MIX fm (also the Official Radio Station for 30-Hour Famine 2009) brought cheer to our office during lunch hour yesterday with “MIX @ Your Office” campaign. Roadrunners - Rod, Simon and Steven were such contagious bunch of laughters and fun! We were treated with free packed lunch, freebies and some even won movie tickets to exclusive premiers! Most of all, the staff had a really great time just being struck by the laughing virus for a good half an hour!
So we just want to say THANK YOU MIX fm, from all of us at World Vision Malaysia!
Since early last year, we have had the privilege to be Red Box’s partner in their corporate social responsibility initiative.Together with Nicholas Teo 张栋梁, Red Box raised RM 20,000 from sale of their Nicholas Teo Limited Edition Dot Red Cards and donations.The money will be channeled to World Vision’s Area Development Programme in Ba Thuoc, Vietnam where it will be used to build wells so that villagers can have access to clean water.
Continuing the good deed, Red Box has recently launched “Save My Love” Piggy Banks. A total of 1000 tins of Nicholas Teo Limited Edition Savings Bank are now available at all Red Box and Green Box outlets for only RM 25. While stock lasts. This campaign is to encourage the public to practice the saving habit while contributing to the society by donating “love” to the people who are in need of our compassion. All the contribution will be continued to chanel to the World Vision’s Ba Thuoc Area Development Programme (ADP) in Vietnam.
Contributions also can be made by cash by putting them into the donation boxes provided at any of the Red Box and Green Box outlets. Besides that, donation also can be made using the charity form and send the donation by cheque or Wang Pos directly to World Vision Malaysia or you can pass them to any Red Box or Green Box outlets. For more info, log on to www.redbox.com.my
On June 25 ‘09, 8TV E-news aired the exclusive interview with A-Mei 阿妹, 30-Hour Famine Ambassador 2009. The interview was carried out none other than Famine Advocate, Gary Yap 叶俊岑. To watch, you will have to register onto www.8tv.com.my
Here attached are 2 print screens to give you a glimpse.
Also, tune in to MY FM radio station this whole week (29 June ‘09 onwards) at 9am and listen to the exclusive interview by yet another Famine Advocate, Nicholas Ong 翁书尉 with A-Mei 阿妹.
Kuala Lumpur, June 22 – More than 600 young Malaysians underwent a series of intensive training aimed at equipping them for the 30-Hour Famine campaign, a mega fund-raising event by World Vision Malaysia, an international humanitarian organization, with the support of Sin Chew Daily and HELP University College.
The youths, from throughout Malaysia, were exposed to the finer points of event budgeting, event organisation, programme planning, public speaking and participants motivation as they prepare themselves to organize and manage their own mini Do-It-Yourself 30-Hour Famine camps in their respective hometowns and states.
The 30-Hour Famine is an international movement initiated by World Vision to bring about long-term change in impoverished communities around the world. Participants of the 30-Hour Famine raise funds by pledging to go without solid foods for 30 hours. For the duration of their fast, the participants undertake various activities aimed at deepening their understanding of, and empathy for, the particular issue of focus for the year.
Given the overwhelming response to the event, mini Do-It-Yourself 30-Hour Famine camps are held in various parts of the country over the weekend of August 22 & 23. For the last six hours, participants congregate at the Putra Indoor Stadium at Bukit Jalil, Selangor, for a Grand Finale.
To date, 167 DIY camps have been registered with anticipated participation from 10,000 campers. The 2009 30-Hour Famine Malaysia is organized by World Vision Malaysia and co-organized by Sin Chew Daily and HELP University College and also supported by 8TV, MIX fm, MY FM and NEWTIDE magazine. The sponsors are Grand Millennium Kuala Lumpur, V-Soy Multigrain, BiO-LiFE Marketing Sdn Bhd, SU.SOKU and Diamond Water.
Venues were sponsored respectively by MMK J/K Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga & Komuniti (Penang State Government) at Dewan Sri Pinang in Penang, Grace Charismatic Centre in Kuantan, Excel Vision Network at Johor Bahru and HELP University College Damansara Heights in Klang Valley.
Ist Session: HELP University College Damansara Heights Kuala Lumpur, 2nd May 2009 with Famine Advocate, Roshan MIX fm (center)
2nd Session: Dewan Sri Pinang Penang, 16th May 2009
3rd Session: Excel Vision Network Johor Bahru, 23rd May 2009
4th Session: Grace Charismatic Centre Kuantan, 30th May 2009
5th Session (English session): HELP University College Damansara Heights Kuala Lumpur, 13th June 2009 with Famine Advocate, Belinda 8TV (center)
5th Session (Chinese session): HELP University College Damansara Heights Kuala Lumpur, 13th June 2009 with Famine Advocate, Gary 8TV (center)
Find a DIY Camp nearest to you today! Check out the 30-Hour Famine 2009 website for updates!
