Elaborate briefly about your program, how many times the project has been conducted, organizers (full name and other collaborators involved)
Play is an essential part of developing children and helping
them grow their creativity. Children are able to develop a lot of key skills
through paying. However, a child can get bored very first from a certain toy
and will want a new toy after some time, but some families are unable to
provide that as it can be very expensive for them. Toy libraries give families
access to a rich, variety of toys with minimum expense, and provide a safe
interactive space for the children to play and learn. Hence, that is the reason
why we choose this project over other projects as we believe that childhood stage
is very important for all children to develop throughout their lives and
succeed in their future because what they go through in their childhood will
help them build a strong foundation that will help them through the rest of
their lives.
Play is an essential part of developing children and helping them grow their creativity. Children are able to develop a lot of key skills through paying. However, a child can get bored very first from a certain toy and will want a new toy after some time, but some families are unable to provide that as it can be very expensive for them. Toy libraries give families access to a rich, variety of toys with minimum expense, and provide a safe interactive space for the children to play and learn. Hence, that is the reason why we choose this project over other projects as we believe that childhood stage is very important for all children to develop throughout their lives and succeed in their future because what they go through in their childhood will help them build a strong foundation that will help them through the rest of their lives.
Identify the
program location for this social engagement, Explain the about the community
and their unique characteristics)
Community Toy
Library (CTL) is at apartment Idaman, Damansara Damai which is a
low-cost housing community. In this area playing is still considered
non-productive. In other words, the children don’t have proper toys and playing
time. Therefore, through the toy library there and over the months, the
community (including the children) started taking charge of their own CTL to
make it a hub for mothers (and fathers) and babysitters to enjoy play with
their children a safe space and oasis to chill out and relax.
Give a brief
explanation about the involvement of all the parties in the program, including
the organizer, participants, and others (if there is any). Give a simplified
statistic: For example, number of the participants who attended the program,
amount of fund raised, or any other related matters to the objective of this program)
During our
project we met and discussed with few people from the organizers including the
president of Toy Libraries Malaysia, Datin PH Wong. Most of our time
with the organizers was to discuss about the job scope of our project and the
objectives and all the other details of the project. Their main task during the
project was to evaluate our actions and give continuous feedback on our
progress. Then for the participants, we had over 20 participants from the kids
who lives in Apartment Idaman. During our interactions with the children, we
taught them some skills like making butterfly key-chains, making sandwiches and
other art activities. The objectives of the project were fulfilled
as we interacted with the children, listened to their needs, planned together
how it can be achieved, and finally we applied some of them during the carnival.
Obtain at
least 3 individuals (name) that represents each of the party below:
Representative of:
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Name:
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Info:
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Organizer
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Datin PH Wong
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President of Toy Libraries Malaysia (TLM)
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Participants
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Syahmi
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In-charge of children admissions to the Toy library at Apartment
Idaman
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Other:(Social Engagement group)
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Ashraf
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Vice-treasurer of the Civangers (The group for social
engagement).
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Expectations
of current project and future projects
Expectations of Toy Libraries in 2019:
1) More toy libraries small and big set up in communities where
children have little or no access to toys, play and safe spaces! Possibly in
Sabah as alternative learning centres and childcare support for stay-at-home
mums and home-based babysitters
2) A Toy Library and Play Conference tentatively in June in conjunction with World Play Day 2019.
3) Expanding their #ToyAid4Kids Campaign to collect preloved toys.
4) More Play Talks and Play Workshops to parents and early years centres.
2) A Toy Library and Play Conference tentatively in June in conjunction with World Play Day 2019.
3) Expanding their #ToyAid4Kids Campaign to collect preloved toys.
4) More Play Talks and Play Workshops to parents and early years centres.
While for their future
project, they hope
that Toy Libraries will become an alternative community learning centre that
will enable play and quality early childhood care and education to be delivered
to children. With Seeds Malaysia, the children have embarked on an effort to
turn their space greener too!
Mugshot
picture: Give 10-20 picture in JPG/IPEG format Interesting picture photograph
that pictures the project situation. The photos must be emailed to me
individually or through Google Drive)
References
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