MYR 1,917.28
Raised of MYR 3,500.00 target.
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55%
7 Months
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THE PROBLEM
As of October 2022, nearly 200K asylum seekers were registered with UNHCR in Malaysia. Many remain undocumented. Malaysia is not a signatory of the 1951 Refugee Convention and does not have a legal or administrative system that protects the rights of refugees leaving them subject to numerous forms of violence and discrimination as well as a lack of access to healthcare, education and other basic human rights. Refugee students cannot access public schools. There are several refugee schools run across the country, for their students. However, they are short on funds and have very limited resources, and often cannot accommodate the many asylum-seeking students that find themselves in Malaysia.
THE SOLUTION
Empowering Equalities 11.0 is a 4-week project started by AIESEC in Sunway which focuses on facilitating the learning opportunities of refugee children, assisting their integration into Malaysian society and raising awareness about the issues faced by the refugee community to the general public. In this period of 4 weeks, AIESEC in Sunway will be conducting workshops to teach refugee children skills and knowledge that are useful when integrating into society. Furthermore, we will also be conducting various activities such as having panel discussions, organising a bazaar and conducting street interviews on the university campus with an aim to raise awareness about the refugee status quo to the public.
In addition to our initiative, we would like to conduct a crowdfunding initiative to ensure that the activities that we conduct are sustainable and able to ensure that refugee children will still be able to gain access to proper education despite the pandemic period. Therefore, the funds collected will be donated to the refugee learning centres to fund the refugee children’s learning and also for our operations so that our movement is sustainable over the years to come.
THE IMPACT
Through Empowering Equalities, we will be able to reduce the negative stigma of the refugee community in the perception of the general public. Furthermore, it also allows the refugee kids to develop useful skills for their future employability by assisting them in their integration into Malaysian society by understanding the community around them and expanding their knowledge field.
Be Part of A Change!
MYR 1,917.28
Raised of MYR 3,500.00 target.
2
55%
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Donors
Funded
Left