The UN definition Article 3 of the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2000):
“‘Trafficking in Persons’ shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring and receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs.”
A person is considered to have been trafficked even if they have given their consent to the above. And a child – anyone under 18 – can be considered trafficked if they have been recruited and transported into exploitive or slavery-like conditions even when they have not been deceived, forced, threatened, abducted or coerced.
“The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of a child for the purpose of exploitation shall be considered ‘trafficking in persons’ even if it does not involve any of the means set forth”.
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Here is one of the published stories..
Begging to buy back her father
Da’s blind father went to Bangkok with a Vietnamese migration agent four years ago.
“My dad lost three fingers and his sight after stepping on a landmine during the war,” says Da. ”He played accordion in a band with his blind friends in Phnom Penh. They were quite famous.”
It was at one of the band’s performances that a Vietnamese woman approached Da’s father and offered him a business opportunity in Bangkok.
“She told us that my husband could earn more than 19,000 baht (US$585) in just one week, begging there. I
didn’t want him to go but he said he wanted to try his luck,” said Da’s mother.
That was in 2005. Da’s father came back once with some money for the family, then after that there was no sign of him. A year later, Da’s mother finally received news that her husband was trapped in Bangkok.
“I was so excited when my mum told me we’re going to see my dad in Bangkok,” said Da. “I thought that finally we could be together.
What happens to Da when she and her mom arrived in Bangkok? Did they managed to locate her blind father there? Read her full story and more on“10 Things You Need to Know About Human Trafficking”, published by World Vision Asia Pacific recently. Read it. Be informed. Don’t be a part of it.
Oleh Samuel Nga (staf World Vision Malaysia yang berada di World Vision Indonesia selama 2 bulan)
Penanaman jagung merupakan kegiatan tanaman utama bagi penduduk disini dan memakan masa 3 bulan untuk mendapatkan sebarang hasil. Pada musim kemarau, terutamanya bulan September hingga November, suhu menigkat sehingga lebih dari 40 darjah celcius. Penanaman kali kedua pula akan bergantung pada embun waktu pagi untuk terus berkembang.
Jagung merupakan makanan utama bagi masyrakat disini. Hasil tanaman jangung akan dikeringkan dibawah matahari yang terik, digiling/ditumbuk untuk dijadikan nasi jagung.
Gambar diatas menunjukkan Jagung diikat di pohon yang layu untuk pancaran matahari terik dan dihindari dari musuh serangga mahupun haiwan.
Mesin giling jagung yang diberi oleh Wahana Visi Indonesia (World Vision Indonesia) untuk menggantikan cara traditional iaitu penumbukan jagung dengan batu.
Selain penanaman jaggung, penternakan juga merupakan hasil utama masyrakat disini. Adat-adat kepercayaan bagi suku Sumba disini masih begitu jelas diutamakan. Penternakan bukan sahaja menjadi makanan mereka, tetapi juga sebahagian daripada adat istiadat yang diamalkan seperti pernikahan, kematian, perselisihan dan sebagainya.
Pemberian ini juga menggalakan penduduk disini untuk lebih bergiat lagi dalam penanaman jangung. Dengan itu, barulah penduduk disini tidak kelaparan waktu musim kemarau melanda.
Jenis penternakan yang terdapat di desa ini.
Perjalanan saya disini telah memberikan saya pengalaman yang sukar dilupai dan begitu menarik sekali dalam hidup. Penduduk disini lebih mudah bergaul, dikenali, dekati dan membuatkan saya lebih mengenali kepercayaan, adat istiadat dan budaya disini. Saya juga berpeluang untuk berinteraksi dengan masyarakat disini dan ini membuatkan saya begitu bersyukur dengan kasih yang telah dikurniakan oleh Tuhan kepada mereka.
Perjalanan ini tidak dilewakan begitu sahaja malah ia menjadi pendorong kepada saya untuk membantu orang yang lebih kurang berupaya disekitar saya. Pengalaman ini juga membentuk saya sebagai seorang yang lebih memahami persekitaran saya dan orang lain. Pelayanan saya setakat ini tidak memuaskan jika saya tidak menghulurkan tangan saya kepada orang yang lebih memerlukan. Saya harap kamu juga akan menghulurkan tangan kepada mereka yang memerlukan…
Oleh Samuel Nga (staf World Vision Malaysia yang berada di World Vision Indonesia selama 2 bulan)
Perjalanan yang begitu “menyenangkan” (bermaksud gembira dalam bahasa Malaysia) bagi saya apabila tiba di Sumba Timur-NTT, Indonesia. Saya dijemput oleh Pak Amsal di lapangan terbang dan bersama dengan saya adalah 3 orang teman dari Bandung. Saya dihantar oleh Pak Julius sendirian ke Mbatapuhu pada hari itu juga. Mbatapuhu merupakan sebuah desa yang begitu terpencil dan indah sekali. Angin bertiup sepoi-sepoi bahasa dan gunung-ganang yang melapisi dengan rumput-rampai kering melambai seakan-akan menyambut kedatangan saya.
