Corporate Team

Fundraising for Children in Urban Poverty

  • 01/12/2020 - 03/01/2021

UKEC Malaysia are fundraising for Dignity for Children Foundation

Supporting Dignity for Children Foundation this December to help children living in urban poverty to break the cycle through quality education. Donate to support these children today!

My Story

The coronavirus pandemic has dominated headlines for much of 2020.  2020 has been a year of uncertainties, with the onset of the coronavirus pandemic and its ongoing repercussions affecting millions of people from all walks of life. This has certainly hit the poor and marginalised the hardest and many children of this community have been forced out of school to help out in their family or simply have no access to any form of education due to their circumstances, depriving them of the single most valuable resource to emerge from poverty, that is education.

Education is at the heart of UKEC.

Despite the pandemic and the trying circumstances, there is always hope, always a silver lining, and always light at the end of the tunnel. As 2020 draws to a close, we want to encourage one another, calling upon all who have a heart for the nation to show solidarity in love and compassion by donating to support Dignity for Children Foundation.

This December, we are supporting the work of Dignity for Children Foundation, a local charity helping underprivileged and poor children to break the cycle of poverty through education, in the hope to help transform their lives and the lives of the community around them. We hope to raise awareness about urban poverty in Malaysia and raise RM7,000.00 to empower children at Dignity for Children Foundation.

How can you be part of our fundraising campaign?

Activity 1: Donate to support Dignity for Children Foundation

Help us raise RM7,000 to empower children at Dignity for Children Foundation.


Activity 2: Raise awareness about urban poverty. Take up the #RM9perdaychallenge
Experience living under the poverty line

According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (Household Income and Basic Amenities Survey Report 2019, pg 103), the average value of food poverty line index (PLI) at the national level in 2019 is RM1,169 per month (calculations based on four-person household size). This implies that those living in poverty in Malaysia are surviving on approximately RM9.74 per person per day. This is in stark contrast to the amount a lot of us would spend on our daily food while going about our routine, not forgetting the occasional weekend outings, festive and birthday celebrations etc.

How much do you spend on your daily food while going about your daily routine?

Take up the RM9.00-per-day-food-challenge to experience what it means to live one day below the PLI. Share with us how you manage a day with pictures of your food and your afterthought. Tag your friends and share it across your social media to help raise awareness about poverty in Malaysia. Offset what you would normally spend on a day against the PLI value and donate the balance to support Dignity for Children Foundation.

For more information, check out the posters in the gallery or visit this page:

Don't forget to tag us on Instagram (@ukecmalaysia) & Facebook (@ukec malaysia) and use the hashtags #ukecempowerschildren #RM9perdaychallenge

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Join us to empower a child! Your action can save a life and change a child’s future for good.

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All donations will go directly to Dignity for Children Foundation. Donors will have the option to choose whether to pay for the service and processing fees. UKEC Malaysia will not handle any transaction in this process.

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Recent Donors

  • Anonymous

    MYR 10 12/31/2020 04:36:30 PM UTC

  • Anonymous

    Yes yes thank you for fund raising and giving us the opportunity to give :D

    MYR 100 12/31/2020 10:05:44 AM UTC

  • Ronalds Sai

    MYR 100 12/31/2020 09:15:29 AM UTC

  • Anonymous

    MYR 50 12/31/2020 09:10:05 AM UTC

  • Eunice Lee

    MYR 150 12/31/2020 08:49:44 AM UTC

  • Hui Lee

    MYR 150 12/31/2020 07:11:05 AM UTC

  • SML

    Sending much love to these children in need!

    MYR 1,500 12/31/2020 06:28:31 AM UTC

  • Ezra

    MYR 75 12/31/2020 05:29:49 AM UTC

  • Anonymous Anonymous

    Stay safe, strong and positive! 💪💪💪

    MYR 50 12/30/2020 02:43:45 PM UTC

  • Anonymous

    MYR 20 12/30/2020 10:19:29 AM UTC

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