TheMIND Award (Final Dead Line: 07 November 2013) / The Right to Sight - Kedah (Call for Donors)
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Saravanan Kandasamy
Oct 29, 2013, 8:22:59 PM10/29/13
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Hi All,
Welcome to TheMIND's Bulletin Board (TheMINDBB). If you are receiving this email, then your email ID is listed in our mailing list. If you are wondering on what this initiative is all about, please view the frequently asked questions section at http://www.themindassociation.org/themindbb_faq.html
Let's see what we have for you today,
TheMIND Award: Outstanding Achievement in Undergraduate Studies (Final Dead Line: 07 November 2013)
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TheMINDBB: I have not updated the date on the publication yesterday. Have duly corrected it in the writeup below.
TheMIND Award is established by The Malaysian Indian Educational Development Association (TheMIND) to foster academic advancement and to promote academic excellence among Indian undergraduate students at institutions of higher learning. TheMIND Award is for students who have achieved exceptional academic goals with active involvement in extra co-curriculum activities and have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and participation in community-based support programs.
Requirements:
To be eligible for TheMIND Award, applicants must meet the requirements outlined below:
-Must be a Malaysian Indian pursuing undergraduate study at any public or private institutions of higher learning in Malaysia.
-Must be currently registered as final year students.
-Must have a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.30.
-Must have participated actively in societies/organizations/clubs/sports and/or community-based programs.
Award value:
RM1000, certificate and plaque
Evaluation of applications:
TheMIND Education Fund Panel will evaluate all applications based on the following criteria:-
-Academic qualification
-Co-curriculum activities at higher learning institutions
-Supporting activities (Contribution to society and/or Innovative/Communication Skills)
-Quality of essay on contribution towards achieving TheMIND Association’s objectives
Shortlisted applicants will be invited for an interview.
How to apply
Deadline
November 07, 2013
The final decision on eligibility and merit lies with the TheMIND Education Fund Panel.
Community Driven Initiative - Right to Sight - Kedah - Update
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We have published the below on 29 October 2013. Today we have received the photos of the final school completed the eye screening in Kedah.
The Pictures:
A batch of spectacles were also ready to be delivered and yesterday Dr.Vinayagamoorthy and his team went to deliver it to 4 schools as below. Do note the sparkle on the children's face upon receiving the spectacles. Believe they will celebrate a brighter Deepavali this year. Hope you are not tired viewing all the beautiful photos we have shared with you.
The Pictures:
We still have room for donors for around 30 spectacles which will be donated to these poor students in Kedah. If you like to assist kindly email me at svan...@gmail.com .Each spectacles would cost RM89.
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The initiative in Kedah was led by Dr.Vinayagamoorthy and his able team. We did not manage to partner with any public institution as were done in Selangor. Our team in Kedah was assisted by doctors from AIMST and 4 different private optometrists to cover the 22 participating under enrolled schools in Kedah.
List of 22 Participating Schools
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SJKT Ladang Scarboro Bhg. 2 -4/24
SJKT Ladang Binjol -6/31
SJKT Ladang Bukit Sembilan -5/49
SJKT Ladang Kuala Ketil -2/24
SJKT Ladang Kim Seng -12/35
SJKT Ladang Malakoff -5/19
SJKT Ladang Patano Para -4/23
SJKT Ladang Sungai Puntar -4/23
SJKT Ladang Harvard Bhg.3 -9/23
SJKT Ladang Kupang -4/16
SJKT Ladang Pelam -9/16
SJKT Ladang Buntar -4/16
SJKT Ladang Sungai Dingin -5/15
SJKT Ganesar -15/96
SJKT Ladang Dublin Bhg.7 -0/7
SJKT Ladang Harvard Bhg.2 -1/18
SJKT Ladang Sungai Bongkok -3/27
SJKT Ladang Sungkap Para -4/30
SJKT Ladang Tupah -4/26
SJKT Ladang Bukit Jenun -4/28
SJKT Changlun -17/65
SJKT Thiruvalluvar -25/68
Total No.Spectacles/Total No.Students = 146/679 (21.5%)
There are several learnings in this initiative
1. As we did not have support from public optometrist, we have no choice to engage with private optometrist. As you note the rate of students needing spectacles vs students screened has increase quite a bit compared with Selangor i.e 9.2% to 21.5%
2. Though the percentage above has increased, we did not detect any ill intention by the private optometrist. We had some of the screenings supervised by medical doctors either from our team or from AIMST.
Glad to say with this, all under enrolled schools with 100 students and below in Kedah has been screened for eye examination via Right to Sight and various initiative done by several NGOs in 2012 and 2013.
The Pictures:
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Ok that's all from me.
Let's Shine.
rgds
Saravanan Kandasamy
TheMINDBB
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