Disinilah permulaan bagi saya di Sumba Timur. Saya tinggal dengan seorang fasilatator di lapangan ini. Namanya Pak Adolf dan disinilah juga saya telah mempelajari liku-liku kehidupan selama 3 hari 2 malam. Mbatapuhu ialah sebuah desa pergunungan yang tidak mempunyai bekalan elektrik dan sukar untuk mendapat bekalan air. Penduduk disini memperolehi sumber air mereka dari lembah gunung yang jauh sekali. Malah pada waktu malam pula, terpaksa bergantung kepada cahaya bulan untuk menunjuk jalan.
Rumah kediaman penghuni di desa ini. Atap rumah ini diperbuat daripada lalang yang kering.
Kanak-kanak disini membantu keluarga mereka menimba air dari lembah selepas sekolah dengan menggunakan kuda. Gambar diatas menunjukkan seorang kanak-kanak lelaki menunggang kuda untuk mendapatkan air. Bagaimana pula dengan kanak-kanak perempuan? Mereka akan berjalan kaki dengan air yang ditimba diatas kepala.
Gambar diatas menunjukkan seorang anak perempuan mendukung berat hasil tanaman jagung diatas kepala untuk digiling.
Masalah air begitu nyata sekali kelihatan di desa ini. Gambar diatas menunjukkan cara pemotongan ayam dengan menggunakan api . Setitis air begitu berharga bagi penduduk disini. Saya juga berasa berat hati menggunakan air yang ditangkung di tangki yang sepatutnya digunakkan hanya pada musim kemarau… Inilah kenyataan di dunia mereka. Hanya dengan cara beginilah mereka dapat meneruskan kehidupan.
Ikutilah perjalanan saya dalam catatan seterusnya…
8TV 30secs promo by A-Mei on 30-Hour Famine 2009. These are just 2 images we captured online to give you a glimpse. Tune in this week! And join the 30-Hour Famine this year to make the difference that you can!
The 30-Hour Famine 2009 Ambassador 饥饿30爱心大使 - A-Mei, 张惠妹, was in town recently to show her support to the campaign. She spent almost 2 days in KL to officiate the Press Conference and took time off her busy schedule to be with the residents of Beautiful Gate, who is one of the beneficiaries of this year’s Famine.
A-Mei in with some of the residents of Beautiful Gate. She said she was the person who gained the most by spending time with them
A-Mei with Famine Advocates, Organizer & Co-Organizers.
More pictures in our Facebook page. Join us as a fan today for regular updates!
Together to grace the Press Conference were 30-Hour Famine Advocates, TV and radio personalities - Belinda, Gary, Roshan and Nicholas as well as our co-organizers, media partners and sponsors. We at World Vision Malaysia extends our gratitudes for your support and hopes the 30-Hour Famine now takes off to reach RM1million we aspires to raise this year in focus of Global Food Crisis.
We would like to thank members of the media for the coverage given in support of this campaign. We hope through these highlights, more Malaysian would be inspired to be a part of the cause we advocate for and join us in making a difference! Here are some of the news..
After a month of a nationwide tour to train up camp leaders to run their Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Camps, with four sessions having conducted, we are gearing up for the final training next weekend back in KL! So for all those who have attended one of the training sessions, we hope you have somehow, benefited from it and found it useful to help you run your DIY camps.
We hope through running these camps, not only You’ve Got The Power to transform a person’s life to be better but that your own hearts too, will be transform to see this world in bigger lenses. We wish you a successful DIY camp and we hope to see each and everyone of you at the Countdown! Here are some pictures from the different trainings at different states.
1st training session at HELP University College, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur - May 2 ‘09
2nd training session at Dewan Sri Pinang, Penang - May 16 ‘09
3rd training session at Excel Vision Network, Johor Bahru - May 23 ‘09
4th training session at Grace Charismatic Centre, Kuantan - May 30 ‘09
And the FINAL Camp Leaders’ Training session would be back in Klang Valeey at HELP University College, Damansara Height - June 13 ‘09! Don’t miss it if you are interested to organize your own DIY camp but have not signed up as a camp leader. What are you waiting for?
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