating something significant.