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Community Development

Transforming Community Spaces to A Regional Network

Imagine a space equipped with tools and resources that are free for use by the community to improve their personal skills. That’s Ruang Reka for you! As a community space providing opportunities for the skilled and unskilled youths, Ruang Reka aims to create Science, Technology, Innovation and Engineering (STIE) awareness.
Community Development

PPR Youths Improve Livelihood With Digital Literacy

With the right knowledge and accessibility, the Internet can be a marketplace of opportunities for its digital surfers, including the ones from impoverished backgrounds - given that they know how to utilise it. The Me.reka Belia programme aims to bridge this gap of digital literacy knowledge within the underprivileged community.
Thought Leadership

There are millions of aliens in Malaysia

Barefooted, living off scraps for pocket money, out of school, denied of nationality. Statelessness is still a pullulating social issue in Sabah and the numbers of undocumented youths continue to grow, thousands of them never had proper education growing up thus a vast deal of them remain unemployed.
Community Development

Why Teach Digital Literacy to Stateless Youth?

The undocumented children of Malaysia are stripped of countless opportunities and potential due to legal rights and issues. In this age of information, digital literacy is a viable solution to assist these youths in overcoming all odds. Let us eradicate this division by introducing them to the online world.
Thought Leadership

Yes, systemic racism exists. In Malaysia too

Think about those times you hear about a joke that cashes in on a racially associated stigma, and the time you've been told that Chinese phone seller is going to scam your money, or maybe you've heard some Malaysians criminalizing immigrants in our country. Yes, racism does exist among us.
Future of Work

Digital Careers As The Future of Work

As technology integrates itself into the normalities of life, digital careers are mushrooming. This translates to more job opportunities for the digitally literate. It is time to embrace these emerging career prospects and equip the youth with the necessary skills to kickstart their digital career.
Future of Business

NGOs Take A Leap Toward 21st Century Skills

29 NGOs joined the 4-week NGO@Makerthon programme where they dug deeper into understanding the sustainability of a social enterprise model, learnt about product innovation for the benefit of the B40 community and much more! Let’s meet some of these inspiring NGOs and see what they have to say!
Thought Leadership

Protecting Our Frontliners: Appreciating Volunteers

It is a rough time for Earth's most social species, where everyone seems to be divided, disengaged, and distressed. But that is not stopping humanity from breaching the veil of disconnection for goodwill and civic mobilization. We take care of each other, or as Malaysians are coining it "Kita jaga kita".
Future of Work

Meet The B40 Youths’ Hustling Entrepreneurship

Many B40 individuals have diligently taken on the challenge of hustling as an entrepreneur. From youths with an online business to mothers with a  physical kuih-muih stall, meet the hustling entrepreneurs who work defying all odds for the betterment of themselves and the community.

Thought Leadership

Bridging the Gap Between Youths and NGOs

This is no ordinary project. We travelled cross-country from Peninsular Malaysia all the way to East Malaysia to meet hundreds of youths. Incredible pitches and amazing ideas brought together the talented youths and NGOs looking for fresh perspectives and ideas.
Thought Leadership
Community Development

Rethinking Social Change in Unprecedented Times

The catastrophic impact of the outbreak has been staggering economies, national development, and the most vulnerable communities, even worsening the severity of those already facing socio-economic inequalities. With COVID-19 amplifying the conditions and awareness of various social calamities, how would our respond accordingly?
Thought Leadership

Celebrating Malaysia Day and Concluding Protecting Our Frontliners

This year's Hari Malaysia observes each Malaysian battling and persevering through the state of the nation in collaborative ways to eradicate the spread of COVID-19. The PPE Initiative has witnessed a powerful movement by fellow Malaysians each coming together in the face of adversity to protect and uplift one another.