The Journal of HOPE: We share our journey while being with the poor and needy families, the friendship with the underprivileged children; The volunteers who came along with us, who has been giving their hearts and love care the ones in need. It's all about the stories of Bringing HOPE, Changing LIVES~!
Yayasan WWRC and HOPE worldwide Malaysia
Yayasan WWRC reaching out Orang Asli Community at Kg. Jerum Lesung
29 June 2019, Staedtler World Kids Colouring Day at Tesco Extra Puchong
After 6 years, we were so honoured to be invited again by Staedtler Malaysia as one of the beneficial NGOs for the World Kids Colouring Day! This year, the WKCD was held at Tesco Extra Puchong. Together with us were four nonprofit organizations, they were BRDB Rotary Children Residence, Yayasan Chow Kit, Pertubuhan Rumah Anak Yatim Berkat Kasih and Pusat Jagaan Kasih Murni.
Just like the previous years, our children performed a singing performance on stage with two songs "Burung Kakak Tua" and "If You Are Happy". It definitely brought back lots of wonderful memories with Staedtler Malaysia! Besides us, each organization deliver a special performance. We were so impressed by their creativity and talents. Kudos to all the nonprofit workers who gave their best to nurture the children and youths talents.
One of the delightful moments for the children was the Colouring Contest. Each kid paid the utmost attention to complete their artwork. We were thrilled when one of our children's artwork was selected as the winner as first runner-up. Good job Syazwana!
At the end of the event, each organization received a donation of RM 1,000.00 and Staedtler products. Besides, Tesco Malaysia also donated their products and cash vouchers of RM 200.00 for each organization. Thank you so much for your generosity!
Our gratitude goes to all the Staedtler workers who have put their hearts, mind and effort in making this event a successful one, and a memorable one for all of the children.
By his own words, "I have never considered myself a Blind Man."
With that in mind, Lim has never limited his ability to achieve things in life. He is determined and motivated to learn and grow in his paths of life.
Lim lost his eye-sight due to damaged optical nerves as a result of an accident at the age of ten. Because of that, he missed 2 years of school. Then, he moved to Penang alone and started his schooling again. He learnt Braille and went on till his PhD despite his lecturer making him drop a module due to his blindness. He never lost his vision despite the loss of his sight, to borrow the words of Helen Keller.
Lim is currently pursuing his PhD. in Development Economics in University of Malaya (UM), which is due for completion in mid-2019. He did his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Economics at UM too. Among the many academic achievement awards he has received:
Being on the Dean’s List – 2006
Best Blind Student Academic Achievement Award, by Malaysian Association of Blind (MAB) – 2008 & 2013.
Lim Tien Hong's working experiences:
He has tutored a cohort of undergraduates in the subjects of Microeconomics & Macroeconomics at UM. Besides conducting seminars, he independently planned assignments and lessons for 14 week programmes. He also served as the editor of the Wawasan magazine – a print and digital magazine. At present, he is working as a marketing administrator.
Since his university days to the present, he has been actively involved in advocacy and social work. In his capacity as the Secretary of Human Capital Development of Society for the Blind Malaysia (SBM), he has organised a variety of events including motivational and leadership camps as well as skills improvement courses. He also ran a blog (jpmisbm.blogspot.com) which provided a database of job opportunities to help visually-impaired job seekers. Lim has represented the blind community in meetings with the government and other stakeholders. Most notably, he represented SBM on the Implementation Technical Committee of the Ministry of Human Resources’ ‘One Percent of Jobs for People with Special Needs’ programme. In addition, as a Certified Professional Coach, he has carried out coaching for clients to help them achieve their intended goals.
As a presenter at an international conference called ‘Disability Studies: Heading in the right(s) direction?’ organised by University Malaysia Sarawak, Lim gave a talk on job placement services for people with blindness and visual impairment in Malaysia.
As a volunteer tutor he has; among others taught PhD and Master’s candidates database preparation and analysis using SPSS.
Volunteer Auditor, Public Transport in Kuala Lumpur, Lim carried out safety and worthiness checks on MRT stations and the shuttle bus services with officials from Ministry of Transport, JKR, DBKL, MRT Corp and the National Disability Council.
