Volunteer Malaysia Awards 2016

SIROM congratulates SIPJ’s SIROM delegate Siti Aishah Hassan Hasri for receiving the “Superelawan of the Year” award –  on behalf of Project Transformation Rural Youth (TRY). This was the highest award presented at the first ever Volunteer Malaysia Awards – A Prime Minister’s Award event, which was organised by 1Malaysia for Youth (iM4U) on 9 December 2016.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (dua kanan) menyerahkan penerima Anugerah Superelawan Tahunan kepada Project TRY, Siti Aishah Hassan Hasri (dua kiri) dan Brian Mak Ee Chuan (kiri) sambil diiringi Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif iM4U, Rudy Malik (kanan) pada Volunteer Malaysia Awards di Hotel Sunway Resort & Spa, Subang. foto FAREEZ FADZIL, 09 DISEMBER 2016

Siti Aishah has been carrying out SIPJ’s SPOT-related programmes within Project TRY for 15-35 year olds. Project SPOT was also honoured to have been nominated and short-listed.

Siti Aishah and SPOT volunteers at the event

This prestigious event was featured in various newspapers, “Be Volunteers, Malaysians Urged” in The Star , “Volunteerism, nation’s agent of growth: Najib” in The Sun, “Najib honours nation’s volunteers” in The New Straits Times, and Malaysia Gazette, among others.