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© 2 0 2 0 Y A Y A S A N K E L A B - K E L A B R O T A R Y M A L A Y S I A : T H E F O U N D A T I O N T O S E R V E T H E M A L A Y S I A N R O T A R Y C L U B S I N D 3 3 0 0 & D 3 3 1 0 . A L L R I G H T S R E S E R V E D . ABOUT YAYASAN KELAB-KELAB ROTARY MALAYSIA

The idea of a Rotary District 330 Foundation was initiated by District Governor Dr. Philbert S S Chin of the Rotary Club of Singapore in 1983/84. It was incorporated as a company limited by share capital on 24 September 1985. When District 330 was split by Rotary International into two districts – D3300 and D3310, Rotary District 330 Foundation was split into Rotary Foundation Singapore and Rotary Foundation Malaysia. On 14 November 1991 Rotary Foundation Malaysia (ROTAFOM) was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee to serve all Rotary Clubs in Malaysia. (including Malaysian Rotary Clubs in District D3310). The Rotary Clubs in Singapore formed the Foundation of Rotary Clubs (Singapore) Ltd. On 12 December 1997 Rotary Foundation Malaysia was renamed Yayasan Kelab-Kelab Rotary Malaysia.

VISION MISSION

To further the object of Rotary by To be a foundation known to and supporting and supplementing the supported by all Rotarians and Rotary efforts of Rotary Clubs in Malaysia Clubs in Malaysia. to better serve the community in To support and supplement the funding poverty alleviation, education, needs of the district and Rotary clubs in health, humanitarian and disaster their projects and activities. relief programs. To participate in humanitarian and educational projects that will enhance the public image of Rotary in Malaysia.

0 2 | O C T O B E R • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF YKKRM

DISTRICT 3310 DISTRICT 3300

Fundraising PDG Datuk Zainie Abdul PDG Dr Paul CK Lee

Aucasa M R

Publication PDG Datuk Zainie Abdul DGN Dr Krishna Kumar K K Aucasa Y

Support Grant PDG Philip Chong PAG Ananda Pillai T U

Project Partnership PP Jeremy Tiong IPDG Lioh Cheng Lim O (Observer) B A

Youth Activities PP Foo Kok Hing DG Teoh Kwan Swee

Disaster Relief PP Ng Yaw Hua DGE Dato' Bindi Rajasegaran

Appreciation & Recognition DGE Dolly Yeap PDG Dr Paul CK Lee

Public Relations, Publicity, PDG Andre Suharto PDG Leslie Salehuddin Homepage (Observer)

Coordinators & Malam PP Abbas Ezzi PDG Kirenjit Kaur Yayasan - Bursary Program PDG Philip Chong

0 3 | O C T O B E R • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0 P A S T D I S T R I C T G O V E R N O R DR PAUL CK LEE

Chairman, Yayasan Kelab- Kelab Rotary Malaysia

Dear friends,

As the new Chairman of our Yayasan (YKKRM), I am concerned when I reviewed the financial position of our YKKRM. We are looking at a very gross budget over-run and the weak fundraising. I thus had to take a very bold and unpleasant stand to temporarily suspend our grants. Allow me to share with you the reasons. I hope we all will appreciate the problems and will “buy-in” to support the actions to bring our Yayasan forward.

We had an over-expenditure (deficit) of about RM185,000 in the last year. This may be because we did not have a “Proposed Budget” at the beginning of the year to guide our expenditure. To prevent this from happening again, we will re-implement the “Proposed Budget”. Also, maybe due to Covid-19, we couldn’t organise our yearly Malam Yayasan where we usually increased our coffers through donations as JRF or Patrons etc. We had been so to say, just “spending”.

But still, we responded to the call to help the poor during the Covid-19 pandemic. We donated more than RM300,000 towards assisting Covid-19 Food Aid programmes. Here, we must thank IPDG Lioh Cheng Lim for his very generous donation of RM200,000. 0 4 | O C T O B E R • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0 On our yearly income, our total income from We also want to actively promote the new the contributions from the two district is only Community Assistance Grant as this grant about RM40,000. With our fixed deposit assists in smaller projects and providing faster E interest, we get about RM70,000. This is “return” of the donation from the Rotarians G barely enough just to support our current back to the club’s projects. It is also self- A programmes. As we have actively publicised funding. S our YKKRM and our grants are getting more S

We surely would seek our two Rotary districts E popular, more clubs are seeking partnership to increase their annual support from with YKKRM in their humanitarian service M