As the list goes on, Lim has so much invaluable life experiences to share with us. Hence Lim is coming to deliver his talk on 08 December 2018 at Centre of HOPE worldwide in Boulevard Sentul Raya. His life stories are truly an aspiration to many and towards the community, we are helping. We want to learn from him how did he manage to stay focused, self-motivated and managed to overcome all challenges and rise above the circumstances. There will be a Q&A session for Lim to engage with the audience on that day too!
Don't miss this golden opportunity to learn from Lim Tien Hong! Entry is Free and all are invited! We shall see you on 08 December, 3pm! For more info, please contact us at 03-4050 2541 or email to: caesarteh@hopeww.org.my
Check out some of the photos about Lim as a speaker and presenter in various events:
01 December 2018, MY Reading Program with BSI Group Volunteers
Thanks to the volunteers from BSI Group who spent their weekend to be with our children in MY Reading Program, sharing the moment of excitements as school holiday have just started. The volunteers and children had so much fun learning together during the Reading Program where the kids get to discuss about their hometowns and their plans for holidays include inviting their friends for a stay in their hometown.
By the end of the Reading Program, the children enjoyed a KFC treat from BSI Group volunteers
The children also brought home a Stationery Set each presented by BSI Group volunteers:
Thanks to all volunteers from BSI Group for your dedication and your thoughtfulness by reaching out to our kids in the Reading Program. And we look forward to the next working opportunity!
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:
For more event photos, check them out at our Facebook page by clicking into: MY Reading Program Speech Contest 2018
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15 September 2018, MY Reading Program with AWP Services Sdn Bhd Volunteers at Centre of HOPE worldwide KL
Thanks to the staff from AWP Services Sdn Bhd. who volunteer in the MY Reading Program last Saturday. AWP Services Sdn Bhd is one of our newest CSR Partner this year, whose staff have responded to our Community & Volunteer Talk, which we have conducted to share with our corporate partners on the benefits of volunteering in community programs, to directly engage with the beneficiaries HOPE worldwide is helping.
It was uplifting to see more and more companies are engaging their staff through volunteerism in community programs. MY Reading Program is one of the programs which is a platform for this kids to obtain knowledge and as well inspiration from the volunteers.
Thanks to the AWP Services Sdn Bhd's staff who have given their time in mentoring our kids. We look forward to more working opportunities and collaborations in the future.
15 September 2018, Oracle Corporation Staff Volunteerism Day at Centre of HOPE worldwide KL
Oracle Corporation's staff and their friends spent their weekend organized a series of Education Programs, reaching out to our youths and children. A total of 18 staff organized and volunteered in 3 education programs - HTML Basic Coding Workshop for 11 youths, MY Reading Program for 30 children and Creative Art Program for 18 children.
Thanks to the dedication of the staff who organized the e HTML Basic Coding Workshop which has inspired our youths to have the eagerness to learn more about coding. Due to the good response from the youths, we plan to organize subsequent courses with a goal to help these youths to finally able to build their own website.
Thumbs up to the volunteers' creativity that has lighted up the atmostphere of the Creative Art Program as today the kids were using their handprints to paint Ocean Creatures on the drawing papers. It was a heartwarming moment as seeing the volunteers helping the kids to paint the watercolors on their hands. The Teachers of the Day also had a great time mentoring our kids in the MY Reading Program! As the teachers are not only giving knowledge but as well as giving quality time to the kids.
For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into Oracle Staff & Friends Volunteerism Day
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25 August 2018, Dancomech Engineering Sdn Bhd National Day Community Outreach and "Coloring Contest"
As inspired by the upcoming 61st National Day, Dancomech's staff and their family members organized a Community Outreach by having a "Coloring Contest" for 32 children from the low income families, besides, the staff also sponsored groceries for these 22 families.
The Top 6 Art Pieces were chosen by the staff and these 6 children were awarded with a 48s Coloring Sets.
Children were overjoyed with the Domino's Pizza treat by Dancomech staff.
Besides reaching out to the children, total 22 families received groceries from Dancomech staff too.
For HOPE worldwide Malaysia and our beneficiaries, this is indeed a memorable National Day celebration. We wanna thank Dancomech for your thoughtfulness in organizing this outreach program and we look forward for more working opportunities in the future!
