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Trying our luck for Malaysian Students Global Volunteer

March 4, 2015 143 Comments

By Jahirah Jalal Abidin

PUTRAJAYA, 27 February 2015: A total of 11 IIUM students have been shortlisted by the Centre for University Social Responsibility (CENSERVE) as candidates for the Malaysian Students Global Volunteer or known as Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS). The interview session was held at the Ministry of Education Malaysia in Putrajaya recently to choose the best students for YSS.

It was a tough competition when there were more than 350 candidates from various local institutions, technical and teaching training colleges around Malaysia, who were involved in the selection for the volunteering mission to Laos and Celebes, Indonesia.

According to one of the interview panelists at the Ministry, the interview was finished at about 10 p.m due to a large number of students who came for the interview. The students who are selected will have a chance to be volunteers and travel to the location selected by YSS. They will undergo training and will be given medical aids and food allowances that will be fully supported by the Ministry. The results are expected to be known soon.

YSS has successfully organised volunteering work for several years with selected local students in a number of locations around Malaysia and other developing countries such as Indonesia, Vietnam and Laos. The volunteering programmes conducted by YSS are Misi Sukarelawan Siswa in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Misi Sukarelawan Siswa in Vientiane, Lao PDR, and Green Summer Volunteer Campaign in Vietnam and Misi Sukarelawan Batang Lupar, Sarawak.

Last year, Siti Zaleha binti Mustofa from the Kulliyah of Education who was majoring in guidance and counselling was selected for this mission. It is hoped that candidates from IIUM will succeed in the interview and be selected for the mission this year.

IIUM, Stronger Together!

The following is the list of candidates from IIUM:

  1. Muhammad Amir Asyraf Zulkurnain
  2. Zainal Abid Zainal Adlishah
  3. Mohamed Ariq
  4. Farah Nabilah Abdul Rahman
  5. Intan Shafinaz Azira
  6. Solehah Rezali
  7. Izzat binti Zaid
  8. Amirah Najwa
  9. Jahirah Jalal Abidin
  10. Mohamad Izzudin
  11. Nor Atikah

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