20K Kit of Hope Program
Introduction to the 20K Kit of Hope Program
20K Kit of Hope Program- is an initiative by SSEAYP International Malaysia( SI Malaysia) to make a community-based project that tries to address hygiene issues among disaster victims at ASEAN and Japan levels. This is an idea of the SSEAYP Alumni that will be realized in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of ASEAN and the 30th anniversary of SSEAYP International ' s establishment.
For your kind information, this Program has been presented to the Government of Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and has received full support from both parties.
In celebrating the anniversary of the 50 th years of the ASEAN establishment, the 45 th years ASEAN-Japan cooperation, and the 30th years of SSEAYP International establishment, each SSEAYP alumni organization in each ASEAN and Japan countries will simultaneously implement special programs.
Hence, SI Malaysia has agreed to organize the 20K Kit of HOPE Program. This program is in line with the SSEAYP module and is able to foster better collaboration between SSEAYP International alumni.
Typically, efforts to mobilize the aid process are only held as a reactive measures. Taking into account the importance of disaster management subjects in organizing the SSEAYP program, as well as understanding the needs of SSEAYP International member countries( ASEAN & Japan) for the distribution of disaster goods, the 20K KIT of HOPE PROGRAM will be implemented this year as one of the pro-active solution before any disaster happens.
The program will provide opportunities for the general public, non-governmental organizations, companies, and individual individuals to contribute to one of the items in the disaster relief inventory that leads to the victim ' s personal hygiene, which will be included in the ' bigger disaster aid kits’ and will be channeled to authorities over the next 10 months.
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