MY Reading Program Speech Contest 2018

27 October 2018, MY Reading Program Speech Contest

Thanks to all the dedicated volunteers who have to raise these kids from teaching them basic English, moving onto advance learning and last Saturday, we witnessed 10 of them, for the very first time, giving their speeches in front of their parents and families, most importantly, the judges from the Toastmasters!

Yes! This is our very first Speech Contest, which a million thanks to volunteers from DHL and individual basis, who have been their mentors since the beginning of the year, to coach them on the preparation, from scripting their speeches till their presentation.

The topics of their speeches are all from the youths themselves. They proposed their ideas and their mentors helped them to arrange their ideas into a proper speech.

These 10 youths who participated in the Speech Contest (with the topics of the speeches) are:

(1) Hiap Hock Lai - Is Gaming a Curse?
(2) Sathishvaran - The Body Speaks
(3) Hiap Jin Hong - The Bad Side of Gaming
(4) Saswin Rao - Love is in the Air
(5) Rifka - Martial Arts for Women
(6) Hiap Jia Kai - Mother Earth
(7) Navaneshvaran - Parenting that Kills
(8) Yogaloshana - The Best Gift
(9) Siti Nur Aishah - KPOP
(10) Hiap Yong San - Sports

Besides presenting their prepared speeches, the judges also organized a Table Topics session, where the selected youths were given a topic and they have 3 minutes to talk about the topic. This is to test their spontaneity and all of them did well with the topic given - "The Most Unforgettable Day in my Life".

Eventually, the results for the planned speeches are:

Champion: Hiap Jin Hong - The Bad Side of Gaming
1st Runner-Up: Hiap Hock Lai - Is Gaming a Curse?
2nd Runner-Up: Navaneshvaran - Parenting that Kills

While the results for Table Topics are:

Champion: Hiap Hock Lai
1st Runner-Up: Navaneshvaran
2nd Runner-Up: Hiap Jia Kai

Congratulations to all their hard work, effort and dedication. All of them were their very very first time, to ever delivering a speech in front of so many people. Some of them who used to be so timid to introduce themselves, while right now, they were so confidently sharing the ideas and passion from their hearts through the speeches. I must say, all of them are the Winners regardless the placements.

This is indeed a long journey. It's all started since the year 2015 when we first brought in the Blossom Literacy Program Syllabus. These kids went through all the series and right now, they were on their feet, being empowered to deliver a speech on their own. We want to take this opportunity to thank the mentors and volunteers, they are:

Andal (the Mastermind of Blossom Literacy Program),

Manju, Ooi and Farah (The dedicated volunteers from DHL). And Manju brought along her son Thibhan.

Kaldip (the retired Teacher who tirelessly mentoring our youths and children in the Reading Program). Then Kaldip brought along her son Angert to be one of the mentors for the Speech Class.

Zatil (another dedicated volunteer who has been coming regularly as a volunteer teacher in Reading Program who eventually signed up to be a mentor for the Speech Class)

Bavani (a friend of Andal who is a friend of Andal and dedicated her time to mentor the youths in the speech class)

Moving forward, we are looking for sponsors to sponsor examination fees for these youths to sit for International Examinations and as well, continue to train them in their writing skills.

Our heartfelt thanks to:

NAVEM Toast Master Club

DHL Toast Master Club

for being the judges and sponsoring the food & beverages for the event!

Our Gratitude for:

DHL IT Services

DHL Go Teach Volunteers

for your dedication in bringing in the volunteers, teaching syllabus and as well getting the funding to sustain the program

Click here to watch the Thank You Video which recorded the journey we have had with our 10 youths and their mentors:

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KFC Sharing Moments 2018 with Community in Jelebu

2018_10_20 KFC Sharing Moments with Community in Jelebu

Here we sail on our journey for KFC Sharing Moments 2018, and we identified a new community to reach out to - the Orang Asli Community in Kampung Jerum Lesung, located at Jelebu. This trip, we have 21 volunteers, bringing KFC Meals and Groceries to 120 villagers (about 30 families).

Thanks to all dedicated fellow volunteers who worked and served the community tirelessly. Besides distributing the KFC Meals and groceries, the volunteers also organized personal hygiene education to the children, teaching them about hands and oral cleanliness through the hand washing and teeth brushing activities.

We want to thank Add Hope Malaysia and KFC Malaysia for your continuous support and trust that enable us to do so much in reaching out to this needy community. Looking forward to upcoming "Sharing Moments" trips in the future!

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Food Distribution Program with Volunteers from Grohe Malaysia Sdn Bhd (Lixil Community Day)

20 October 2018, Food Distribution Program with Grohe Malaysia Sdn Bhd

Thanks to the 12 staff from Grohe Malaysia Sdn Bhd who volunteered their time in the Food Distribution Program, reaching out to 100 low-income families from the Sentul Community.

Besides volunteering in the Food Distribution Program, the staff thoughtfully prepare 100 goodies to give away to the beneficiaries.

Once again, we wanna thank the volunteers from Grohe Malaysia Sdn Bhd, we hope to work with your team in the future real soon!

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Home Visit with volunteers from IMCD Malaysia Sdn Bhd

20 October 2018, Home Visit to Sentul Community with IMC Malaysia Volunteers

Thanks to the staff volunteers from IMCD Malaysia Sdn Bhd who organized a home visit to our beneficiaries among the Sentul community by reaching out to these 12 families and sending them the monthly grocery provision from our Food Distribution Program.

The volunteers listened to the beneficiaries as they shared about their lives and how they got to know about HOPE worldwide Malaysia and eventually became a beneficiary.

It was a heartwarming afternoon spent with the families. We wanna thank IMCD Malaysia Sdn Bhd for not only volunteering their time and at the same time, but the employees also raised a total of RM 10,000.00 by their own donations among the staff, while the company IMCD Malaysia Sdn Bhd matched the donation from the employees by donating another RM 10,000.00 to us. So, in total we receive a donation of RM 20,000.00!

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Vaseline Healing Project at Kampung. Lubok Jaya

06 October 2018, Vaseline Healing Project at Kg. Lubok Jaya

Last Saturday, the Vaseline Healing Project finally is here with our community in Kg. Lubok Jaya. It's been a wonderful journey since we renewed our collaboration in August. We wanna thank Vaseline and the ambassadors for the tremendous support thus far!

We want to express our gratitude to the ambassadors who came and volunteer their time on this trip, they are Sazzy Falak, Aanantha and Deborah Henry.

We received a very warm welcome by the villagers with their kind hospitality. We were once here bringing knowledge through collaboration with Starbucks Malaysia in the endeavor of establishing the Community Computer Centre. This time, we are bringing the education and awareness of healthy skin to them.

By the end of the session, we were given a treat by the villagers as they served us fruits and the irresistible Ayam Rendang.

Besides educating the community the benefit of applying the Vaseline petroleum jelly, HOPE worldwide Malaysia with their volunteers forms a medical team to provide Free Health Check for the villagers too.

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