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Give A Meaningful Gift As We Close 2023

A Meaningful Gift

As 2023 draws to a close, many of us are reflecting on the year and celebrating the holidays with gratitude and joy.

Through Yayasan Generasi Gemilang’s Happy Box Campaign 2023, we want to provide an opportunity for everyone to give meaningfully to those with needs.

Your donation can help in these ways…

From 15 to 31 December 2023, Funds donated will be used to support two key initiatives in 2024:

1) Providing fresh and nutritious food boxes to underserved families with children under 3 years old.

We provide 200 families from PPR Taman Putra Damai with children 3 years old and under a box of fresh food every 3 weeks throughout 2024. Some families who face high food insecurity will receive these boxes more frequently.

Many thankful families in our pilot programme told us how a simple box of food has impacted them… Their children have a more diversified diet with vegetables and protein from tofu, chicken, beans and so on. For most families, their diet largely consists of only rice and eggs due to affordability. By starting them young with the help of the food boxes, many of their children now enjoy eating leafy green vegetables, giving them vitamins and nutrients to grow to their full potential. This in turn helps these children to build healthy dietary habits for their future. What’s also important is what is no longer on their plate. Parents are significantly reducing ultra-high processed food given to their children, replacing more meals with healthier, home-cooked alternatives. Mothers are also gaining confidence and interest in cooking healthier meals. They do meal planning and set aside time to create delicious home-cooked dishes with the produce provided for their families. Their motivation reflects a commitment to foster and sustain a healthier lifestyle for their children.

Super Sarapan: A meal in school for a hungry student

GG works with the canteen operators to provide a meal every school day during recess for students from underserved families who are motivated to attend school. Students commit to attending school in order to receive meals throughout the school year.

In 2024, we hope to continue providing meals to over 1,000 students in schools across Malaysia. No student should go to school hungry.

 

Olivia, GG’s Director of Services, shares what students have told her this year about receiving the meals…

 

Super Sarapan provides a different source of protein

Students tell us they really look forward to our meals because they contain meat, because many of them hardly have any meat produce to eat at home. One student said that she had never tasted Kicap Ayam before until Super Sarapan.
In another school, a canteen operator shared with us that they could only serve nasi lemak kosong for the Asnaf (hardcore poor) students because they only had a budget of RM3 to work with.
Through Super Sarapan, we’re glad that we’re able to provide a more balanced meal with improved portions for the students. As children who are still growing, it is important to have a different source of protein other than eggs.
 

It eases a family’s burden

Another student shared with us that she would sometimes bring home her Super Sarapan meal to share with her younger brother. She would also refuse to take pocket money from her mother because she knew that by giving her pocket money, her mother would be skipping meals herself.
Now with Super Sarapan, not only is this student able to have a guaranteed meal daily in school, her mother is also able to have a meal because she no longer needs to worry about her daugther’s meals at school.”

We believe these happy boxes of nutritious food and meals at school will help to alleviate the burden of underserved families. More importantly, by ensuring access to nutritious meals, children have the fundamental fuel needed to develop and learn better.

Would you join us in giving to those in need?

If you would like to donate, please click on the link below!

You can choose to give a one-off donation or set up a monthly donation to support the continuation of Generasi Gemilang’s work.

Alternatively, you can also donate through the QR code below!

Thank you for your generosity and love that transforms lives.

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