Lasallian Day of Prayers for Peace (LDOPP 2010)

To note down in your planner - Project CRC, LDOPP 2010, Formation Team Weekend 2 !!! Ok, you don't have to take part in EVERY initiative, but it would be great if you can join us for at least one.

Come on and remind yourself how crazy Lasallians are (kabbadi, captain ball, gala panjang, Nasmir?) and how we all have a good heart deep, deep, deep down somewhere that disturbs us and makes us want to do something for society!

Read on for more information on LDOPP 2010 (to save your time, it's similar to the one on Facebook).

The idea of LDOPP actually came from the International Symposium of Young Lasallians held in Rome in 2006. As a result, the International Council of Young Lasallians (ICYL) invites Lasallians all over the world to come together for an International Lasallian Day of Prayers for Peace, as ONE International Lasallian Community during the 3^rd week of October.

We hope that this year will be the 4th consecutive year that LDOPP is held all over Malaysia. And to do that, we need your help!

LDOPP is not just a day of prayers. It is also a day to share information through exhibitions, or a day of charity to reach out to others, or more.

The purpose of LDOPP is to unite Lasallians and show that we believe in peace, as well as equality and respect for everyone. We believe that we can do something, big or small, to make this world a better place.

Each year, we discuss different issues for LDOPP, such as war and child abuse. This year, our theme is 'COLOURBLIND'! Can you guess what our issue is?

The LDOPP kit is currently being put together by volunteers from the FT. Now we need YOU to be our coordinator.

Task of a coordinator:
- Contact students in one Lasallian school.
- Ensure that they receive the LDOPP kit and understand it.
- Guide them in the process of organising activities in conjunction with LDOPP.
- Be the link between the students and La Salle Centre should there be any problems or questions.
- Indirectly contribute towards the success of passing the message of LDOPP to different communities.

Want to be an LDOPP COORDINATOR? Contact Pui Yi at puiyi.wpy@gmail.com as soon as possible!!!

~ I saw a terrible tragedy and I yelled at God, “How could you let such a thing happen? Why didn’t you do something?”
A little while later, God’s answer came : “I did do something. I made you.” ~ Author unknown.

Project CRC

Dearest friends,

La Salle Centre is pleased to announce that we’re embarking on an initiative called “PROJECT CRC” in the upcoming months. We would like to invite you to be part of this project and details are as follow:

1. WHAT IS PROJECT CRC?

Firstly, CRC refers to the document called “Convention on the Rights of the Child”, a United Nation’s human rights framework on children. As it is related to children, it is something close to our lasallian mission.

Project CRC is an initiative where FT members will analyze and study the CRC document, and subsequently run 1 day CRC workshops for the community. Our end goal for this year is to run two 1-day workshops in our lasallian schools in end October or early November.

All FT members are invited to be part of this initiative! However because this is a new initiative, we regret that most of the meetings, trainings, etc will be held in Klang Valley area (PJ/KL) as most of our active members are located there.

2. YOUR ROLE

a.Attend 3 discussion meetings to deepen understanding on CRC and its principles. [First meeting will be held on 14/8/2010, 2-5pm @ La Salle Hall, PJ. The subsequent 2 meetings will be decided later]

b.Attend 1 facilitation training meeting to equip ourselves to facilitate the workshops. [Tentatively in October]

c.Develop session modules/manuals for the training. (Modules are available, but you’ll need to further enhance and develop it).

d.Run a one day workshop for a lasallian school in Klang Valley. [Tentatively in end October or early November]

4. FURTHER DETAILS

Please contact Isaac or Tsu Chong directly.

5. HOW TO SIGN UP

If you wish to be part of the CRC team, please fill up the form @ https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&pli=1&formkey=dGNHZkVoMEV5VnNOR2ZnWGQ0YU5qdnc6MQ#gid=0

We are certain that this initiative will be beneficial for all parties. We hope to hear a favourable response from you!

FT WEEKEND 2 - MyConstitution

Date: 28-29 August 2010

Venue: La Salle Centre Ipoh

Conference on Education Malaysia 2010

Life after Regional Convention...

Lasallians from St Paul's Institution, Seremban, went on a little adventure recently. Read on to find out more about their trip!

Our visit to the Orang Asli Settlement in Kampung Belihoi, Mantin was held on Tuesday, 8 June 2010. 25 members accompanied by 2 teacher advisors of the Paulian La Salle Confreres took part in this visit.

We gathered at the school at about 7.30am. Some of us helped to carry items such as packets of rice, biscuits, milo and others that were bought to be donated to the orang asli. We departed from SMK St. Paul at 8.00am by a school bus. The journey took about 30 minutes.

