[HUO7] NGOs and Speakers #5: Childline Malaysia

Childline Malaysia

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Childline Malaysia is a non-profit project establishing 15999 Childline, a 24-hour dedicated helpline for children in need of care, protection and information. By offering them a friendly, listening ear, we want to reach out to children before they reach crisis point.

The helpline was launched in November 2010, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, and has since received more than 5000 calls from children in Malaysia on issues from loneliness and family conflicts, to bullying and abuse.

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A Child's Right to be Heard - Helping Children Speak Out

Every child has an opinion, a thought, a feeling, that deserves to be heard, and to be acknowledged. We often hear the phrase 'children are meant to be seen, not heard', but a child's right to be heard, to express themselves is enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UN CRC).

You will be guided through child rights, specifically the right to be heard, and how you, as a youth, can help a child express him / herself, so that they do not feel neglected or unheard. The tools you learn can be used in all aspects of your life - from work, to advocacy to direct aid.

Michelle will be facilitating the workshop. She is the project officer at Childline Malaysia. She has been working with children and child rights since she was 15. A child advocate, turned youth advocate, and now advocate for children and youth, her passion is in developing children and youth to reach their potential as peer advocates and participate fully in all aspects of their lives and society.

[HUO7] NGOs and Speakers #4: UndiMsia!

 UndiMsia!

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UndiMsia! is a non-partisan campaign created with the aim to promote vibrant democracy targeted at young Malaysians through a series of voter education deliverables. Their mission is to build participatory opportunities for young Malaysians by supporting the need for accurate information on key civil, political and socio-economic rights that affect every aspect of young Malaysian life, assisting young Malaysians in their engagement with elected representatives and driving young Malaysians to take impactful action with tangible results. 

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IdolaDemokrasi GameShop (Teaser)

Politicians often shout “People Power”. What does it actually mean in reality?

Where is the power, and who are the people?

Is our system of democratic governance working for our people? Why is there a
need for so many NGOs and platforms like the awesome “Hear Us Out” series where
citizens actively play a part to give back to society?

What does a “real” participatory democracy mean to Malaysians - you and me?

UndiMsia! presents a teaser of its 4-hour flagship life-changing GameShop which
will get you going #AHA and seeing your role and our lives in Malaysia like never before. Don’t miss it, or you will miss enlightenment.

[HUO7] NGOs and Speakers #3 : Perlembagaanku/MyConstitution

 Perlembagaanku/MyConstitution

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A first-of-its-kind national campaign to educate the Malaysian public and create greater awareness about the Federal Constitution. A committee of lawyers, students, academics, members of the media, members of non-governmental organizations and Malaysians from all walks of life, they are the Constitutional Law Committee formed under the aegis of the Bar Council, Malaysia. The Committee was formed to address and promote understanding of the Malaysian Federal Constitution and the concept of constitutionalism.

[HUO7] NGOs and Speakers #2 : Yvonne Foong

Yvonne Foong 

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Yvonne Foong is a young award winning author of ‘I’m not sick, just a bit unwell’. She is currently raising funds through sales of her book and HEART4HOPE T-shirts for her long-term and continuous healthcare needs as well as for her education. She won the World, ‘Young Achiever 2008′ award and AYA Dream Malaysia, ‘Most Outstanding Youth of the Year Award. 

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Self-Advocacy: How to raise funds and get the help you need

Since the inception of my Heart4Hope campaign in December 2005, I have raised more than a million ringgit to obtain medical treatments in America. Eight out of ten surgeries of mine were performed in the United States. As a result, I have survived and still thriving after eight brain surgeries, one spine surgery and another on a peripheral nerve. No other Malaysian with Neurofibromatosis has survived this far.

How did I manage to raise the funds year after year, surgery after surgery? On the surface, I am selling things to earn the money. But is that all I am doing? What makes people want to get involved and support my cause?

