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“ Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.

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It is a tool for daily life in modern society

were the famous words of Kofi Annan, a Ghanaian diplomat
who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United
Nations, on the importance of literacy.
Literacy is critical to economic development as well as
individual and community well-being. Currently, the literacy
rate among the population aged 15-24 years stands at
96.85% in Malaysia.

Effective literacy skills open the doors for youths to more
educational and employment opportunities, and may
help people pull themselves out of poverty and chronic
underemployment.
Bringing Joy to the
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

underprivileged,

one book at a time

Sunway Group contributes to the establishment
of a community library at Desa Mentari

By Anis Shakirah Mohd Muslimin

THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
BERITA SUNWAY | APR—JUN 2020

rom the outside, Desa Mentari 1 looks like any other
ordinary apartment, but tucked inside a section of its
Fcommunity hall is a community library featuring about 5,000
books kept nicely infront of beautiful murals painted by students
of Sunway University together with Zazen Design & Production.
Officially launched by YAM Tunku Zain Al-’Abidin Tuanku Muhriz,
the library is the 10th community library established by Friends Yap Shi Han, Sunway Group’s assistant general manager of
to Mankind, in a collaborative effort with Sunway Group and Corporate Communications & Special Projects, who was at the
MyPJ to instil the joy of reading and the love of books to over two event with the Sunway Group team shared his thoughts about
thousand residents of Desa Mentari. The library is also part of the event.
Friends to Mankind’s Book Effect project, a year-long effort to
raise 10,000 books to build libraries for underserved children. “Sunway’s CSR is encapsulated in our #SunwayforGood
initiatives, which is our pledge to continue to do good and
“We decided to partner with Sunway Group because we believe to support the underserved communities for good. The
it very much embodies social responsibility and sustainability, collaboration between Sunway Group and Friends to Mankind
we really respect its business practices. When we came to see is aligned to Sunway’s drive to create a sustainable future that
Desa Mentari, we immediately knew that Sunway would be a leaves no one behind,” he said.
great partner to make this happen,” said Apshy Vimal, Friends
to Mankind Youth Ambassador and Project Lead. “Since 2000, we have reached out to more than 420,000
beneficiaries nationwide. We are pleased to partner with Friends
For this project, Sunway Group donated RM10,000 to Friends of Mankind to build this beautiful library to foster a conducive
to Mankind and had collected more than 2,000 books amongst learning environment for the B40 community in Desa Mentari.
Sunway employees across all regions from 19 September 2019 We trust this inspiring project by Friends to Mankind will make
12 to 1 November 2019 through the Book Donation Drive. a real difference to the community here.

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