Live Your LYFE

The Story

Hello there! We are Naufal, Zi Xiang, Yan Ting and Joey, students from Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM) and Monash University. We are a part of the Light Your Future Eureka (LYFE) initiative organised by AIESEC HWUM, which aims to assist underprivileged children in Malaysia. 

Our campaign “Live Your LYFE” strives to ease the burdens shouldered by the underprivileged children from the two homes that we are collaborating with. The project is also dedicated to providing Malaysia's underprivileged students the access to hard and soft skills workshops that would be beneficial to them in terms of their future careers.

All the funds raised for this project will be donated to Buku Jalanan Chow Kit and Agathians Shelter, homes for the underprivileged children. The money donated will be utilised to provide the children there with daily necessities and educational supplies.

The infamous Malay proverb, Pemuda Harapan Bangsa, Pemudi Tiang Negara, states that the children of the nation are the country’s hope for it to progress and preserve its sovereignty. Therefore, each child reserves the right to obtain quality education, as outlined by the Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) at the United Nations General Assembly.

Most of us think that education is normal and everyone is going through the same journey but there are children who do not even have the basic tools and privileges to access basic education. 

In December 2021, it was reported that 21,316 students dropped out of school due to the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting their education, those who were severely affected were the underprivileged children who could not afford proper electronic devices and stable internet to join their online classes. With inflation on the rise, this is likely to make an even more drastic impact on their lives. It is unfair that they are given the short end of the stick and are not able to live their lives like normal children.

We truly hope that everyone from the community can contribute a donation, even as small as RM 1, for the underprivileged children so they too can have a chance at making their dreams come to fruition.

LYFE is good when we manage to support each other!