Maxis is organizing another CyberlinQ competition this year. In line with the 50th Merdeka celebrations this year, Maxis has chosen the theme "What can you do for the Country? Begin with your own community" for the Maxis CyberlinQ 2007 contest and it invites young Malaysians to mark the country's Independence by giving back to the community through the contest.
We have decided to conduct a community project titled "Increasing the Spirit of Unity and Goodwill in Young Malaysians". We believe unity and goodwill among the many races in Malaysia is unique and very important in order for us to live peacefully and advance to become a developed nation by 2020 and beyond.
Project Objective
The are two main objectives of the proposed project:
- The main objective is to inculcate the spirit of goodwill and unity among the different races in Malaysia.
- To teach students basic computer skills, which is also support the first objective above.
Target Group
The target group of participants is from primary school children (tentatively Standard 5 students). The reason why we choose primary schoolchildren (i.e. younger generation) because it is very important to inculcate this spirit of goodwill and unity at the early age, since they will one day become the leader in the country. Furthermore, with many distraction such as TVs and other leisurely activities, they are probably not aware of this issue of unity and goodwill.
Expected Outcome
Although it is hard to measure the success of the project, what is more important is that through the activities, we hope that we can increase the awareness of the participants on the diverse cultural background of Malaysia, the importance of understanding other races and culture, and how we all can live together peacefully in Malaysia. At the same time, participants will get IT skills through the lab activities.
This is our contribution to MALAYSIA, "INCREASING GOODWILL SPIRIT AMONG YOUNG MALAYSIANS"