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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.
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.
Childline Malaysia
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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.
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.
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.
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.
UndiMsia!
UndiMsia! is a non-partisan campaign created with the aim to promote vibrant democracy targeted at young Malaysians through a series of voter education deliverable. 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.
Politicians often shout “People Power”. What does it actually mean in reality?
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?
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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.
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.
Reef Check Malaysia
Reef Check Malaysia is a part of Reef Check Foundation that was founded in the year 1996. It has been registered as an NGO in 2007 after British Government funded them in 2006. They are committed in conserving coral reefs in Malaysia. Reef Check Malaysia reaches the citizens to raise the awareness by having a program called EcoDriver Training and other outreach programs. Reef Check also conducts surveys on regular basis.
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Ecosystems are the basic building blocks of the natural environment. They provide a range of “ecosystem services” – goods and services that human society relies on, including food, climate regulation and crop pollination. However, human actions are depleting this natural capital, to the point where it can no longer be guaranteed that they will continue to provide these essential services. Focusing on coral reefs, the workshop will discuss the range of services we derive from them, what is going wrong with them and the impacts that will have on all our daily lives.
Ecosystems and you: Why should you care?
Ecosystems are the basic building blocks of the natural environment. They provide a range of “ecosystem services” – goods and services that human society relies on, including food, climate regulation and crop pollination. However, human actions are depleting this natural capital, to the point where it can no longer be guaranteed that they will continue to provide these essential services. Focusing on coral reefs, the workshop will discuss the range of services we derive from them, what is going wrong with them and the impacts that will have on all our daily lives.
PT Foundation
PT Foundation is the largest community based organization working with the communities most affected by HIV in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Since 1987, PT Foundation has been developing and running programs to serve the following communities: Positive Living Communities, Drug Users, Sex Workers, Transgenders and Men-who-have-Sex-with-Men.
VoC was incorporated in 2008 as a child advocacy group to address a gap in children’s services. VOC’S mission is to advocate for and promote law and policy reform to ensure that every child in Malaysia is protected and is no longer at risk of violation. They work to raise public awareness on all issues affecting children while supporting the government to ensure the welfare and protection of all children in Malaysia.
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Grassroots and Advocacy - The Way Forward
Dr. Tini who works in Chow Kit at the grassroots will speak on the problems that she faces and Sharmila will talk about how advocacy works so that there can be structural changes for long term solutions. How we can move away from basic needs fire fighting to actual solutions that have deep impact on social change.
All Women's Action Society
All Women’s Action Society (AWAM) is an independent feminist organization committed to improving women’s life in Malaysia since 1985. AWAM’s vision is to create a just, democratic and equitable society where women are treated with respect, and free from all forms of violence and discrimination. To strive for this vision, they inform, connect and mobilize those interested in securing women’s rights, bringing about equality among men and women, and supporting women in crisis. They provide counseling services and legal assistance, training or public education to continue creating awareness on issues of violence against women.
Nafise Motlaq
Nafise Motlaq is an Iranian photojournalist who lives in Malaysia. She has worked as a photographer for Iran newspaper and printed media since 1999. Her photographs have been exhibited in Iran and also overseas. She is also one of the photographers at OnAsia. Besides that, she is an instructor of photojournalism in Bernama and Universiti Putra Malaysia. She also has translated numerous articles on photography and photojournalism.
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MyFuture Foundation is a foundation established by Datuk Zaid Ibrahim in October 2008. The purpose of this foundation is to make young Malaysian of the ages 15-30 years old to become more engaged and explore with each other on issue that are relevant to not just their ‘lives’ but to nation building. It aspires to create a new generation of Malaysia Malaysia
What is the future narrative of this country? We seem to be constantly fighting over our past, and bickering about the present with little thought invested in imagining out future. This will be a workshop on futurecasting, an experiment to imagine possible futures and how it relates to present realities
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Women's Aid Organization started in 1979 whereby the late Tun Tan Siew Sin was awarded the Tun Razak Award for his invaluable contribution to the country. Then, the pioneer volunteers worked as a collective to formulate the operating principles of self help and self empowerment for battered women who turned to WAO for help.
Their mission is to create a society that is free of violence against women. Whereas their visions are to promote and create respect, protection and fulfillment of equal rights for women and to work towards the elimination of discrimination against women, and to bring about equality between women and men. WAO will be talking about domestic violence and the cycle of violence.
*The list and description will be updated soon