RM20,000 to RM35,000 each. After all, all projects. As an example, on the Support Grant money in the YKKRM have been used to assist S alone, we donate RM5,000 for each Support ' Rotary districts and clubs like Youth, RYLA, Grant approved. Thus, if we just approve 6 N Rotaract & Interact Assemblies and Support grants, we would have used up RM30,000 of A Grants. our income. The Support Grant is an M assistance to the clubs which we need to We shall embark on soliciting not just R continue but maybe at a lower sum of individual Rotarian giving but also corporate I RM2,000 instead of RM5,000 match for each giving. In this we record with thanks the A grant. donation of RM200,000 from PDG Chew Ghim H Bok who will be recognised as Major Patron C We have the Disaster Relief Grant which we Chair Circle Member with IPDG Lioh Cheng Lim. may need to review. As Rotary District also has the same grant, it may be prudent to Whilst we are trying to sort out the finances of work with Rotary instead of duplicating the YKKRM, we are not able to meet freely to efforts. discuss and endorse the changes to the grant programmes due to MCO. We hope that we will be able to meet physically soon maybe in the We shall embark on first quarter of 2021 to discuss and confirm all the above so as to enable us to move forward. soliciting not just In the meantime, we apologise that we just individual Rotarian have to temporarily suspend our grant programmes. giving but also Best regards, corporate giving PDG DR PAUL CK LEE

DONOR RECOGNITIONS OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2020

MAJOR PATRON CHAIR CIRCLE PATRON The recognition of all The recognition of all contributions of RM200,000.00 contributions of RM5,000.00

IPDG LIOH CHENG LIM PDG CHEW GHIM BOK TAN SRI FRANCIS LAU RC Tampin, D3300 RC Bugis Junction, D3310

JAMIL RAIS FELLOW (JRF) PP DATUK DR. N. SUBRAMANIAN RC Utara Subang Jaya, D3300 The recognition of all contributions of RM2,500.00 PP RAMAKRISHNAN RAJOO RC Subang, D3300

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Through a Project Partnership with Yayasan Kelab- These thermoscanners that come ready with a Kelab Rotary Malaysia, Rotary Club of Bandar stand and a platform for hand sanitisers, are Sungai Petani donated four (4) thermoscanners for stationed at entrances to common areas like the use by students and staff at AIMST University. cafeteria. Bedong, Kedah.

Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani is also the sponsor Club for the Rotaract Club of AIMST University.

0 6 | O C T O B E R • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0 RC BANDAR SUNGAI PETANI’S COVID- 19 COMMUNITY OUTREACH INITIATIVE S E I A total of 250 low-income families in Sungai of the breadwinners of these families had lost T

Petani and its surrounding areas including their jobs. I

Bedong, Semeling, Sungai Batu, Lunas and V Kulim recently received food and daily essentials “We hope this brought some joy to the families. I T worth RM20,000 to help them tide over the We are pleased to have done our little part to impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This was help our community and we hope this will help C A

carried out through a collaborative Project them tide through the current challenging Partnership between Rotary Club of Bandar period,” he said. M

Sungai Petani, Yayasan Kelab-Kelab Rotary R

Malaysia, and OCBC Al-Amin Bank Berhad. Speaking on behalf of OCBC Bank, its Sungai K

Petani branch Senior Manager Ms Penny Tan Tsui K

The joint special relief programme formed the Ping said the Bank continues to strive to be more Y third phase of RCBSP’s overall efforts in Covid-19 involved in the localities in which it operates and relief efforts. to become even more engaged in the community, going beyond simply providing According to Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai superior banking products and services to Petani President Sarkuru Govindasamy, the meeting the social needs of the people as well. collaboration with OCBC Al-Amin Bank was key to further expand RCBSP’s third phase “The social and economic effect of the global relief efforts. pandemic is hard for many and so we wanted to reach out to support our own community “We are grateful to OCBC Al-Amin through their particularly those who have been deeply Sungai Petani branch for their relentless support affected during this time of need. We are and commitment to assist the community thankful to Rotary Club of Bandar Sungai Petani amidst difficulties arising from Covid-19 as some for being part of this relief programme,” she said.

