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Annual Public Health Campaign 2016/17
Public Health Campaign (PHC) is an annual event which provides free public service throughout various states in Peninsular Malaysia. Since its inception in 2002, its main purpose is to increase health awareness among the public and to disseminate health information on the prevention of diseases. It also aims to enhance the role of pharmacists in the community.Over the years, this campaign has played a vital role in raising health awareness of the Malaysian public, promoting changes in lifestyle to encourage healthy living as well as serve as a platform for UCSI University students to give back to the community. It has attracted between 1000 to 1500 direct participants each time, with many more unlisted members of public perusing the exhibition site.For this event, we will be working closely with the community of Kuala Sepetang in running a health campaign on 21st and 22nd December, tentatively at a local primary school hall. Kuala Sepetang is a coastal fishing village 15km away from Taiping, Perak. It has an estimated 1,000 households with a population of 6,000, most of which are Chinese. Most of the population have up to primary level education and about half of all working population are involved in the fishery industry. Adjacent to Kuala Sepetang is Kampung Menteri with a Malay majority population with roughly 200 households consisting of 1,500 residents.The main focus of PHC has always been the exhibition with materials related to the chosen theme. For our campaign in Kuala Sepetang, we will be focusing on cancer. The poster display will include Malaysian statistics on cancer, recognising warning signs and knowing when to seek medical advice. With these, it is hoped that the community in Kuala Sepetang will have a better understanding on cancer and become more inclined to change in their lifestyle for the better.Other than that, various health screening tests such as blood pressure test, blood glucose test, body fat test and waist-to-hip ratio analysis will be conducted throughout this campaign to attract the public as well as to provide a free public service. Patient counselling from qualified counselors will also be available to the public during this campaign. The pharmacy students will conduct the "Know Your Drugs" session to educate the public on the importance of proper drug use. We will also be conducting the demonstration of drug compounding for public viewing during the campaign.In order to provide more longer lasting impact on community health, we will be liaising with local clinics and/or hospital to refer public members with abnormal screening results to doctors for further action.
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Helping the Underprivileged Community
Soyai Malaysia- Soymilk SelfSustainability Proje
What is SoyAi?SoyAi Malaysia is a social entrepreneurship project of selling soy milk with the aim of helping the Myanmar refugees in Malaysia.How are we helping?In order to help out Myanmar refugees found commonly around the area of Sunway Mentari, we have decided to start up a small in house business for them whereby they are able to have their own small production line on site in their learning centre. We address their needs to sustain on their own feet independently. This is because we would like them to be able to survive without relying heavily on the help of the public as they have been constantly depending on the funds from the public.Through this project, Myanmar refugees will also obtain the chance to gain some business and entrepreneurial skills. This project is the perfect platform for them to experience and widen their knowledge about how businesses are being conducted which are life-long survival skills.The caretakers of the centre will also be taught on simple financial recording for business purposes. Through this hands-on method and with our burning desire and passion in tackling the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we hope more Myanmar refugees would be able to receive equal opportunities to receive proper education and hence, increasing the job employment rate of refugees in Malaysia.How do we ensure that this project will work?This project will be closely collaborated with the SoyAi Myanmar. SoyAi Myanmar team has more than 3 years experiences in this field and they manage to break into markets by having their soymilk sold at major shopping complexes and the international hotels in Yangon, Myanmar. Their clients include selected outlets of the convenience store, Park Royal Hotel, Yangon Bakehouse, Tutti Lethwei Gym, Go Green Organic Food Shop and the rest are private deliveries for offices and homes. Some offices order up to 100 bottles per week. Their current sales per week are about 1400 bottles of soy milk.Besides, we have also contacted a local soymilk seller to provide guidance to SoyAi Malaysia team.We will also have a back-up legal team for this project in the event of disruption as refugees have no legal status in Malaysia.
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Helping the Underprivileged Community
SEED TO A BETTER FUTURE
We choose students from primary school in Kg Sg Balang Darat, Muar,Johor for this project because 65% of the students in this school are from low income family. Children in this area tend to follow their father’s footsteps by doing menial work in the palm oil plantation after finishing school.  They lack the exposure on possible job opportunities available in the market place.  Moreover, this area is infested with drug addicts.  Research has shown that children who grew up in disadvantaged neighborhoods fare worse across multiple measures of well-being than do children reared in neighborhoods with richer and safer environment.  Thus, to overcome the disadvantages faced by students from Kg Sg Balang Darat, Muar,Johor, this project aims to expose them to a fun, safe and interactive edutainment activities where children can experience the world of adults in KidZania, Kuala Lumpur. They will also be guided on enhancing their soft skills during group activities with our team. In the last week, they will listen to aspiring life journey of Mr. Mohd Sukur Ibrahim, a person with disability, who was granted the OKU Excellent Entrepreneur Award 2016.  Despite being certified as the shortest man in Malaysia by Malaysian Book of Records, Mr. Mohd Sukur successfully overcome all the challenges life has to offer.  The children who are able-bodied can learn so much from the talk. In short, this program is expected to cultivate strong desire and determination, and foster self-belief in the students to achieve greater height in their future.
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