by admin | Jul 6, 2017
Taylor’s Sustainability Fest, an event under Taylor’s Community project by Group Communications & CSR department, is a celebration of sustainability efforts by the leaders of Taylor’s Education Group, highlighting the amount of breadth and contributions and leadership efforts across the Taylor’s Group as well as providing opportunities for students, NGO and social enterprise partners to get involved. The event was held in PPR Sri Pantai, the chosen beneficiary for Taylor’s Community on 15th April 2017. This is one of the initiatives to demonstrate Taylor’s commitment to provide sustainable living solutions to fulfil the resident’s day to day needs.
The event was an effort of four collaborative projects among the leaders of the Taylor’s together with project partners and NGOs.
Projek Kitar Semula was a recycling campaign with individual rewarding system. In partnership with iCycle Malaysia, the project aimed to educate and create awareness among the PPR community on the importance and the benefits of recycling. iCycle is giving services to the local community where Recycle Point (RP) (just like Bonus Link) can be converted from each house / individual recyclable to redemption of gift or cash online. This will encourage the residents to be responsible to the environment.
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by admin | Jun 25, 2017
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About 40 leaders across the Group were involved in a six month leadership development programme organised by Group Human Resource. The Breakthrough Leadership Program (BLP) is a blended, cohort‐based program designed to help organizations transform good managers into great leaders. To put their results to the test, the cohorts were divided into six sub-teams and were assigned to run a CSR project at PPR Sri Pantai by Taylor’s Community under Group Communications and CSR department, to demonstrate the knowledge and skills acquire during the program.
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“We see Taylor’s as an education group that help the younger generations to be better leaders of tomorrow. Our team want to help them get out of their current situation of underprivileged and lack of childhood education. ” ~Leonard Lim
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The first project, called “Bengkel Motivasi Remaja: Inspirasikan Diri Anda”, in English translation means “Motivational Workshop: Inspire Yourself” was executed on 25th of February by BLP Team 2 members. The workshop aimed to create self-awareness, creative thinking, learning and soft skills of the PPR Sri Pantai secondary schools’ children. Team 2 coordinated a group of eight volunteers from Genesis Educational and Taylor’s University Student Council. Fun, interactive activities such as river crossing and icebreaker: Chaser and Runner were devised to engage with the children at the community.
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Duncan Tsen, a student volunteer added, “I hope that the children will carry on what they have learnt here as it will bring them very far in the future.”
The event ended successfully with participation of more than 30 children from the PPR Sri Pantai community.
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by admin | Jun 10, 2017
A series of health intervention campaigns initiated by Taylor’s University School of Medicine (TUSOM) in partnership with Taylor’s Community under Group Communications and CSR department, were recently held at Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Sri Pantai. The campaign was led by three dedicated lecturers; Dr Jo Ann Andoy Galvan, Dr Gul Baloch and Dr. Sapna Shridhar Patil, who brought TUSOM’s Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery students for their Community Medicine Posting.
36 interested and dedicated medical students kick started the campaign on 11 February with a door-to-door comprehensive survey where personal particulars and medical information of the residents were gathered. This exercise was to done to assess the general residents’ individual healthcare status and health-related behaviours.
The following Saturday on 18 February, a mini Health Carnival was held for the same community which saw the residents get involved activities like awareness booths, games, freebies give-a-away, quizzes and more. The four hours long carnival with more than 100 visitors used the results gathered in the week before to give the community what was most needed medically.
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“This is a great opportunity to gain exposure to the community and help them understand the importance of their health, and hopefully to make a difference in their life”. ~Mark Wong, TUSOM student leader
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by admin | Jun 6, 2017
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PETALING JAYA: In Collaboration with the School of Biosciences and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), a free health awareness campaign for the urban poor community of Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) Sri Pantai was successfully carried out last Sunday, 15th of January.
A number of 16 summer exchange students from QUT, a fellow lecturer from School of Biosciences – Dr. Ooi Yin Yin and three student volunteers as translators saw to over a hundred curious and earnest residents that underwent the free health screening and consultation provided.
Then former Dean of School of Biosciences, Dr. Anthony Ho Siong Hock, helmed the event and spoke to the residents. He also helped translate for the Australian students hopes this would transform the community for the better.
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