Change your world event!!

What does it mean to be non-existent? To have no rights to work or education? That is the status of refugees in Malaysia, who are put into the same category as illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers when they are not. They are people who were forced to leave their home countries due to fear of prosecution because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or social group – they did not leave to seek greener pastures in terms of economic gain.

Refugees are often arrested during raids by immigration law enforcement agents or, more controversially, by the People’s Volunteer Corps (RELA) on account of violation of immigration laws. The events preceding these arrests reflect the corrupt nature of some of these authorities as well as blatant disrespect for refugee documentation from the UNHCR, as evident from testimonies from refugees in Malaysia:

“The police have stopped me very often, and have robbed me also. Sometimes the police will stop us and ask for our passports. We can’t show passports, so then they will say that we are going to be taken to prison. But if we can pay them money, they will let us go. Sometimes they check all our pockets. What we have, they take. If you have a phone, and if it is quite good, they will take it. This has happened to me several times.”- A Catholic Chin refugee from Myanmar, July 2009

Refugees are held for indefinite periods of time with limited access to non-governmental organizations as well as legal representation. This holds true even for refugees who are in possession of UNHCR cards confirming their status as refugees.

In one case of particular concern, the NGO Tenaganita attempted to see a pregnant refugee from Myanmar whose situation and detention had been made public in news reports. On arrival, and accompanied by a nurse, they were told that only family members were allowed to visit detainees.

With all this going on, the refugees remain invisible, their circumstances unseen and their voices unheard. It is time to say that we will not remain silent any longer in view of the injustice carried out towards our fellow man. It is time to make a difference in their lives.



CHANGE YOUR WORLD TOUR, KL: 4th SEPTEMBER
@ SUNWAY CONVENTION CENTER, 6-10PM
passes are available- CALL NOW: 012 889 1027

Update of attendance for Yayasan Sunbeams Home by 21st of August

Below are the ppl who is going to visit Yayasan Sunbeams Home:

Pls do comment here to leave ur name if u wish to go..

p/s: pls do help the orphan and give them a better life.

1. Yap Wai Kit
2. Tang Kah Tim
3. Lim Miao Zhi
4. Daniel Khoo Zhi Wei
5. Mike Ooi Ferng Lin
6. Jefferson
7. Tai Yee Jin
8. Tan Seng Lee(outsider)

9. Jillian Ng Siew Mei

10. Mohd Azhar Ahmad

regards,

wai kit

0129170326

CHANGE YOUR WORLD QUEST 2!!!

Dear All,

Do you want to CHANGE YOUR WORLD?

Do you have a compassionate heart for the poverty?

Did you know human trafficking still happening? And it’s one of the largest business in the world!

Missed out Change Your World Quest 1?

Welcome to Join CHANGE YOUR WORLD Quest 2

Date : 24 Aug 2010 (Tuesday)

Time : 12pm – 1pm

Venue : LT 12

Please bring your friends along!

CHANGE YOUR WORLD QUEST 2!!!

Dear MTS members:

Pls do attend change your world quest 2 which will be held on coming Tuesday, 12pm to 1 at LT12

A Story of Hope:
Nelly, a domestic worker, age 30

What is hope to you?
Hope is something that makes me go on living. Hope gives me strength to cling on to and I can look forward to the future. Last year I lost all hope of going back to my home country Indonesia, of seeing my loved ones again. My wages for 5 years were not paid, I was forced to swim to a boat and I nearly drowned. Some kind soul rescued me and encouraged me to look to God. I was so despairing I wished I had died at sea. Slowly with help, I regained hope that I can see my children again. Thinking of them and my aged mother helped me to build up hope again. You asked me what is hope to me, hope is LIFE to me... it saved me from total despair.

What do you hope for?
I hope to see my 2 children again (ages 10,12). I was not allowed to contact them for 5 years when I was working with my last employer. Now I can call them off and on, but I would really love to see them face to face and how they have grown. I hope that my children will grow up well and be properly educated and later to find good jobs. I also hope to see my aged mother again, she has not been well.

What would you do to achieve that hope?
My employer is refusing to pay me the 5 years wages they owe me, so Tenaganita is helping me to bring my case to the authorities. However I am earning some money here, so I will save what I can to send home for my children's food and education and to help rebuild our house that was partly destroyed by the recent earthquake. I also get to call my family off and on, so my hope is still alive. I thank God that there are people here who reminds me that there is always HOPE!

