DIKA College Volunteers' Love & Joy for the Little Ones

26 July 2014, Early Childhood Development Workshop with volunteers from Kolej Dika

Thanks to the volunteers from Kolej Dika for the thoughtfulness in planning & organizing the workshop for the underprivileged children from age from 5 to 8 years old.

The workshop was from 12pm to 4pm which was including hand cleanliness, healthy diet pyramid, and also fruit cutting. Besides, one of the highlights of the workshop was making sandwiches.

The thoughtfulness of the volunteers had brought so much love & joy to the little ones. The little ones were beaming all the way during the workshop, and they enjoyed themselves so much.

Thanks to all fellow volunteers from Kolej Dika for the colorful decoration which created a lively atmosphere for the workshop!

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Mary Kay raised RM 30,000.00 for 150 urban poor families

19 July 2014, Mary Kay "Give a Meal, Feed a Child" CSR Campaign at Sentul Free Clinic of HOPE

Mary Kay Malaysia reached out to 150 urban poor families at the Sentul Community through volunteering in the Food Distribution Program at the Sentul Free Clinic of HOPE.

Tracing back history, when Mary Kay Ash founded her Company, she often emphasized the importance of giving back to others.  Since then, Mary Kay has been changing the lives of women and children around the world. Now, it is part of the Mary Kay legacy to continue making a difference in the lives of underprivileged.

Since 16 May this year, Mary Kay Malaysia has initiated “Beauty That Counts” CSR fund raising campaign through the sales of the limited edition* Beauty that Counts^TM fragrance.

Through this Food Distribution Program, Mary Kay aims to provide children with nutritional and balanced diet they need for good health in order for them to have the ability to learn better in school and reach their potential.

“A child’s well-being, education and health are very important aspects we need to take into consideration because they are our future leaders of the world. Through this Food Distribution Program, we hope to be able to give the best to the less fortunate children to have nutritional and balanced diet so they can grow up healthily” says Nasution Abdul Rahman, General Manager of Mary Kay Malaysia and Singapore. 

“This is the 5^th year that of Mary Kay’s CSR Collaboration with HOPE worldwide Malaysia,” said Ms. Katy Lee, the Executive Director of HOPE worldwide Malaysia, “and we are very grateful and inspired with Mary Kay’s great CSR Initiatives which had impacted millions of lives, not only in Malaysia, but globally. We are so honoured to be part of this journey.”

For more than 50 years Mary Kay Inc. has been committed to enriching the lives of women and children around the world. Through Mary Kay’s global cause-related marketing program, Beauty that Counts^TM, consumers can help join their efforts to make a positive community impact by purchasing the limited edition* Beauty that Counts^TM fragrance. Since Beauty that Counts^TM began in 2008, Mary Kay has donated almost $7 million (USD) to organizations benefitting women and children globally.

For event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into: Mary Kay "Give a Meal, Feed a Child" CSR Campaign

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Youth Students inspire the Little Ones in Education Program

12 July 2014, Youth Students volunteer in MY Reading Program at Children Activity Centre

Giving Back could eventually became a habit, if we do it consistently. Just like how this group of Youth Students who have been consistently volunteering our series of Education Programs which including the MY Reading Program & Creative Art Program.

Last Saturday, with more than 20 youth students, together we open up new chapter (new semester) for the MY Reading Program and as well for the Creative Art Program. Together, we reached out to more than 60 underprivileged children.

Before we the Reading Program starts, we had an Ice Breaking Games to have both the volunteers and children who are right-handed to draw their portraits by using their left hands; while for the "left-handed" ones, they need to draw by using their right hands. Once everyone is done with their drawings, we shuffle the drawings and distribute to everyone. Everyone will have a portrait of other people, so each of them need to find the person of the portrait. Once he/she found the person, he/she needs to find out the person's name & hobbies. At the end, we had both the volunteers and children to share whose portrait they had got. After that, both the volunteers and children had great time reading together.

For Creative Art Program, our facilitator and the volunteers together taught the children how to make Paper Toy =)

The program ends by having a Birthday Celebration for one of our young volunteers on that day - Amelia! Amelia turned 7 this year! Indeed, Amelia's parents celebrated her 6 year-old Birthday last year during the Reading Program too: http://bit.ly/1kLaNGo This year, Amelia spent all her Pocket Money to buy presents for each and every child in the Reading Program.

It was a fruitful & memorable day, and thanks to all fellow Youth students for your great heart and love for the children. Hope to see you guys again soon!

