Build a home in 3 days!

EPIC Homes is an outreach program by EPIC Collaborative that empowers volunteers to build homes for underprivileged communities over a period of 3 days. EPIC Homes has become a platform with the purpose of building relationships between people of different social economical levels and developing leaders through the challenge of constructing and repairing houses.
Currently, EPIC is focused on developing the village of Kampung Ulu/Hulu Tamu where they have already built 2 houses and a veranda. EPIC hopes to build 18 more houses and repair 19 more in the same area. To achieve this, financial support, material sponsors and many willing hands are needed!

• Interested to be involved in organizing and project management?
• Interested in sponsoring/ funding a house or running a team & house building event for your organization?
• Interested in being a volunteer for upcoming events?

Stay tuned for the 2012 schedule real soon! EPIC works on a first come first serve basis so stay alert on http://says.my/jerrychoo/EPICHomes

Light up a little life!

Yayasan Sunbeams Home is a place that sheds light to underprivileged children in Malaysia. Having homed the displaced, misplaced, abused and neglected children of single parents since 1995, Sunbeams is the beacon of hope for children that long for a  bright future.

With several homes, daycare centres, learning centres and a feeding ministry set up within Malaysia, Sunbeams meets the daily needs of children at a feat of RM 80,000 per month.

Depending on the support of people like YOU, Sunbeams hopes to provide more and reach more underprivileged children in Malaysia through their wishes to expand. With a current RM 1.5 million renovation plan that caters to 100 children, your monetary donation, large or small will be greatly appreciated.

If you are interested in helping out in other ways, do consider donating items, offering your time, service, or even spread the word of the amazing work in place. Every little bit helps.

For more information : http://says.my/jerrychoo/Sunbeams

Fear, isolation and violence that only YOU can help to take away.

The fight for survival is a daily battle for refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia. Coming from countries such as Burma, refugees are forced to flee from their homelands in pursuit of safety from oppressive conditions such as confiscation of homes, forced labor, systematic rape and torture. However, their efforts to gain freedom in Malaysia are short-lived due to discrimination from local employers.

Refugees and asylum seekers work in situations where they face verbal and physical abuse from employers, low/unpaid wages, and long working hours in exploitative conditions.

Question is, where is the humanity in all of this?

Agree to stand up against forced labor and human trafficking by signing a Petition Letter to the Prime Minister of Malaysia today! Petition available here : http://says.my/jerrychoo/HEImsia

Giuliana Rancic fights breast cancer. Follow her lead and get an early mammogram today!

Looking fit and having one of the most interesting careers, Giuliana Rancic was all about living a year of fun this 2011. Planning to undergo IVF treatment to conceive a baby, Rancic was determined to have a child with husband, Bill Rancic even through her busy life as the co-host of E! News.

However, all plans came to a standstill this mid-October as Rancic's mammogram test revealed that the 36 year old host was diagnosed with early stages of breast cancer.

At a young age, Rancic was shocked with the life-threatening news and did not expect it coming. Not able to continue with her IVF treatment, Giuliana is still determined to have a full recovery and would still like to be a mother one day. Coming out to the public wasn't easy after receiving the "punch-in-the-stomach", but kudos to her for being a good role-model and encouraging young women all over the world to take up early breast cancer tests.
In fact,

• Every 1 out of 19 women is affected by breast cancer in Malaysia.
• Breast cancer is the 2nd leading cause of cancer among women worldwide
• Early detection of breast cancer is 98% curable
• Chinese women seem to be at greatest risk, following by Indians and Malays
• More than 1 MILLION women are afflicted with breast cancer per year

Now that you have the facts, don't be ignorant. Make an appointment for a check up if you are over the age of 30!

Bidding4Charity - Bidding For A Better Life!

Want to own a Yusof Gajah painting or a PRADA wallet?

Now you can bid for one and not feel guilty!
Bidding4Charity provides internet consumers a fundraising platform to help charities in Malaysia. The new concept of GIVING BY BUYING puts the "fun" in giving back and helps to spread awareness of partnering causes.
For the month of October, catch the latest bids and raise funds for the following charity organizations :

• Rumah Solehah
• Down Syndrome Association of Malaysia

Start bidding for a better life!

Start your BID FOR CHARITY NOW

Save wildlife, report crimes to the Wildlife Crime Hotline!

You’re on a leisurely day out, strolling along a street in Malaysia... Suddenly – “Hallo, nak beli gigi harimau? Kuku harimau? Kalau pakai banyak ‘ong’!”
You’re stunned for a moment… people are still killing our wild tigers just because of superstitious beliefs? What can you do to stop this?


Call the 24-hour Wildlife Crime Hotline* 019 356 4194 and help the authorities put tiger traders behind bars! Reports are instantly channelled to them for action!


The tiger in the above scenario could very possibly be replaced by tortoises, pangolins, bears, leopards, orang utans and more, but the number to call is the same.
Imagine thousands, or even millions of Malaysians keeping their eyes out for illegal activities, whether in markets, pet shops, restaurants, or even on the internet!! Where will all the baddies hide?
Under the new Wildlife Conservation Act 2010, criminals face much higher penalties, for example convicted tiger poachers / traders / consumers will be fined minimum RM100,000 and jailed up to five years.
*The hotline is only applicable in Peninsular Malaysia.
What information is needed?**

• What crime took place? (poaching, smuggling, selling, keeping as a pet)
• Where did it happen? (address, shop name, landmarks)
• When did it take place? (date & time)

**Images or video footage may assist investigations

It's time to be on the prowl for wildlife traders! 

I want to save the Tigers

Everyone needs a place where they can call home... icon Everyone needs a place where they can call home..

It's late in the night, and you hear a child screaming.  The father seems to have returned home, and is apparently not in a good mood; as he has been for the past few weeks now.  Every other night, you hear the tearful pleas of a woman begging for him to stop, but the screams of pain from the child continues.  The next day, you see that same child, coming out from the house next door, boarding the school bus with a noticeable strange limp in her walk, while her face remains emotionally dazed and grim.

Child abuse can happen any day, anywhere, and at any time.  What makes it worse is that often, the abuser is one whom the child trusts to give them love, and shelter.  It is our duty as a neighbour, a citizen, and as a person, to report such incidents should we realise what is happening.

Shelter was established in 1981 for such a purpose.  We receive children of such cases from the Welfare Department and from brave parents who want to rescue their children from such situations.  These children come to us, broken and abused.  In time, we help to nurture and care for them and raise them to confront their past, and move on to seek a brighter future.

It doesn't matter from what age and race you come from; for the some 450 children that we care for and support in our homes and refugee schools, it means a brighter future for them all.

Help us, to give them a chance at a future they deserve to have.

Shelter them with your LOVE