Just 18 months since RYTHM Foundation launched its maiden Community Adoption Programme (CAP) in three villages in the East Malaysian state of Sabah, several initiatives under the project have taken wing to help alleviate the lives of the remote communities.
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RYTHM Partner ANOPA Project Wins Charity of the Year Award in Ghana
RYTHM Foundation’s partner organisation in Ghana, ANOPA Project (ANOPA), has emerged as the ‘Best Charity Organisation of 2022’ for improving the inclusion and integration of vulnerable groups across Sub-Saharan Africa.
‘Selamat Pagi Malaysia’ Spotlights Our Malaysian Education Initiatives
The Head of RYTHM Foundation, Santhi Periasamy, recently highlighted the Foundation’s Malaysian education initiatives in the Sekulah Bateq and Maharani School Programme projects on Selamat Pagi Malaysia (Good Morning Malaysia), a morning news programme aired on the national television network, Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM).
Fostering Inclusion Through Sports for the Differently-abled
The latest episode of RYTHM Connect, RYTHM Foundation’s conversation series on topics that matter, centres on how inclusion in sports can help differently-abled children lead better quality lives and empower them as changemakers.
QI Malaysia Employees Bring Love and Care to Indigenous Bateq Tribe
The QI family spirit of volunteerism, inspired by the RYTHM philosophy of Raise Yourself to Help Mankind, was no more ostensible than during a recent excursion to the Orang Asli Bateq (indigenous people) village of Kampung Kuala Atok in Pahang, Malaysia.
Simple Ways You Can Support and Empower Children with Disabilities
Empowering children with disabilities is more imperative than a simple need. They need constant reminders that they are capable of more and that their disabilities should not deter appreciation for them. Here are a few simple ways you can empower them.
Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya Presents Commissioned Study Findings for Model SNE School
RYTHM Foundation engaged a research team from Malaysia’s Universiti Malaya (UM) in 2020 to uncover the reality of special needs education (SNE) in the country for a proposed model SNE school. The team behind the study recently presented its findings to the Foundation.
RYTHM-ASA Partnership in Thailand Takes Off to a Swift Start
In April 2022, RYTHM Foundation launched the ‘Community Capacity Building, Women Empowerment and Livelihood Education Development for Vulnerable Female Youth and Young Adults’ initiative. The three-year programme combines the power of education and sports to teach and empower females in rural Thailand.
RYTHM Engages Community as Maharani Learning Lab Embarks on a New Chapter
RYTHM Foundation’s Maharani Learning Lab (MLL) programme focuses on guiding vulnerable girls from low-income and minority communities to empower them to develop holistically and improve their lives.
Featured: Tatler Malaysia Gets Up Close with Datin Sri Umayal Eswaran
The article and video capture Datin Sri Umayal’s passionate advocacy of holistic education as a tool of youth empowerment and community development in underserved populations, and also highlight flagship initiatives such as RYTHM’s Maharani Schools Programme and the more recent Community Adoption Programme in Sabah.
Foundation Presents Symposiums’ Key Educational Findings to Malaysia’s Education Ministry
A recent presentation by RYTHM Foundation to Malaysia’s Ministry of Education (MOE) brought to notice the inequalities of online learning for special needs children, the plight of stateless children in their quest for education, and the importance of implementing mental health awareness lessons in schools.
Expert Discussion Brings Foundation’s Vision of Inclusive Education and School Closer to Reality
The first Universiti Malaya-RYTHM Foundation roundtable discussion culminates in concrete recommendations for an inclusive Malaysian Special Education Needs (SEN) programme and school.