Update of attendance for Yayasan Sunbeams Home

Below are the ppl who is going to visit Yayasan Sunbeams Home:

Pls do comment here to leave ur name if u wish to go..

p/s: pls do help the orphan and give them a better life.

1. Yap Wai Kit
2. Tang Kah Tim
3. Lim Miao Zhi
4. Daniel Khoo Zhi Wei
5. Mike Ooi Ferng Lin
6. Jefferson
7. Tai Yee Jin
8. Tan Seng Lee(outsider)

9. Jillian Ng Siew Mei

10. Mohd Azhar Ahmad

regards,

wai kit

0129170326

Yayasan sunbeams homes

Dear all the members of MTS:

Please do comment here if you confirm the participation of charity visit to Yayasan Sunbeams Home which will be on 29th of August (Next Sunday) 4.00pm, or else, you can do message me.

Please do confirm with your name.

the deadline to register for this event will be on next wednesday.(25th August 2010)

Warmest regards,

Wai Kit

012-9170326

Meeting on 16th August 2010

Dear all the MTS members:

Please be noted that there will be a meeting on tomorrow, Monday 5pm in front of chill restaurant,

I can't book a room because now is weekend, hopefully we can have our meeting there.

Meeting agenda:

(1) Brief about what MTS does;

(2) Introduction of Excos;

(3) Posts available;

(4) Briefing about 29th August Yayasan Sunbeams Home visit;

(5) Briefing about trip which would probably will be held before/after hari raya;

(6) Briefing about Change Your World quest.

Warmest regards,

wai kit

Progress

Dear all the mts members,

It is good to heard from you,

for the donations lists; now i got jam, and the plastic bags already.

Please do help more!!!!!=)

p/s: Next meeting will be on next Monday. Time & Venue is to be confirmed.

Regards,

Wai Kit

Charity trip to Yayasan Sunbeams home (29th August)

Dear all new and old MTS members:

First of all, Welcome to Malaysia Travelling Society (MTS in short),

The first event u all will be joining is to make a visit to Yayasan Sunbeam Homes , http://sunbeamshome.org/ on end of August( most probably 29th of august, evening).

Below are the items which needed by the homes urgently:

1. Jam, Peanut Butter

2. Leukaplast

3. paper cutter

4. Rubbish bags- black (large); Blue (small)

5. A4 paper- 80gms

6.BOH tea & lipton bags

7. VICKS

8. 4 line writing books

9. Battery - AA & AAA

10. girls panties ( 1 yrs old - 22)

11. Bra (size 30,32,34,36,38)

12. girls inner singlet ( 9 yrs old - 11)

13. panadol (adult n child)

14. Vitamin C (500mg, 250mg, 100mg)

15. flu syrup ( child & adult)

16. Minyak Cap kapak

17. Dettol & mosquito repellent

18. toilet bowl cleaner

19. floor cleaner

20. deodorant

21. slippers (size 7,8,9 for older children)

22. outdoor n indoor brooms

23. log book( long n short)

24. floor brush, brush for washing clothes

25. styrofoam lunch boxes

26. can drinks

27. sardine

28. milo/ milo 3 in 1 & coffee 3 in 1

29. maggie mee

30. facial cotton

31. clorox

32. dish wash

33. pepper

34. biscuits

35. cough syrup (children & adult)

A little contribution can build a better life!!

Pls do forward this email to all the people u know and get back to me. And please do confirm ur attendance with me

Thanks a lot!!

Regards,

Yap Wai Kit

President

Malaysia Travelling Society

Taylor's University College (lakeside campus)

Recruitment Drive (05 August 2010)

It was a successful recruitment drive;
Thanks for the help from our secretary (Daniel Khoo) and our treasurer ( Yee Jin)
and lastly, our boss (Jion) who is from Newcastle, UK.
We had successfully recruited 50+ members.

Dear all new members:

Pls check ur email and this blog regularly;
Pls help to save our budget so that i don't need to sms all of u (which makes me broke).
Stay tuned and check out our next event!!!

written by,
Wai Kit