On April 25, the last day of Global Youth Service Day, 4 of the YES Alumni members visited Rumah Perlindungan Baitul Fiqh in Subang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur. The purpose of this visit was to lend a hand by donating clothes to the shelter home for their clothing booth, in which they will sell the clothes donated and the money will be used for the residence and the home’s benefits such as to buy food, and for their educational purposes. The four members, Deanna Anuar, Carishma Menon, Faisal Hassan and Nafis Ghazali arrived at 11am to the venue, greeted by the founder and co founder of the shelter home, En Juhaidi Yean and Puan Haliza Abd Halim. Later, the residence of the home – mainly teenage girls who are expecting a child and are having trouble with their lives came out to greet us as well. The alumni members also were introduced to their other caretakers, who look after the girls and their teacher, an Ustaz who teaches them recite the Holy Quran and other Islam related subjects. Carishma and Deanna did a module with the girls, in which they all sat in a big group and introduced themselves. Each of them was to share any experience. This module was a success as slowly they opened up and shared with our volunteers. Later the group was divided into smaller ones and Deanna and Carishma both assisted each of the groups. The girls shared their experience, taught each other and showed each other tremendous support. This event was definitely an eye opener for the volunteers to experience.
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