Happenings Around Us - 25 February 2014

[Saravanan Kandasamy]

Hi All,

Welcome to The Malaysian Indian's Bulletin Board (MIBB). If you are receiving this email, then your email ID is listed in our mailing list. 

I am on a roller coaster ride. Have not completed reading 100s over email that came to my inbox. Do give me some more time, will attend to it the soonest. I am re-posting the below two write ups first as it is urgent. Hope you can help.

Let's see what we have for you today,

 

Community Driven Initiative - The Right to Sight (Penang) - Looking for Volunteers

MIBB: I have published the below on 20 Feb 2014. Have updated the numbers with the latest development shared with me. SJKT Ladang Transkrian is scheduled to be screened on 27 Feb 2014 at 8am (onward). They have 75 students. We are direly looking for volunteers whom able to assist us on the day. It would be extremely helpful if you can lend a hand. Do contact Sangaran at sangaran....@gmail.com soonest.

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The Right to Sight is a community driven activity where an eye examination program will be done for under enrolled Tamil School students.  Many studies worldwide have pointed the vision and academic performances of students are inter-related. 

Refer: http://faculty.apec.umn.edu/pglewwe/documents/Chin_ey6.pdf

 

Thus it’s important to ensure that all the students have good vision in order for them to excel well academically. In this program, students whom had been screened to have vision problem will receive a pair of spectacles for free courtesy of the community. Our pilot program in Selangor was successful then we explored Kedah where it has been successfully completed and now we have stepped to Penang, our final state for this program.

We just have completed eye examination in 2 more schools yesterday, SJKT Ladang Changkat and SJKT Ladang Byram. We have updated the photos is our picture gallery. Around 20 students is said would be requiring spectacles out of 107 students screened. The optical company would confirm the final number once reviewed the data again.

List of 8 Participating Schools

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SJKT Rajaji -22/80

SJKT Ladang Changkat - 8/55

SJKT Ladang Byram - 8/52 

SJKT Ladang Mayfield 

SJKT Ladang Transkrian - Date:27 Feb 2014

SJKT Ladang Sempah

SJKT Sungai Bakap

SJKT Ladang Batu Kawan

The Pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/106973734301484503108/TheRightToSightPenang

The Report: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9gymmedvv2o2i70/Report_TheRighttoSight_Penang.pdf

Partner: London Eye Optometry

Cost of Program: RM2660 (till date)

The Proof of Payment: SJKT Rajaji: https://www.dropbox.com/s/5m9lffdimg1hrb7/Receipt_SJKT_Rajaji.jpg (for RM1470)

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From MIBB's Desk - Web Development - Update

Have published previously regarding the huge support we got regarding our web hosting inquiry. A webhosting company has agreed to sponsor a hosting plan at their data center with unlimited bandwidth. 

As the next step forward we are looking for volunteers whom able to assist on

a) the setting up the website -- will be using Joomla 3.2

b) the graphical designing -- banners, pictures etc.

If you able to lend a hand do email me at svan...@gmail.com

Ok that's all from me.

Let's Shine.

rgds

Saravanan Kandasamy

MIBB