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AIESEC MALAYSIA LC Kedah - Perlis proudly presents Project Helping Hands Batu Grace Children Home
AIESEC MALAYSIA LC Kedah - Perlis
proudly presents
Project Helping Hands
Batu Grace Children Home
Background and activities Batu Grace Ashram
Batu Grace Ashram is a non-profitable organization specially established to look into the needs of approximately 70 children without a safe and caring home. Most of children are from dysfunctional, broker and poverty stricken homes. The children age from 1 untill 18.
The organization facilitates the children a life with proper facilities enriched with human values and with a mission to ensure will be able to live an independent life once they are adults. Simply said, Batu Grace Ashram provides good nutrition, health, and medical care in a clean hygienic envirionment in which the children can live and grow. In addition, the NGO pays for school.
Batu Grace Children Home’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Objectives and daily activities Exchange Participant
In addition of the education the children receive at their regular school, Batu Grace Ashram wants to provide their children with additional education and care. Depending on the period, 3-5 EPs will provide this additional education to 50 children between 6 and 14 in the following topics: • English (Monday & Thursday) • Maths (Tuesday) • Science (Wednesday) The classes will be given in the late afternoon after the regular schooling. The morning is free and the early afternoon will be used to prepare the classes. The children will make an exam on Friday about the topics taught during the week.
Furthermore, the EPs are expected to organize activities which stimulate cultural understanding, social skills, and motor skills. Outside of working, the EPs will spend their time with the children at the NGO.
Required skills and skills to be learned
• Patience • Interest in children • Interest in teaching • Creative in teaching methods • Empathic • Basic (really basic) understanding in
English, Match and Science • Pro-active attitude
• Teaching skills • Patience with kids • Communication skills • Intercultural understanding • Relationships with children • Self-awareness • Self-independence
Required skills Learning points
Timeline of the project
• The project is available from May until December
• The project is last for 6 weeks • EPs will only need to work during
every weekday afternoon, but will spend time with the kids 24/7
• Saturday and Sunday is non-working days
Accomodation
• At the NGO together with the kids (Taman Desa Aman, 09400 Karangan, Kedah, Malaysia)
• EPs will be staying at the NGOs, together with the family of the founder and the childrens.
• Living together with international EPs (3-5 EPs depending on the time of the year) but separated in different room according to gender.
Kitchen Laundry 3 meals per day Wifi Internal transportation
Overview area
The NGO is located in a rural area. The nearest town is Kulim. It takes a busride of 30 minutes to get to Kulim.
Activities for preperation, development, and fun
Incoming Preparation Seminar (IPS) • Provide an information and clear
understanding about the whole project.
• Provide EPs necessary skill and knowledge about Malaysia
City Tour • Guide EPs to some place to relax their
mind and bonding with an AIESECer • Penang or Alor Setar
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Sungai Petani and Kulim
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Four suggested weekend trips in the surroundings of Kedah (other states)
Deliverables AIESEC and EP
• Accomodation at NGO • Airport pick-up at Alor Setar Airport • Incoming Preparation Seminar • City Tour (Penang or Alor Setar) • EP Goodies Bag • EP Buddy • 3 Meals per day provided by the
NGO
Deliverables AIESEC In North Malaysia
• 6 weeks of effort • Fee of RM 200 (51 US$)
Deliverables EP
Contact details
Nur Nadhirah bt Ahmad TN Manager
[email protected] +60145390501
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Sim Yian Hung @ Mandy Vice President iGCP
[email protected] +60146826318
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