For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into: Youths volunteer at Education Programs

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Penang Mobile Clinic Orang Asli Outreach to Kg. Bukit Sapi

06 July 2014, Orang Asli Settlement Outreach at Kg. Bukit Sapi, Lenggong

10 volunteers including a Pediatrician, a Medical Assistant and students, decided to spend their precious Sunday morning differently. We made a three hours trip to the Orang Asli (Aborigines) Settlement located at Kg. Bukit Sapi to visit the Semang, which is a tribe of the Orang Asli named "Negrito". 

Total of 37 patient received free medical consultation and medicine. The quaterly outreach aims to help improve the living quality and encourage them by showing care and love to our native friends. We also distributed groceries, food supplements, clothing, school shoes and toys which donated by many kind individuals.

Thanks to Dr. Victor Gong, our Pediatrician and all fellow volunteers, with your undying heart and spirit to serve and reach out to the unreachable community inside the jungle, your act of love made a huge difference in their lives.

For more event pictures, check them our on our Facebook page by clicking into the Penang Mobile Clinic Orang Asli Outreach to Kg. Bukit Sapi

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St. Patrick Society raises funds for 12 Charity Bodies

12 June 2014, St. Patrick Society of Selangor Charity Dinner Cheque Presentation Ceremony

We would like to thank St Patrick Society of Selangor for your fundraising effort in organizing the Charity Dinner to raise funds for 12 Charity Organizations in Malaysia.

It was such a great privileged for HOPE worldwide Malaysia's Country Director Mr. Darick Wong & Executive Director Ms. Katy Lee to be invited to the Embassy of Ireland, together with the other representatives from different NGOs to attend the Cheque Presentation Ceremony

Thanks to Ms. Sarah and Mr. Martha from St. Patrick Society of Selangor for your great heart and works for the Charity Dinner which was held in 03 May 2014.

For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into: St. Patrick Society of Selangor Charity Dinner Cheque Presentation Ceremony

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BOLATHON Presents An Array of Color & Joy

01 June 2014, BOLATHON Charity Fun Run & Masquerade Walk at Padang Merbok

The addition of HOPE worldwide Malaysia’s maiden 10 kilometres Fun Run to its Bolathon – Charity 3km Masquerade Walk 10km Fun Run on its third anniversary held in conjunction with FIFA World Cup once every four years, had over 2800 football aficionados and

enthusiasts gathering before sunrise on a Sunday morning.

There were best-dressed prizes up for grabs for individual and group category whereby, participants were encouraged to have their photo taken at the Photo Booth tent to take part in the contest. Grazing their presence at this year’s Bolathon was a family of Superheroes with the toddler attending to mischief as Superman. Also present were Captain America, Spiderman, Minions and other well-known characters. “My kudos goes out all those who participated and supported the fundraising event. It is tremendous to have so many enthusiasts who rise up and unite for an initiative to better serve the underprivileged

communities in Malaysia. 

It was a sensationally calm morning with minimal noise pollution to also enjoy the perks of DBKL’s Car Free Morning. The proceeds from Bolathon will be channelled towards HOPE’s flagship programmes centred on Health, Education and Nutrition such as Free Health Clinics, Reading and Food Distribution”, said Darick Wong, Country Director of HOPE worldwide Malaysia. Following the Run, there was a Friendly Futsal match held where corporate sponsors registered teams to compete against each other. Hyundai took first place followed by DoubleTree by Hilton as the first-runner up. Participating for the first time, Nor Athirah from Kota Kemuning said, “I feel extremely excited to join other participants for a great cause. It is a good initiative for the public as it improves our well-being and also an opportunity to bond with family and participate in Bolathon together”.

HOPE worldwide Malaysia will look forward to host the Fourth Bolathon in 2018 and continuously identify opportunities to enrich as a unique family-friendly event and the 10km Fun Run is here to stay.

For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into these links below:

BOLATHON 2014 (Part One)

BOLATHON 2014 (Part Two)

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UKM Clinical Psychology Students Community Program with HOPE worldwide

17 May 2014, UKM Clinical Psychology Students Community Program at Children Activity Centre

Thanks to Michelle & Shiva, who conducted a clinical psychology workshop to 20 teenagers last weekend. The student got to learn about having healthy emotions lead to healthy lifestyle, and as well to provide positive energy to others by learning to appreciate each other's strength.

The workshop consists of education on self-hygiene, healthy inner-being, healthy emotions and anger management. By the end of the workshop, each student received a certificate.

Once again, we would like to thank UKM Clinical Psychology Students for your thoughtfulness and effort in planning and conducting this workshop.

Beside conducting this workshop for the teenagers, the students from UKM Clinical Psychology Faculty also spend a day at our Free Clinic of HOPE in Sentul by doing a survey with the community, to ask them questions about healthy emotions.

For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into: UKM Clinical Psychology Community Program

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