To know more about Out Of The Box and other Universities that are taking part, click here

SHAH ALAM, Feb 22 — Selangor accused Umno today of illegally publishing a newspaper resembling the state mouthpiece Selangor Kini.
Faekah Husin, political secretary to Selangor mentri besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim, said a newspaper called Selangor Terkini was distributed last Saturday to Kuang residents along with a calendar from Umno’s Kuang assemblyman Abdul Shukor Haji Idrus.

“Selangor Terkini was published illegally and used the state government logo without permission,” Faekah told reporters today. (Read more)

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***Want “CHANGE YOUR WORLD” in your CITY? -or-
CHANGE YOUR WORLD was at your city and you want another tour to take place?***

Why not drop us an email if you want CHANGE to take place! change@changeyourworld.com.my

The most number of emails we recieve in the next few months will determine the next “3″ Change Your World Venues for th year 2011. So keep those emails coming in!

REMEMBER…. You Make The Difference!

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Community At Heart events:

Food Bank
Meeting place – Eaglepoint Puchong
Every 3rd Sunday – 1:30 to 2:30

Volunteers Training
Eaglepoint Puchong
Feb 20 – 1:30 to 2:30

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That’s right friends, Track of Talents is back for the year 2011.

Ongoing for 4 years in a row, Track of Talents has established itself not only a place for young people to shine but also place where they can make a difference as they stand side by side with Tenaganita, a non-profit organization that fights for human rights.

So with new performances, fresh faces, a special guest and a cause to fight for, the only thing missing at this event would be you.

Make sure you mark your Calander!

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IF YOU DIDN’T KNOW….

Change Your World is heading to South Africa!

Expect loud music and energetic performances with special speakers to talk about justice, mercy and faithfulness but the real people to make the difference in the nation is YOU!

If you have friends or know people in South Africa, please encourage them to join us in this life changing event.

Where: His People Centre
N1 City Goodwood

When : March 18, 2011
6pm-10pm

DID YOU KNOW? The venue that Change Your World is being held, is also the same venue that Israel Houghton did his “ALIVE in South Africa concert”

UPDATES:
Change Your World Quest is currently ongoing in different parts of South Africa. To get in touch with the people behind CYW QUEST, you can head on to our Change Your World Capetown FB page!

Watch our CYW video teaser for South Africa below:

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What do you think?

Average of 60 suicides per month in the country

PETALING JAYA: Two people commit suicide daily in Malaysia and experts believe the figure could be higher with the many undetermined deaths.

It is alarming that teenagers and young adults are taking their own lives in the face of mounting pressure in school, work, dealing with family issues and breakdown in relationships.

The National Suicide Registry Malaysia (NSRM) estimated that between January and August last year, a total of 425 people committed suicide, averaging 60 per month (including undetermined deaths.) (Read more)

CYW with T.O.T (Track of Talents)

Track of Talents by 1a.m. and CYW, a platform for people to show case their talents, has been partnering with Tenaganita in defending human rights for the past 3 years.

During their last event on Nov 26,2010, they have managed to raise another RM401.00.

Up to date CYW have raise more than RM8,000.00 for Tenaganita.

CYW “I Love Kluang” update

Kluang Mall together with MAD has raised more than 85K and I LOVE Kluang was one of the beneficiaries of it.

MAD contributed 10K to the I LOVE Kluang project and this proceed will go into helping the purchases of uniforms for Uniform For Kidz program.

CYW Pledges

To date, we have collected over RM1500 from the people who have pledge.

We need more people to pledge!

Interested to pledge email:change@changeyourworld.com.my

CYW with Tenaganita – International Migrants Day Celebration 2010

Tenaganita invites you to International Migrants Day Celebration 2010 on Dec 18, 9am – 4pm. Join us to End Modern Day Slavery!

*Take note that Kelvin Lim, co-founder of CYW, will be sharing a workshop on Awareness Building at around 2:30pm.

CYW with Community at Heart

Want to serve the community this christmas season? Here’s your chance to be a blessing.

The Heavenly Gift Project

Do you have excellent gift wrapping skills? We need YOU! =)

Volunteer to gift wrap gifts for the community on Dec 20 to Dec 24.

Contact: Sharon Lim – 0122035510

Christmas Party with the Community in Enggan Apartment

Partnering with Malaysian Care, on Dec 26 from 6pm to 8pm, we are looking for volunteers to help us share the love of christmas to about 150-200 kids, age 7-12.

If you are interested contact: Chris Leong – 0172372517

Food Delivery Schedule

Dec 25th & 26th – Orphanage Homes
Dec 26th – 1pm Setup, 3pm Distribution @ Enggang Apartment.

If you would like to help out please contact : Chris Leong – 0172372517

More than 15 volunteers from CYW have volunteered. Join them now .

Refugee Work

We are currently in a very initial stage to create a proper education system for the refugee kids. More information will be provided in the near future.

If you are interested to volunteer please contact Alan – 0123212592

Blessed Christmas everyone!
CYW Team

He said this was to ensure that those caught and charged with the offences would not escape punishment due to lack of expertise.

“The Attorney-General’s Cham bers is looking into speeding up the prosecution process for human trafficking cases.

“It is providing training to ensure that prosecutors are well-versed in the subject,” he said when launching the Stop Child Sex Trafficking campaign organised by The Body Shop here yesterday.

Read more @ thestar

Some, including illegal domestic help and victims of human trafficking, remain runaways for fear of deportation.

Others seek protection from their respective embassies, in some cases, along with newborn babies — often the product of sexual assault.

The dreadful stories came from women at the shelter in the Indonesian Embassy on Jalan Tun Razak.

As of yesterday, 162 women were at the shelter which has a capacity to hold 75 people. Some stay for weeks, some for months.

Some of them have been beaten, raped or tortured with scalding water and nearly all have been treated like slaves and not paid for months or years of exhausting work.

Many still bear the scars, scalds and wounds inflicted on them.

Now they wait for their cases to be resolved via mediation with resentful former employers, or make their way painfully slowly through Malaysia’s court system, before they can return to their villages and towns.

Of the estimated 300,000 maids in Malaysia, Indonesians make up 90 per cent while Filipinas constitute
eight per cent.

Read more @ the Malay mail