REEF CHECK MALAYSIA
Reef Check Malaysia:
Reef Check Malaysia is part of the worldwide Reef Check network, and is committed to conserving Malaysia’s coral reefs. Reef Check was established in 1997, in response to growing recognition of the problems facing coral reefs worldwide. Registered as an NGO in Malaysia in 2007, RCM is active in three areas:
- Coral reef surveys: an annual survey programme to assess the status of Malaysia’s coral reefs
- School education programmes: to teach children about the beauty and value of coral reefs and how they can contribute to protecting them
- Community programmes: to involve local communities in coral reef conservation.
Title of Workshop:
Ecosystem Services and the Value of Coral Reefs
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CREATING A HAPPY SPACE
In Creating a Happy Space, they organize art therapy workshops for refugees and underprivileged kids. They basically create a "space" where these kids can play, learn arts, have fun, and most of all be kids. The organization has been having workshops for more than 2 years now.
Creating a Happy Space is totally an NGO; a completely 'real people helping others' organization, full of volunteers and good will to help others.
Want to know more about their organization? Why not visit their website and Facebook page!
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World Wildlife Foundation Malaysia
WWF-Malaysia works on crucial conservation projects, from saving endangered species such as tigers and turtles, to protecting our forests, rivers and seas. By conserving our natural resources, WWF-Malaysia helps protect our livelihoods, food and water supply, thus securing our good quality of life and our children’s bright future.
What will they be talking about??
WWF: Joining Hands Worldwide to Save Our Living Planet
By Suan Tan, WWF-Malaysia Communications Unit Manager
Our actions have the power to destroy or save the Earth. This workshop will explore how WWF has mobilised people, on global and local levels, to become conservation champions. Pledge to "Live Green" towards more sustainable lifestyles at wwf.org.my.
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YVONNE FOONG
Finding yourself
Life is meant to be of trials. By enduring hardships and overcoming challenges, we become stronger individuals. The trick is in learning to rise above our pre-conditionings and environment. To endure without becoming bitter is stnrength.
During this 40-minute talk, I will share with you my story – from my growing up years as a healthy child to being diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder at 16, how I wrote a book and started a campaign to acquire better treatments in America, how I discovered myself after nine critical surgeries and the lessons learned.
Themes: Hope, love, faith, personal strength, self-esteem.
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LOYAR BUROK
LoyarBurok and PusatRakyatLB (aka Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism & Human Rights)
LoyarBurok is a blawg (blog + law = www.loyarburok.com) with a great vision to provide a forum for everyone with an interest in anything and who do not wish to take themselves too seriously. It seeks to:
1. evoke discussions on the state of the world, human rights, government, legal profession, judicial system; and share other cultural and lifestyle issues such as movies, theatre, food, travel, books, music and anything else which tickles their awesome minds in a manner that is provocative, amusing, entertaining and creative;
2. create awareness and activism on issues of concern such as violations of human and animal rights, and to seek improvements in the way they order and structure their lives.
Today, LoyarBurok is grown to become a unique community blawg with posts, spam, comments running to the thousands, and more than 250 LoyarBurokkers (and counting) contributing to the blawg. Yes, we want YOU too!
In 2011, Lord Bobo felt that the time was right for a physical manifestation of LoyarBurokness on earth and play a larger role in the nation’s drive towards being a more civilised society. Aside from being our base of operations, PusatRakyatLB provides a safe space for today’s youth to constructively engage, discuss and educate themselves (and others) about our political, social and cultural issues as well as providing a platform for other beneficial rakyat oriented-initiatives.
PusatRakyatLB will also launch the first-of-its-kind non-partisan citizen education project, UndiMalaysia!
UndiMalaysia! is set to be a massive hands-on citizen initiative operation to empower the rakyat to take ownership of our country as opposed to leaving it to the negligence, despotism and corruption of our elected representatives. We hope that citizens would come to understand that demanding accountability and transparency from their representatives is not privilege or a blessing, but a constitutionally-enshrined right that has not been exercised effectively for far too long.
Yes, we want YOU too! Join us. Move with us. Move us. UndiMalaysia! #rocksmsia
Follow us on twitter @pusatrakyatlb and @undimalaysia
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL MALAYSIA
Amnesty International Malaysia Profile:
Amnesty International Malaysia (AIM) is a non-profit non-government organization and our member’s campaign actively for internationally recognized human rights to be respected and protected for everyone. We believe that mass public pressure, expressed through effective forms of action, is critical in stopping human rights violations.
AIM’s vision is of a world in which every person enjoys all of the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international human rights standards. Human rights abuses are the concern of people everywhere regardless of where they may occur.
Our key focus is to generate public interest in human rights in view of creating a better human rights culture for all.
TOPIC: DEATH PENALTY
Imagine… a world without the death penalty. Would the entire fabric of our existence dissolve into anarchy? How far is too far in seeking retribution? This workshop will seek to dispel the myths of the death penalty as a deterrence and as an effective crime prevention tool. Gain new insights on this sentence and the ripple of effect it has on its victims. There has been a vast literature of views and opinions on this issue and we would love to “Hear YOU out”!
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UNSCIENTIFIC MALAYSIA
Introduction of Unscientific Malaysia:
Unscientific Malaysia (also known as UnMsia or UM) is a community that promotes science, scepticism and free-thought. We run a website http://unmsia.com which covers issues of science, religion, superstitions, civil rights, supernatural hogwash and other poppycock.
