First of all I would like to thank to Allah SWT for giving
me this opportunity to take Social Engagement as one of my second semester
subject. At the beginning, I don’t really understand what this subject is all
about. But, once the group are formed and we had our first meeting with our supervisor,
Dr Mozard Mohtar only then I know Social Engagement subject is all about
volunteering and giving something to the community without hoping something in
return. I am so lucky to have such an amazing team who cooperated with each
other and solve problems together from the first till the end of this project. We
discussed and brainstorm the name of the project, the activities to be held as
well as the things that we need during the programme. We decided to divide ourselves
into small team where it consist two or three people in charge in each
activity. Then, we come out with a decision where we choose Home For the
Angels, located in Broga, Semenyih - about one hour from UM. Frankly saying,
this is my first time heard about Broga. Once they mentioned about the venue, I
was overwhelmed. Since I came from Sabah, so I don’t really know other places
rather than Kuala Lumpur.
On 6 April 2019, we started our programme and reached the
venue around 7.45 am. Once I arrived at Broga, I was really surprised! That
place was super beautiful and it is not like what I expected. Broga is such an
natural and green places. Majority people living there are Chinese community.
Broga is a peaceful and breathtaking places I ever go. The moment I step into
Home For the Angels, I saw few kids smile at us and looks very excited. Even
though, the place is a Buddhist but they welcomed us as their family. Having a
few activities with the kids made me thinking how lucky I am to be raise by my own
parents where there are many peoples who does not. When I helped the kids to
clean up their room, I was so sad because there were few kids who are not
supposed to take care their own clothes but they did. And whats more touching
is that, there were 4 to 6 kids in the room and there were also a baby. I was
thinking what happen if the baby got fever in the middle of night where there were
no elder people in the room to look after the baby? Because in the room the
eldest are around 15 years old.
Even the kids look shy at the first day, but I was so happy
to spend time with them. We did a lot of activities to get to know with each
other. We made rice ball together, we eat together. And I can see the kids were
very independent and responsible towards the other. The treat others like their
own sibling. I feel relieved. At night, we watch movie together. Furthermore, what
other things that I feel so thankful was my teammates. After we done our activities
with the kids, we also tighten our bonding by watching movie together and had
fun that night. On the second day, 8 April 2019 was also fun even it is not as
what we have planned due to many factors but we still manage to do something
and create memories with the kids. We made a few experiments with the eldest and
arts for the youngest. During the activities I can see the kids are very smart
and each of them have their own talent. I really hope to see them success in
the future.
Social Engagement taught me a many things. I learned a lot
of values, to be thankful and spread love to the community. There are a lot of
unlucky people out there where they need help or at least some love and attention.
I really hope that I can help many people in the future. Also, through Social
Engagement, I able to improve my soft skills especially team work. I learned
how to work in team and not to be selfish.
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