TAPAH, 20 April 2016 –In conjunction with Malaysian Unit Trust Week (Minggu Saham Amanah Malaysia 2016), UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd has organised its inaugural Kembara MSAM-UMW 2016. The 10-vehicle convoy ferrying 30 UMW Community Champions (volunteers) will be travelling to four villages and one Maahad Tahfiz located approximately 20 kilometres from Tapah town.
The ten four-wheel-drive vehicles were flagged off by Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hamad Kama Piah bin Che Othman, President and Group Chief Executive of Permodalan Nasional Berhad and Encik Badrul Feisal bin Abdul Rahim, President and Group Chief Executive Officer of UMW Holdings Berhad. Kembara MSAM-UMW will be reaching out to Kampung Menderang, Kampung Orang Asli Bukit Terang, Kampung Kinjang, Kampung Orang Asli Rancangan Penempatan Semua Jernang and Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Al-Iman, where about 540 families will benefit from the programme.
UMW Community Champions, which comprise SL1M trainees and UMW employees based in Shah Alam, will be distributing essential items like rice, cooking oil, flour and sugar to the villagers at their respective community centres. They will be going deep into the villages to personally deliver the items to those who are unable to be at the community centres due to illness or disability.
A gotong-royong will be held at Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Al-Iman where the volunteers and students will together clean up the tahfiz school. This outreach programme is the seventh collaboration between UMW and Four Wheelers for Charity (4W4C) in an attempt to expand its community programmes.
Four Wheelers for Charity (4W4C) is a neutral and independent non-governmental organisation whose humanitarian missions exclusively use 4-wheel-drive vehicles to reach out to far-flung places to help the community. This programme is part of UMW’s continuous support towards the underprivileged communities in the country under its community development pillar where UMW continues to champion many worthy causes under its three pillars, the other two being education and environment.