As time passes, many have come to me for moral support and guidance on how to raise their own funds. From my experience in assisting others, I learn that few can see what my campaign is truly about. Hence, I decided to talk about it explicitly so that others facing similar difficulties can do the same to acquire the help they need.

Do come and join us in this 40-minute session to learn something that can help you one day.

[HUO7] NGOs and Speakers #1 : WWF-Malaysia

WWF Malaysia

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WWF-Malaysia is a national conservation trust that currently runs more than 75 projects covering a diverse range of environmental protection and nature conservation work in Malaysia. Few of the issues they work on include species, forest, freshwater, marine, environmental education and policy. WWF’s efforts have resulted in numerous benefits such as securing our good quality of life and also our children’s bright future.

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A presentation on WWF's efforts to conserve diversity and move towards sustainability, creating solutions to the most serious conservation challenges facing our planet, helping people and nature to thrive. Workshop participants are invited to share their thoughts on conservation and participate in the "Live Green" campaign.

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This is our weird code poster. Do you have any idea about it? How about trying to guess them? 
We will post up the answers later. In the meantime, try to guess them. Good luck ! :)

[About Past Conferences] - Out to Make a Change.

CHILDREN should be seen and not heard!” Fortunately, this oft-repeated mantra no longer holds true today.

With globalisation and the rapid growth of Malaysia’s ICT infrastructure, comes a corresponding increase in awareness of world issues among Malaysia’s youth, who are full of ideas and opinions on human rights, global warming, hunger and poverty, peacekeeping and infectious diseases, among others.

Taylors students listening intently during the "Hear Us Out!" conference.

Wanting to make a difference about the issues confronting the world today, 55 World Issues students of the International Canadian Pre-University (ICPU) programme at Taylor’s University College in Selangor organised a Hear Us Out! conference recently.

Aptly themed, ‘Listen. Act. Make a Change’, the one-day event featured keynote speakers Youssouf Mohammad Oomar from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Andrew Tan, an exco member of the Malaysian AIDS Council.

“All the youth in Malaysia are very lucky to be able to study in school, which will open up corridors of opportunity to better and empower themselves as well as society in due course,” said Youssouf.

“The place of a child is on a bench in a school. In many parts of the world, we see children becoming labourers, being sold for sex, being abused and deprived of one of their most basic rights – the right to education.”

Youssouf urged the students to take their discussions about facilitating change a step further by promoting change in social behaviour and integration, and finding viable solutions for problems.

“What is important is how you are engaged in your own learning. It is your life. And that is the life of the whole world,” he added.

Tan showed participants videos on the history and development of HIV/AIDS in the world, and efforts by youths to boost awareness of the problem in South Africa, Ukraine, Jamaica, India and Botswana.

“Our statistics show that 30 students in Malaysia were infected with HIV/AIDS in 2007 alone,” said Tan, who urged the students to be responsible for their own health and safety by taking the necessary precautions and to avoid hanging out with irresponsible peers.

ICPU World Issues lecturer Elizabeth Christie, who mooted the idea of Hear Us Out!, attributed its successful organisation and implementation to the initiative and diligence of the students, who also put together two workshop sessions.

Among the topics presented at the workshops were biodiversity and the ecosystem, deforestation, natural disasters - prevention and mitigation, control of infectious diseases, global warming, education for all, international labour and migration, biotechnology rules, illegal drugs, terrorism, and peacekeeping.

“We managed to spread the word about what’s important and why we must act upon those issues, now. I felt the urge to do something right away,” said Eleena Toh Shu Phei, one of the students on the programmes and registration committee.

“The conference also gave a new meaning to teamwork and friendship – I realised that we can do anything when we put our heads and hands together.”

Liberata Julian Rushaigo from Tanzania chipped in: “All the restless nights and stressful days were worth it in the end. We talked about the present and suggested ways to make the world a better place. I will always remember this conference as it was organised by youths, for youths.”

Source : The Star online.