Once we reached,we had to walk for about 10 minutes to the village. We were greeted by the village head and invited to the chapel to wait for the other villagers to come.

We had many activities at the village such as a colouring contest, water balloon game, statue game, human snake and ladders and also the ‘pinyada’ game.

We spent about three hours at the village.

The closing ceremony ended with speeches given by the village head and his son as well as Mr.Morgan and Pn. Ng, the 2 teacher advisors.We left at about 12.00pm.

Overall, the visit to the Orang Asli Settlement was a success. We made a difference. Although small, we still felt it was significant.

Choo Huey Chian

Have you signed up for LEAD?...

If you haven't, do give Isaac a call.

The first LEAD will happen this coming weekend in Ulu Kenas for St George's, Taiping. For most of the boys, this LEAD camp will be the only camp that they'll have a chance to attend.

Do sign up and be part of the team that will enable them to enjoy this rare opportunity!

Now, for a long-overdue blast from the past...

Here are some stories on the small but worthwhile efforts in PJ, Seremban and Malacca for 'More Than Earth Hour':

As always, when two or three lasallians gather together, we garner some good and bad attentions. It was no different when the six of us went round Taman Jaya Park collecting litter.

Most were puzzled at what we were doing and one even approached us to clarify on that. He was rather surprised to know that we were doing it voluntarily (as shown by the happy faces in the picture below).

We were, however, focus on our task and searched diligently for rubbish lying around the park. The park was surprisingly clean on that day (only to find out later from Pui Yi that we missed out on the “rubbishy” part of the park) but we still managed to collect four bags full of rubbish and recyclable items.

All in all, it was a good hour spent catching up and laughing with one another, enjoying the scenic view of the park and doing something together for the community and the environment.

Nevertheless, I believe that an event as such can be more than a “(More Than) Earth Hour” program. Surely we can do better than the once-a-year-ritual-rubbish-collection-programme. Come on, Lasallians!

Kian Mei

Earth hour, a collaborative effort to raise awareness towards the need to take action on the climate change, was held on 28/04/10 worldwide. As Lasallians, we are called to do more. Hence, another collaborative effort, this time on a much smaller scale, was held in conjuction with Earth Hour.

LaSallians from Seremban gladly participated in ‘More than Earth Hour ‘ which was carried out a week after Earth Hour itself. Many couldn't attend as sadly the F1 race overshadowed ‘More than Earth Hour ‘.

We noticed the park was rather clean already upon our arrival. Encouraging signs on Malaysia cleanliness perhaps?

We made a two full rounds around the park. The first was to pick up all the rubbish and the second, well, just in case. Cigarette buds and plastic cups were abundant. We managed to fill up one and a half rubbish bags.

All in all, a good day’s work in helping mother nature. As they say, ‘ave Mother Nature For our Future.’

Many thanks to those who attended, and to those who couldn’t make it, Mother Nature still loves her children.

-Kelvesh-

And kudos to the two who showed up in Malacca on a rainy Saturday morning!

Write To Your MPs Today!

Dear Lasallians,

Here's a chance for us to help the last, lost and least who truly cannot speak for themselves (albeit a different target group than that which La Salle envisioned).

Modified from a message from Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT):

An appeal from an ordinary Malaysian.

Malaysia needs a better Wildlife Conservation Act more than ever ... tigers, pangolins, turtles and more are tortured, killed, smuggled. It isn't enough to get the bad guys, we need to make sure they go to jail for a long, long time.


The NEW ACT will help the authorities do that, now YOU have to help get that Act out.

Beginning Monday, 5 JULY 2010, the Parliament will sit and debate four bills, including the Wildlife Conservation Act.

Here is the Act: http://www.parlimen.gov.my/billindex/pdf/DR162010.pdf

We don't have much time left.

Send an email to Members of the Parliament, express your support for the new Act and ask them to please vote for the Act to be passed without any delay. Please.

The list of MPs and their email adds are here: http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_AhliDewan.php

Maybe you voted for them, maybe you didn't - but they still represent the rakyat - ask them to fight for the wildlife YOU want to help.

And write letters to the media saying the same. Please.
Star: editor@thestar.com.my
NST: letters@nst.com.my
Sun: letters@thesundaily.com.my
Malaysiakini: editor@malaysiakini.com

I ask on behalf of our wildlife. The extinction of each species is a step closer to the extinction of the human race.

Please circulate this message with all your friends, family, everyone.

- We can't have peace on Earth unless we have peace WITH the Earth -