The two young co-founders of Hands for Education, champions of the Tuanku Bainun Young Changemakers Awards 2018, divulge how the initiative came about – and why they pour heart and soul into the work they do.
“We always knew we wanted to do something for the community, but didn’t have an accessible platform. So, this is our first stepping stone into the world of community work and charity.” You wouldn’t have pegged these words, delivered with such conviction, as coming from the mouths of 17-year-olds. But that’s exactly the vision behind Hands for Education (HFE), a youth-run social initiative in which Kyra Iman Bhatia and Siti Anastasia binti Norbasha are also communications director and outreach director respectively. Unaffiliated with any school, HFE gives free tuition and mentoring sessions to underprivileged children living in the Kota Damansara People’s Housing Project (PPR), every Sunday from 9am to 12pm.
This story is from the March 2019 edition of Her World Malaysia.
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