Bangi, 5 Oct 2018 – Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM) is committed to uplift the community of the disabled (OKU) by contributing wheelchairs to Kolej Universiti Islam Selangor (KUIS).

Special Officer of Student Development and Alumni Affairs, Dr. Syarbaini Ahmad stated that the approach is a baby step towards creating an OKU friendly environment.

“Actually this approach is a good initiative from IRM because we are going to work on having a campus that is OKU friendly.

“The concept is that we want more involvements from outside party such as IRM to work together in accomplishing our effort to uplift the community of OKU,” he said in a speech.

He was also positive with the contribution and believed it would benefit for both parties KUIS and IRM.

In the event, two units of wheelchair were distributed by Director of Domestic Programme of IRM, Sharlina Adnan for OKU prayers at Al-Azhar Mosque, KUIS.

Dengkil, 3 Oct 2018 – 23 participants from Kelas Dewasa Asli Peribumi (KEDAP) acquired necessary guidance on mushroom planting and preparation of tiram kelambu mushroom administered by Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM).

The programme which in collaboration with Taman Pertanian Universiti, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) was initiated to uphold the income of Orang Asli.

Required exposure was at once given to all participants intensively to understand the whole procedures in making preparations for mushroom, in theoretical and practical terms.

In general, the mushroom planting leads to a new set of methods in a aggrotech way which is a combination of agro-planting and technology that encourages the growth of mushroom.

Maiminah Tahir, Officer at UPM said that the process of releasing mushroom planting involves several aspects which include preparation of media, mushroom blocks, steaming, inoculation, storing, and productions.

For information, the programme was fully sponsored by MRA International.

Bangi, 1 Oct 2018 – Six staff of Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM) alongside another two staff of Islamic Relief (IR) Mauritius are to be nominated as a professional trainer through ASEAN Region, Train the Trainer Programme.

The programme which is the initiative from Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) holds the objective to groom a person from any organisation to become a certified trainer in delivering training session, not limited to Malaysia region but also the nation’s counterparts, Southeast Asia.

According to Head of Learning and Development, Stephen Terry from Humanitarian Academy for Development (HAD), the aim of this programme is to also upgrade training across the family, to invest in country offices, ability and capacity build.

“They will mobilise subject matter expertise and be able to communicate and help others to learn, and to also work with the academy and deliver our programmes,” he said when being interviewed.

For information, the programme will run for two weeks of time at Bangi Putrajaya Hotel and official office of IRM.

Kapit, 3 Oct 2018 – At least 48 families received fire relief aids from Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM) after wildfire was caught at Rumah Panjang Dagum dan Rumah Panjang Bada, Kapit, Sarawak.

The wildfire was caught due to widespread of fire amidst cooking process at both Rumah Panjang.

After assessment has been made, among the aids that were distributed include food aids, blankets, canvas, drinking water, and cooking tools.

IRM was also in collaboration with several agencies to help the distribution process namely Committee Members of Kampung Gelam Welfare, HIKMAH Song, and Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (YADIM) in Kapit.

No casualties were reported as at today.