Sponsor A Child!

First of all I would like to apologise on behalf of all authors of this blog for not blogging frequently. We do have valid reasons. Exams had started and I believe we are all struggling. =D That's just what I think. School activities are also very packed so yeah. But here I am trying my very best to bring this blog back alive!

Alright as you see in the title. Sponsor A Child. You might be trying to figure out the meaning behind that sentence right? If you had read the previous post then you shoud know what am I talking about. But nevermind let me go all over again.

Have you heard of World Vision? WV is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation dedicated to help the less fortunates. Especially children. WV has offices all over the world. Namely those less develop countries. They had also set up a office in Malaysia. Under the name World Vision Malaysia, they had gathered sponsors from Malaysia to sponsor childrens from various countries. Sadly to say that they do not offer to sponsor children from Malaysia because our country is quite developed compared to other countries like Indonesia, India and others.

But to me as long as we have the heart to help others, no matter where we offer our help to does not matter. WVM began in Malaysia in 1997. This year is their 10th Anniversary in Malaysia. Congratulations WVM!

WV has come out with a program to help the children. The name of the program is 'Sponsor A Child'. You can already figure out what it means by looking at the title. Yes sponsor a child for only RM50 a month. Of course if you're wealthly you can sponsor more children. But sponsoring one child is already sufficient. By sponsoring a child you will get to know who are you sponsoring. Pictures of the child will be mailed to you and besides that you can write letters to you sponsored child as well.

Remember, A Kind Deed Will Be Always Remembered. I've already signed up to sponsor a child. But i'm thinking of getting some of my friends to join me as I won't be able to fork out RM50 a month. Quite a burden I would say. Hopefully I would be able to gather some friends. Would you want to join?

So thats all for today. Hope what I've written here would change your mind about doing charity. =D

ACCA CHARITY DRIVE 2007

Dear Friends,

ACCA will be organising Charity Drive 2007 in aid of relief assistance for victims from the recent flood devastation in Johor. This special event is organised by ACCA Student Ambassadors (SA) in collaboration with the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRSC) to organise contributions for the MRSC relief fund. The charity drive also aims to encourage awareness on social responsibility among ACCA members, students as well as the public at large in the hopes of providing financial and relief assistance to people affected by the recent flood.

The event will be held at ACCA Malaysia office as follows:

Date : 10 February 2007 (Saturday)
Time : 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
Venue : Open Carpark of Wisma Denmark, No.86 Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
(next to Dang Wangi LRT station)

We welcome donation in cash and kind. Please find example of basic necessity items that would be useful for the victims, which includes the following:

Perishable Food: rice, instant noodle, milk, Milo, Nescafe, Nestum, Horlicks etc.

Canned Food: chicken/mutton/beef, sardines, sugar, coffee/tea (dust), biscuits, salt, cooking oil, mineral water etc.

Non-perishable Food: sanitary pads, diapers, toothpaste, toothbrush, towels, soap, detergent, Dettol, slippers etc.

Medicines: metronidazole, c.penicillin, ciprofloxacin, anti-emetic - metaclopramide, antidiarrhoeal - lomotil, paracetomol tablets/suppository, voltaran suppository and antibiotic eye drops etc.

School & Household Items: school bags, uniform, books, stationeries, brooms, mops, stoves, rice-cookers, plates, cups, eating utensils etc.


All cash contributions are tax-exempted and are to be made payable to:

"Malaysian Red Crescent Society" or Maybank A/C No - 5144 2210 3788 or call Tel: +603 - 4257 8726, Fax: +603 - 4257 3537 (Operations Room) for details.

Tax-exemption receipts will be issued on the day of the event.

For further details, please contact me or the following Student Ambassadors:

Mr Selvakumaran Selvanathan at 016 971 1244 or email
sa.kumaran@gmail.com

Ms Shanthini Parama Dorai at 016 936 9317 or email
sa.shanthini@gmail.com

Ms Candy Moy Hui-Wan at 012 299 9380 or email
sa.candymoy@gmail.com


Don't forget to spread the word, bring along your family and friends to participate in ACCA Charity Drive 2007.

See you there!


Hannah Ramsamy
Executive - Education & Services
ACCA Malaysia
27th Floor Wisma Denmark No 86 Jalan Ampang 50450 Kuala Lumpur

tel: +(603) 2713 5051 x 20
fax: +(603) 2713 5052
http://www.accaglobal.com

This is a E-mail sent to me by Ms Candy Moy, a Student Ambassador of ACCA Malaysia. This is yet another charitable event organised by the youth of Malaysia. I am really happy to see that more and more people are coming forward to help out those who are less fortunate. KUDOS TO ALL! So now please support this event. I will definately be there!

Idealist Start-Up Meeting

Hey!Idealist.org Action Without Borders is a non-profit organization that connects people, organizations, and resources to help build a world where all people can live free and dignified lives.

During the week of February 5 - 11, people from all over the world are having start-up meetings, whereby like-minded people who're passionate about making a positive change around them, get together and talk about issues they are passionate about, and brainstorm for ideas. Here's the link to it.

Reading your blog, I'm feeling confident that there are A LOT more Malaysian youths who are passionate about volunteer work and all, they just don't know where to start.

A start-up meeting for young Malaysians would be the solution! An entire group of passionate young Malaysians could get together, talk and discuss about issues affecting the world around us, and we could come up with ideas to make a positive change.

This message was sent to me by Chooi Yen, a member of Idealist. She has organise a Start-Up Meeting for the youths of Malaysia. Practically in Selangor or KL area. I find that this meeting will be very successful with the help of all youths out there. So come share your thoughts are may the world be peaceful. You Can Make A Difference!

Below are the details :-
Date: February 11, 2007
Location: Starbucks Coffee (G88) @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Start time: 3:00pm
End time: 5:00pm
Organizer: Chooi Yen

So if you are intrested please register here or E-mail Chooi Yen.

We youths can do a lot to help the nation. So I hope all of you will support this event. THANK YOU!