#projectkenyang

[cikgujoel]

Last day of my secondary school teaching career! Meet the reason I joined Teach For Malaysia, my students. They are the ones who have given me enough material to last a lifetime of therapy! Funnily enough, they are also the ones who make me want to wake up most mornings. My two years went by in a flash because of that. Sure, there were some really rough times (see above note on therapy). But overall, they were my reason. And they have given me purpose. Because when I head into new adventures in the future, I will always remember the stories, faces and lives of Khairi, Francis, Roga and all my other students. I don't think I can ever forget them regardless of how successful or not I become. They will always guide me to think of issues beyond mine. I leave with a very heavy heart. But with my chin up. I am more certain these days about who I am and I'm the person I want to be. Here's onward to new seas! P/s: Kenyang wraps up the year having served a total of 1010 free nutritious meals in 2014! #ProjectKenyang

[cikgujoel]

Sneak peak of Project Kenyang's Breakfast Club video. As of today we've served over 800+ free nutritious meals to students in a high need school! :) The video will share Kenyang's progress and will also include a bit of my thoughts on it and how you can help! Coming soon. #ProjectKenyang #RevolutionisingMalaysianNutrition

[cikgujoel]

As of today Kenyang has served over 500+ free nutritious meals to youths in a high need community! We've been doing this steadily through 16 breakfast club meetings over the past 2 months now. I know it's hard to measure Kenyang's impact. Nutrition is intangible and there isn't a number that I can crunch like academic growth. What is 500 free nutritious meals in long term impact? How do you explain the prevention of stunted growth and obesity as part of your impact even if a little without sounding arbitrary? What I can tell you though, is that I've had my kids tell me they feel energised after our club meetings and that mathematics in particular is easier to learn. Some students tell me they come to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays just because there's a free healthy breakfast for them (our school attendance is horrendous). I've also seen other kids (who can afford a healthy breakfast) bringing their own nutritious meals to school to eat with our club. We've created a change in culture here. It's not huge yet, but I know this must count for something. And that is why I want to keep Kenyang running and take it bigger if I can. Nationwide if possible for all high need schools where some don't eat at all in school because they cannot afford a meal let alone a healthy one. I have a mailing list for those who would like to find out more about Kenyang and its progress. I sent out 2 progress reports last month and will be sending out the next 2 shortly. Do FB msg me/PM me/comment here your email and I'll include you in this list. I cannot do Kenyang alone. Thank you for your support so far! Especially the monetary support. We've raised RM2700 so far and that is what has been feeding the kids. #ProjectKenyang

[cikgujoel]

Cheering on Red House Garuda with my boys! Being housemaster has had a lot of ups and downs so far. But it's crazy moments like these that keep me going. Project Kenyang Update: 166 affordable nutritious meals served so far #ProjectKenyang #TeachForMalaysia (at Smk Permatang Rawa, Bukit Mertajam)

[cikgujoel]

Project Kenyang Day 2 of Phase 1 Speedy Smoothie sales went by very well today! Meet the happy faces of the benefactors, my dear students :) Every single one who purchased a smoothie said they liked it after being surveyed and would purchase more in the days to come. Delving into the details, we sold out 40 smoothies, which means a distribution of over 280g of protein, 8000mg of Calcium, 16000mg of Potassium, 800mg of Vitamin C and many other essential nutrients into the children of high need area Permatang Rawa. This is key nutrition that they would not get from any other food in school. This was all possible because so many of you believed in the project and chipped in to run phase 1 while we are still sourcing for solid yearly funding. Thank you everybody! :) Total affordable nutritious meals served in SMKPR through Kenyang so far: 66 P/s: While we are searching for cost-efficient processes, it currently costs RM2.00 to make one smoothie and we only sell it at RM1.50 to keep it affordable to our key stakeholders, the students. We need RM400 more to run this daily until the end of June. If you are interested in chipping in, please still do. Every single bit helps :) #ProjectKenyang #TeachForMalaysia