Be the change you wish to see in the world.

Assalamualaikum w.b.t. and heloo from the other side! Continuing from the last post; after a few meetings, discussions and brainstorming, we finally came up with an event called ‘ProjekUMBI1617’. UMBI is the acronym of ‘University of Malaya BioInfo’ students, where Bioinfo is short for Bioinformatics, the name of our degree program. Also, ‘umbi’ is a word in Malay which means ‘establish firmly or deeply’.

Honestly, at first I was really shy/embarrassed to tell the girls about the name ‘ProjekUMBI1617’ because I myself thought it sounded funny and somewhat political (in what sense I don’t know, but it does to me). The reason I came up with the name was because we’ll need to name the project sooner or later, right? The name of our degree program was already a mouthful too and so there you have it, ‘ProjekUMBI1617’. However, when I brought up the topic, the girls were really accepting and thought that it was a good idea. (though I’m pretty sure some of them might’ve giggled/lol-ed at the name).

Like the meaning of the word, we decided we should approach and interact with children as they are the successors of our country and are the ones we should nurture for a brighter future. The orphanage that we have chosen belongs to ‘Pertubuhan Kebajikan Ehsan Ash-Shakur’ aka PEKEAS. The orphanage consists of 30 students with 14 female students and 16 male students. We also have agreed on the dates for our event. It was supposed to be on the 1^st and 2^nd of April but due to unavoidable complications, we agreed to change it to the 15^th and 16^th of April instead. It's okayy as long as the eight of us can do the event together. Countdown: 5 more weeks till 'ProjekUMBI1617'!

p/s: We're looking for volunteers (especially males) to join our event. Anyone interested can PM or DM our social media pages for further details. Thank you in advance and may Allah s.w.t. bless you!

warm regards;
Ain Syahirah.

quote cr.: click!