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Friday, 21 Aug 09 - Kuala Lumpur: THE Hong Leong Foundation donated RM150,000 to Protect and Save the Children (PS the Children) for a two-year collaborative project called Project REACH.
The project is designed to empower children to develop a sense of self worth and self-respect. Through this programme, they will learn to take charge of their lives in a more positive manner. For poor children, empowerment works towards breaking the cycle of poverty. They are in need of life skills given their marginalised status within the community. These children not only struggle with a less than ideal home environment but are also subject to marginalisation in school and are rarely able to rise above their social circumstances.
This project with PS the Children aims to teach the children valuable life skills, build up their self worth, confidence and self-respect so that will be able to fulfil their personal potential and rise above their circumstances. About 300 children are expected to take part in this project with each child undergoing 10 training sessions.
Foundation director Quek Sue Yian said the project was about transforming the children. "The programme aims to give every child the confidence to turn the light on and to believe in their own special talents. Clothing, sheltering and feeding a child is not the end of corporate community welfare but the beginning of a long journey to help the child find his own way in life," Quek said.
She added that the foundation had set aside RM2.5mil annually to help various charities and programmes under its Community Welfare and Scholarship projects.
Extracted from StarMetro dated 21 Aug 09 |
