Petaling Jaya, 19 Aug 2018 – Three humanitarian icons of Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM) stand together with IRM to celebrate World Humanitarian Day 2018 in appreciating beneficiaries.

 

Commemorating the backstory of World Humanitarian Day, Saujana Nasheed Group believes that the initiative taken by IRM is a great leap that can foster a better relationship between the youth and the elderly.

 

“I believe this is one of the best initiatives for each volunteer to appreciate these older beneficiaries. They are all like our parents despite them having different backgrounds and religious faith,” said Suffian Amrin, the spokesperson for Saujana group who is also a humanitarian icon for IRM.

 

IRM also utilises a friendlier approach to appreciate young beneficiaries so they will not feel neglected and feel accepted by the local community.

 

Commenting on Sports Day at Home for Abused and Neglected Children (HOPE), Irma Hasmie also feels that it does not only give such meaningful impacts to the kids themselves, but the programme may involve inculcating humanitarian values for her children.

 

“The programme today can help give more insights for my children today as they are exposed to the real situation by observing what we as volunteers are doing.

 

Apart from that, Irma also emphasizes that humanitarian values should go beyond what is deemed of ‘being choosy in appreciating the people who are less fortunate’.

 

“For the sake of humanity, we should not question who we are helping and who they are in terms of their race and religion. As in line with the World Humanitarian Day, we should never judge their social status,” she said when being interviewed.

 

Besides Saujana, Irma Hasmie and her husband Redza Syah, another humanitarian icon of IRM, Elfaeza Ul Haq also took part in the programme and they were nominated as IRM Humanitarian Icon last 30^th of June.

Dengkil, 25 Aug 2018 – A total of 290 indigenous families of Kampung Kolam Air Bangkong and Bukit Tampoi, Dengkil received meat offerings in conjunction with the Eid Adha celebration.

 

The Qurban Perdana 2018 programme organised by Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM), aims to assist indigenous people who are also minority populations in Malaysia as in line with the focus of IRM to empower the community of these people to a higher status.

 

IRM Chief Executive Officer, Zairulshahfuddin Zainal Abidin said, “We held a view of this event as a ‘business man’ for the hereafter. It is not for personal gain but is a type of assistance from various contributing institutions.”

 

Zairulshahfuddin also pointed out that this humanitarian program also serves as a bridging point to foster a better relationship between the mainstream community to know the indigenous people more closely.

 

In the meantime, IRM also believes in the ‘touch and stay concept’ as it hopes the presence of volunteers and humanitarian projects will continue in the future.

 

Commenting on that, Datuk Dr Mohd Daud Bakar, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Amanie Group & International Shariah Scholar, as a special guest today states that the message of sacrifice being performed today is not about slaughter, but it is a humanitarian message and needs to be cultivated en masse with religious guides based on the Quran.

 

“The field of humanity has actually no limitation of time, no matter where the address is, and there is no race and religion to understand humanity. All are entitled to the mercy of Allah SWT. ”

 

In his statement, in the context of the sacrificing, there is a humanitarian meaning of the concept of goodwill in favour of justice and truth alone is not enough. That nature needs to be accompanied by a value of courtesy and weight which has no limitations.

 

As a record, IRM aims to help more indigenous families as based on the vision for five-years objective in the period of 2017 to 2021.

Tg Malim, 14 Aug 2018 – Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM) had the opportunity to share a lot of knowledge with children aged around six-year-old regarding humanitarian issues breaking out across the world.

 

The programme known as Jalinan Kasih which began with video shows about conflicts in Gaza captured their attention and interest to dig out more about what is happening in the outside world.

 

Director of National Child Development Research Centre (NCDRC), Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), Prof. Sopia Md Yasin said, the sharing session with the children also inculcated several acts of kindness such as the culture of helping as to encourage them in becoming more open and aware when disasters or crisis occur at one particular location.

 

“Even though the kids are around 6-year-old, such programme can help them open their eyes as IRM brings about an international context to them like what is happening in Bangladesh, Somalia, and more,” she said when being interviewed.

 

Prof. Sopia believes that the engagement of children should be further encouraged in the future so that the message that we want to deliver can produce better impacts for them.

 

“The upcoming modules to be introduced in the future should include more hands-on activities that involve kids to play their roles in a small group and automatically, IRM alongside teachers can work together to manage the activities.”

 

Apart from that, IRM also had the chance to deliver humanitarian messages to all parents involved in the programme which simultaneously increased their awareness about issues in war-thorn countries.

 

Speaking of the engagement of parents in the programme, Prof. Sopia states that through such sharing session conducted by IRM, she hopes that they can continuously share the knowledge with their kids.

 

“What I see is that parents’ engagement is necessary as it is so infrequent to have this chance where parents and kids can sit together and discuss about humanitarian issues although the explanation will be based on kids-level. However, it should be noted that kids must be trained to have a culture of giving and helping.”

 

She hopes that such activity can help increase their understanding about humanitarian issues.

Kampar, 7 Aug 2018 – MBSB Bank alongside Islamic Relief Malaysia (IRM) today officiates a MBSB Sejahtera Programme Key-Handover Ceremony to beneficiaries under the Community Development programme.

 

IRM Chief Executive Officer, Zairulshahfuddin Zainal Abidin said, “IRM exists as a platform to bridge the needy and the public. The event today is a concrete proof to highlight that the locals are also our concern.”

 

Zairulshahfuddin further notes that IRM is also a platform of ease for each beneficiary through all the aids and projects manoeuvred by the organisation.

 

Head of Strategic Communication Department MBSB Bank, Zuhaznim Izzuddin is also positive with the cooperation between MBSB and IRM as the programme can offer meaningful impacts towards the future of beneficiaries.

 

“We have been working hand in hand with IRM since 2016 in search of beneficiaries for ‘Program Sejahtera’ and last year alone, we have successfully helped more than 30 beneficiaries alongside IRM as our partner,” Zuhaznim said when being interviewed.

 

IRM also hopes that such humanitarian works can go on continuously for the benefits of those in need in the future.