Our workshop will be titled Skepticism: Tools Against Bullshit. We will talk about scientific scepticism, the questioning attitude and ways to detect whether something is true or just too good to be one.
Unscientific Malaysia (also known as UnMsia or UM) is a community that promotes science, scepticism and free-thought. We run a website http://unmsia.com which covers issues of science, religion, superstitions, civil rights, supernatural hogwash and other poppycock.
Our workshop will be titled Skepticism: Tools Against Bullshit. We will talk about scientific scepticism, the questioning attitude and ways to detect whether something is true or just too good to be one.
Check them out at:
Website: http://unmsia.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/unmsia
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/unmsia
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Exhilarating, inspiring, and even exhausting are some words to describe TrEES' programmes.
Established more than16 years ago, Treat Every Environment Special S/B (TrEES) is a non-profit environment organisation that works with communities to reduce our impact on the environment.
Some of our key achievements include:
§ Pioneering community recycling in Malaysia - raising over RM1 million for charitable organisations, schools and the less fortunate, while recovering thousands of tonnes of valuable material for recycling.
§ Working for more than 10 years on the establishment, conservation and awareness of Taman Negeri Selangor, the third largest park in Peninsula Malaysia.
§ Developing a generation of young leaders who are concerned about the environment and empowering them to be catalysts for change through our Environment Education Programme for the Youth.
'Empowering Communities
Protecting The Environment'
The title of their workshop will be "Communities for Conservation"
Check them out at www.trees.org.my
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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
What do the UNHCR do??
"The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is mandated to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees and asylum-seekers worldwide. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum in another country and rebuild their lives in safety and dignity.
The UN Refugee Agency has been working to protect and assist refugees in Malaysia since 1975. UNHCR seeks long term solutions for refugees including finding them new homes in third countries or helping them return home voluntarily when it is safe to do so. While they are seeking temporary protection in Malaysia, UNHCR works with Malaysian partners to create a safe and secure environment for them where their basic needs are met."
The UN Refugee Agency has been working to protect and assist refugees in Malaysia since 1975. UNHCR seeks long term solutions for refugees including finding them new homes in third countries or helping them return home voluntarily when it is safe to do so. While they are seeking temporary protection in Malaysia, UNHCR works with Malaysian partners to create a safe and secure environment for them where their basic needs are met."
Workshop Title: Face to face with refugees in Malaysia.
Check out their website at http://www.unhcr.org.my/home
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SUARAM
Title of Workshop: Rights of Refugees, in conjunction with combating xenophobia.
Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)
1987 saw one of the most widespread crackdowns on social and political activists in living memory – Operasi Lalang. 106 opposition leaders, social activists, religious teachers and educationists were detained without trial under the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA). Many were detained for up to 2 years.When the last of the detainees were released in 1989, the Detainees’ Family Support Group, ISA detainees and other activists formed ‘Suara Rakyat Malaysia’ or SUARAM to campaign for the abolition of the ISA. What started as a single-issue campaign evolved into an activist movement for human rights and democracy in the following years. Presently, SUARAM works towards the realisation of fundamental liberties, democracy and justice in Malaysia.
SUARAM is celebrating their 60th Anniversary of the 1951 Convention!!
Check out their website here!
Even better, their blog!!
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CHILDLINE MALAYSIA & PJCC
Childline Malaysia
Childline Malaysia is a non-profit project set up to establish 15999 Childline, a 24-hour dedicated helpline for children in need of information, care and protection, in collaboration with the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, with the support of UNICEF Malaysia, Child Helpline International, Malaysian Children TV Programme Foundation (MCTF), NGOs and corporations. We believe in helping a child before he or she reaches crisis point. By offering them a friendly, listening ear, we are able to support them at an earlier
stage. Childline Malaysia focussed on outreach, education and awareness projects to support the helpline.
For more information, visit their website or Facebook group page.
Petaling Jaya Child Council (PJCC)
PJCC is Malaysia’s first child council, working to ensure and uphold that the opinions of children are considered in decisions on local governance affecting them. Functioning under the PJ City Council (MBPJ), the Child Council was inaugurated on 15th January 2011. Established under MBPJ’s plan to create a Child-Friendly City, the idea for a child council was mooted by children at the 1st PJ Children’s Forum 2009. The PJCC has 24 Child Councillors, and are headquartered at the PJ Community Library. Their office, a Resource Centre for all things child-friendly and child rights, will be launched in June 2011 and open to public.
For more information, visit www.pjchildcouncil.wordpress.com.
Title of workshop: I’m more than my age; I’m a person.
Ever heard someone say: ‘he’s just a child…he can’t do anything.’ or ‘Just ignore her.. She’s only a teenager.’ Well, children have a right to be heard, to have a say in their own lives, and in the building of their world . The Convention of the Rights of the Child has a group of rights focussing on protecting a child’s right to participate! Find out what we mean by Participate, and what you can do to uphold the rights of a child.
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CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM
Workshop Title: "How free is the Malaysian media?"
The Centre for Independent Journalism is a non-profit organisation that advocates media freedom and access to information. It has been actively involved in promoting freedom of expression, in particular, media freedom; and has also been actively involved in advocating a freedom of information law in Malaysia.
Twitter: CIJ_Malaysia
Facebook: Centre for Independent Journalism
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