0 7 | O C T O B E R • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0 URBAN FARMING IN KAMPUNG BARU, KUALA LUMPUR – A YAYASAN SUPPORT GRANT PROJECT BY ROTARY CLUB OF KAMPUNG BARU CITY CENTRE

LAMAN ULAMAN ROTARY KAMPUNG BARU

This is a Rotary Club of Kampung Baru City agriculture as “the growing of plants and raising of Centre initiative with Rotary Club of animals within and around cities” to provide fresh Kampung Gelam, Singapore (District 3310), food, generate employment, recycle waste and Yayasan Kelab Kelab Rotary Malaysia, strengthen cities’ resilience to climate change. Rotary Club of Kuala Lumpur DiRaja and Lembaga Pentadbiran Malay Agricultural Settlement, Kampung Baru as our partners.

MAIN OBJECTIVE Promote urban agriculture practices that can reduce malnutrition and food insecurity. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) defines urban

0 8 | O C T O B E R • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0 TARGET GROUP THE PROGRAMME

Community of Kampung Baru consisting of Hands-on preparation for fertigation single mothers, grandmothers, retirees, young (injection of fertilizers into an irrigation adults and youth (teenagers). system) for growing chillies Planting using recycled materials. Building Also included in the programme are the street raised beds for planting herbs and vegetables boys from the Street Children School, Chow Kit. Rainwater harvesting Making of compost boxes and composting PROGRAMME OBJECTIVE food and garden waste Permaculture (an ecologically sound way of Engaging with the community, young and living by efficient use of resources). old, through the setting up of an edible Rearing of stingless bees garden/community farm. Aquaponics (growing plants in water that has Providing skill building techniques on been used to cultivate aquatic organisms). planting and maintaining a vegetable Hydroponics (growing plants without soil). garden and as an income generating business. We started our programme in September 2020, Providing skills on making and marketing and then had about 3 weeks break due to the homemade food products. Movement Control Order. We restarted the Organising activities in line with sustainable programme in November and then came the values. rainy season. We managed to harvest 21 kg of Utilising vacant/idle land for urban farming. green chillies and about 8 kg of chilli padi. Our programme is not over yet. END RESULT

Personal development Due to SOP and MCO, fifty people participated in Wellness. the programme to date, scattered over 12 Environmental management Sundays so as not to crowd the place. The Economic development. programme not only brought the community together, but also created a different perception of the street children who were very helpful and We managed to polite. It also brought fellow Rotarians from other clubs contributing and coming to the harvest 21 kg of green garden to lend a hand. chillies and about 8 kg of chilli padi. 0 9 | O C T O B E R • D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 0 RC SRI PETALING’S PROJECT PARTNERSHIP FOR ASSISTANCE TO IQ70+

Rotary Club of Sri Petaling, Besides the cash donations, RC through a Project Partnership Sri Petaling also received with Kelab-Kelab Rotary Malaysia, donated items like 28 cans of raised RM35,400 to provide Isomil Milk powder from a group assistance to IQ70+ Persatuan of ex-Rotaractors and 10 cartons Kebajikan Kanak Kanak Terencat of Malt Milk sponsored by Nestle Akal Malaysia. The centre which Malaysia. caters to about 70 mentally challenged children and youth With the cash received, RC Sri was in dire need of assistance. Petaling purchased monthly They are facing financial necessities for the centre like difficulties to sustain their basic diapers, Milo, rice, cooking oil, operations as their usual channels bleach, sardines, baked beans of public donations have been and milk powder. The items greatly reduced during the Covid- were donated to the centre 19 pandemic. during 2 visits by club members on 22 November 2020 and 20 December 2020.

RCSP provided assistance to IQ70+ Persatuan Kebajikan Kanak Kanak Terencat Akal Malaysia.

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COVID-19 I T I V I T C A

M R K K Y

A Yayasan Disaster Relief Grant RM5,000.00 Soo Poh and AG Phang Ah Seng, a further was given to Rotary Clubs in Sabah for sum of RM11,000.00 was raised from the Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs), Rotary clubs in Sabah for PPEs and donations mostly face shields and face masks, to be in kind were also received from local donors. distributed to Ministry of Health frontliners in collaboration with Mercy Malaysia, Sabah. The items were handed over in November to the Sabah Health Director, Datuk Dr Christina Through the initiatives of the two Assistant Rundi. Governors in Kota Kinabalu, namely AG Woo

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR

Thank you to all who have contributed articles and photos. If you wish to share your stories and projects undertaken with YKKRM, please email them to [email protected].

Do share our projects of doing good in the world.

DGN Dr Krishna Kumar

District 3300 Design: Rtn Yasmin Yusof, District 3300