Projek Kalsom

WHAT IS PROJEK KALSOM?

Projek Kalsom is a collaborative project between Kelab Kalsom and United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysian Students (UKEC). It is a motivational programme for Form 4 students who have excelled in their studies but come from less fortunate backgrounds. It is run by Malaysian students enrolled in universities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, but students from other universities are also welcomed to join as volunteers. The programme runs approximately one week.

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Rationale

Malaysia has been undergoing a lot of development over the past 25 years. In the process of pursuing our goal to be a developed nation by the year 2020, a lot of focus was placed on concentrated development, starting with the Klang Valley region, and now, the Iskandar Development Region in Johor.

While the attention given to those areas is good, much of society out of the development spotlight remains lacking in relative terms of the economic and education opportunities made available to them...

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Objectives

1) To inspire and encourage participants to want to achieve more in studies and life

2) To equip participants with the means to achieve Objective 1

3) To stress that moral values and religion are as important as academic and career success and to instill leadership qualities and self-independence

4) To expose participants to wealth of career and education opportunities available to them after secondary school

5) To develop a greater awareness and empathy towards the struggles of less fortunate amongst Malaysian students.

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5 Principles of Excellence

The 5 Principles of Excellence of Projek Kalsom are:

1) Academic Excellence

2) English Language Proficiency

3) Careers & Scholarship

4) Religious & Moral Values

5) Physical Fitness

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"Hope" Charity Gala for Projek Kalsom

The "Hope" Charity Gala is organised by Malaysian students enrolled in universities in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malaysia for the purpose of raising funds for ProjekKalsom. The other objective is to develop a greater awareness and empathy towards the struggles of the less fortunate amongst Malaysians in obtaining opportunities in education...

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Kelab Kalsom

Kelab Kalsom, is a new organisation borne out of the initiative of the Projek Kalsom 17 committee members. It is also a social club for volunteers of Kelab Kalsom’s charity programmes and it also acts as a charity body for its members. Together with United Kingdom and Eire Council for Malaysia (UKEC), we organise the most anticipated summer camp of the year: Projek Kalsom.

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