Taylor’s Community | Inspiring & Impacting the Community
Deepavali is a celebrated in our multiracial country where a large multitude of people lived in. We often do not realised or ignored the fact that some kids out there are not as fortunate as many of us. Thus, Taylor’s Community initiated a Deepavali donation drive, gathering food and goodies to be shared with the children in Selangor Children Welfare Home in Klang Utama or in short Klang Utama Caring Home. (more…)
Kampung Teras is a small, marginalized community of 112 people approximately 15 minutes’ drive from Slim River town in Perak. The village has no access to electricity and clean drinking water has been living in such only depending on diesel generators and solar-powered lights built by Incitement, a grass-root social movement on a mission to spark real positive impact in the world that Taylor’s Community under Group CSR is partnering with.
As for running water, the village has a solar water pump (which didn’t work at the time of the visit) that treats water that implies they are not connected to the water lines as well. Which brings us to a disturbing question: Why is this village, so close to the main road, and not at all isolated, have neither electricity nor running water? It’s not even the end of the road, too, for if you continue down the main road you’ll eventually reach the Gunung Besout FELDA settlements, which had these utilities.
Taylor’s Community and Taylor’s University School of Medicine (TUSOM) collaborated again to bring a series of Health Intervention program to the community at PPR Sri Pantai last Friday.
This round of Health Intervention was carried out by Taylor’s University’s very own batch 7 of Medical Students as a part of their medical posting programme. The health intervention brought in a new focus on the screening of eye diseases specifically Glaucoma on the residents of PPR Sri Pantai.
The purpose of medical posting programme is to prepare a platform for the future medical Doctors to harness and polish their soft skills while giving back to the needy society on the other hand. Medical student Arisha Emily Yap quoted “activities held today is very beneficial for us future medical Doctors and everyone in the community to spread awareness in terms of health.”
The event ended with an overwhelming response of more than 90 participation from the PPR Sri Pantai’s residents despite a heavy downpour. Taylor’s Community will continue our effort to bring a better future for communities in need and to the future generation.
As a continuous effort to combat poverty through sustainable programs for the urban poor community of Project Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Sri Pantai, Taylor’s Education Group in partnership with CIMB Islamic Bank deployed the Taylor’s – CIMB Islamic Program Keusahawaan. It is an impact driven programme aimed to educate and cultivate entrepreneurs from the underserved community.
The journey began 5 months ago, with 109 residents from PPR Sri Pantai participated in the Motivation Phase of the program. A total of 8 entrepreneurs volunteered their time and effort to speak to the residents to inspire and motivate them to seize the opportunity of winning the CIMB Islamic business grants. Despite not completing their tertiary education and lack of experience in entrepreneurship, 31 of them applied for the program and went through a 2 month classroom learning session in preparation for the business presentation session. Lecturers from Taylor’s Business School designed the program module and volunteered their time during the weekends to teach basic entrepreneurship using the facilities in Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus.
Many people in low-wealth communities have big dreams, but no way to put them into action. Those in underserved neighbourhoods often have difficulty getting start-up funding for businesses due in part to poor credit, lack of capital, and limited access to bank services. With middle-income jobs in decline, entrepreneurship offers an increasingly promising pathway out of poverty; but few low-wealth PPR folks are currently taking this route to economic self-sufficiency.
Program Keusahawanan Taylor’s-CIMB Islamic is designed for aspiring entrepreneurs from PPR Sri Pantai. The programme, led by Group Communications & CSR department’s Taylor’s Community team with the aim to give encouragement, innovative and sustainable solutions that contribute to the reduction of poverty, exclusion and unemployment within the urban poor.
