PAYING IT
FORWARD
Participants fast from solid food or give up something they love for 30 hours straight
to raise funds for poverty-alleviation programmes such as the First 1,000 Days project
providing essential maternal care for mothers and their children in Vietnam, Health
And Nutrition Projects improving access to nutritious food and health services in India,
Myanmar and Vietnam, WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Projects for better
access to clean water, good hygiene and sanitation practices and facilities in Cambodia,
Indonesia, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
When four students decided to take part in the World Vision 30-Hour
Famine to raise funds for children living in poverty, little did they dream
that their act of kindness would be rewarded.
Their self-depriving step of fasting for 30 hours was rewarded when
HELP University awarded each of them with a 30-Hour Famine scholarship that covers their university programme. HELP University is a
principal sponsor of the 30-Hour Famine.
The four who received their scholarships were: Leong Yu for her
Bachelor of Psychology degree; Ong Kar Yan and Siow Li Teng for their
A-Levels Programme and Jasmine Goh who is taking the UK Law Degree
Transfer Programme. Leong Yu and Jasmine Goh are currently students
at HELP University.
From left - Leong Yu, Jasmine Goh, HELP University deputy vice chancellor (academic) Dr Khong
Kim Hoong, World Vision Malaysia CEO Dato KJ,
30-Hour Famine ambassador Penny Tai, Ho Kim
Yoke (mother of Siow Li Teng) and Ong Kar Yan
at the official launch of the 30-Hour Famine, 24
March 2015
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