Christmas is a time of giving and children are always on the receiving end of gifts. Books for A Better World (BFBW) collaborated with the Kiwanis Club of Taman Tun Dr Ismail (KCTTDI) to bring some Christmas joy by gifting a book to a child this Christmas. BFBW managed to get over 730 story books sponsored as Christmas gifts. About 55 of these books were gifted at an event held at Paradigm Mall PJ, whereby the mall generously topped up an additional gift for the children at the event.
The event was made merry by a sterling performance by the choir of Ruth Education Centre (REC) a church run school for refugee children from Myanmar. The children from REC received a book as a gift, alongside other Myanmarese refugee children from an organization called PERCH. Additionally, KCTTDI also presented prizes to the winners of its Essay/Karangan Writing Competitions which were part of its Youth Leadership Program. The winners, Tan Yu Xiang and Tia Thammeera Tesanggu walked away with RM200 worth of shopping vouchers courtesy of Paradigm Mall PJ.
The children who came to Paradigm Mall to receive their story book gifts, engaged in a gift exchange activity as well. They opened the wrappers and exchanged the books amongst each other if they wanted to. Ms Joanne Lee, from Paradigm Mall also handed out presents from a wish list provided by some of the children. The children below the age of 12, were treated to mini-train ride, courtesy of Paradigm Mall PJ. All kids present also got a meal treat courtesy of Chillis and Paradigm Mall.
From the 27th of December onwards, representatives from KCTTDI and BFBW will be delivering over 400 books to the various churches and organizations named above. Literacy is a cause that is close to the hearts of BFBW and KCTTDI. Both parties are looking into long-term collaboration to get books regularly donated to the TTDI public library.
