Highlights/ Achievements

Community Spirit Sparks Award-Winning Project

The team of seven TARCians comprising of students and alumni was notified of their success via an online results announcement ceremony on 13 March 2022.

 

A strong spirit to solve a prevailing social problem led a group of TARCians to produce an award-winning project at the Young ASEAN Leader Policy Initiative ('YALPI') 2022.

A joint effort between students Wong Yew Lee, Lim Wei Qian, Tan Wee Hong, Hoon Zhen Zhi, and alumni Ong Yee Hong, Lim Zheng Han, and Chin Sheng Nan, project "Hope of Sunshine" was given the Top Project award under the People Experiencing Homelessness category during the results announcement ceremony on 13 March 2022.

The project aspires to help the homeless community by giving them a second chance and reintegrate them into society via re-education skill training and psychological support, with cooperation of higher education institutions, partnering industries, NGOs, and government bodies.

Thanks to the practical, creative and feasible nature of the project, it won the heart of the judges from the Department of Social Development and Welfare, Thailand Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, who will consider utilising Hope for Sunshine's proposal to address the homelessness problem in Thailand.

“We (the team) believe that homelessness is a huge social problem in the Asean region, including Malaysia, so we are not only deeply honoured to be awarded the Top Project award, but also hopeful that our proposal will prove to be successful when implemented in Thailand.

“Through our achievement, we hope our fellow TARCians can learn to take initiatives to serve the community and contribute to solving social issues around us. As TAR UC was founded to help the community, we should play our role in giving back using our knowledge learned from TAR UC, and live up to the spirit of Beyond Education,” said Yew Lee.

        
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