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Sunday, August 19, 2007

Project Kalsom 13


The name “Kalsom” originated from Puan Kelthom Abdullah, a single mother struggling to make ends meet in Kelantan. Her children were forced to drop out of school, and her plight was given some media attention in 1993. Upon reading about her in the papers, a group of young Malaysian students in the UK decided to run a collection to help bear the cost of her children’s education.

For the initial group of students, it was not enough to merely collect money. They decided to take it a step further, spurred on by the conviction that they had a greater role to play. They decided that given their youth, and being students themselves, they were in an excellent position to help encourage and assist students from lesser-developed parts of Malaysia to excel in their studies. And so, during their summer holidays in the following year, they ran a motivational camp for the students of Jerantut, Pahang. It proved successful, and they decided to run it again the following year in Gerik, Perak.

Projek Kalsom has since been held annually, growing from strength to strength, and we are now running the project with the full support of the Malaysian Ministry of Education. In 2007, Projek Kalsom 13 inspired 160-odd student participants from the state of Perlis, with the help of 50 volunteers.

The prime objective of Projek Kalsom is to make learning a more positive experience. With students from the UK at helm of this project, the participants are bound to benefit as they are exposed to the various methods used by the facilitators ( the students from UK) in their daily work.

Besides that, the project also aims to provide positive role models for the rural participants. The facilitators can act as mentors, guiding the participants and giving them tips as they prepare to embrace the challenges of the world.

Last but not least, this camp desires to instill the values of teamwork and individual responsibility. Empowering the participants to work in groups to complete an arduous task is easier said than done, and this camp sincerely hopes to achieve just that.

http://projek-kalsom.com/

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