SI Petaling Jaya held the inaugural reunion of SEEED JobsForLife alumni on 19 August 2017 at Hotel Armada in Petaling Jaya. The first SEEED programme began in Kuala Lumpur in January 2015, and was followed by a second programme in Pandamaran, Klang and a third in Kapar, Klang in 2016. Representatives from the...
SICB's Chai Kee Sehu and Sim Chan conducted a Train the Trainer "Personal Safety for Children" Workshop this weekend in Johor Bahru for eight members from SI Iskandar Puteri and 14 volunteers comprising teachers and the public. The workshop was lively and interactive, involving role-play...
A community service project by SI Club of Bangsar produced career guidance booklets, sponsored by Deutsche Bank, in Bahasa Malaysia for Form 5 students - especially potential school leavers. SICB very generously offered the career guidance books to other SI clubs should they wish to...
On 24 July, SIPJ President Sheela Chandran was interviewed on the Malaysian Business Radio station BFM on the topic of "LEADERSHIP - TURNING ADVERSE SITUATIONS OR MOMENTS INTO AN ADVANTAGE" Extracted from BFM's website: Confident strong leaders can turn adversity into advantage. They recognize that someone...
Further to our previous news report by The Star on SIP raising funds re SIP member Sue-Lyn Yeoh's participation at the London2Brighton Challenge, we are very pleased and proud to congratulate Sue-Lyn Yeoh for completing the Challenge and raising funds for educating girls in STEM subjects. This is...
The 21st Soroptimist International Convention in 2019 will be hosted by the Federation of the South West Pacific. SWP Past President Puan Sri Siew Yong Gnanalingam was nominated by SI South West Pacific as the SI International Convention Chair for the SI Convention which will...
SI Iskandar Puteri's recent outing with underprivileged children was featured in The Star newspaper, 19 May 2017. Friday, 19 May 2017 Children treated to a beauty-ful day out Nooraini (second row, second from right) with some of the children before entering the cinema in City Square shopping complex,...
Extracted from a blog by Theresa Devasahayam, Dr Saradha Narayanan, Kerry Beer and Linna Khorn https://www.soroptimistinternational.org/cycling-cycles-womens-role-malaria-prevention-cambodia/ “Across the world, women’s identity is bound up with their primary role of caregiver and nurturer in the family. Cultural norms demand that they prioritise this role above all other responsibilities...
Soroptimist Penang is in the news for raising funds for education. We wish SIP member Yeoh Sue-Lyn tremendous success at the London 2 Brighton Challenge and congratulate SI Penang for this excellent endeavour to support education for girls. Going extra mile for a good cause The Star,...
Our press release was featured in the Letters to the Editor, New Sarawak Tribune on 5 May 2017. Thank you for highlighting this important issue, New Sarawak Tribune! ...