2/15/2006 - Come to Pearl of Orient a.k.a Penang!
Dear Partners,
AFS Malaysia invites all volunteers and staff to Penang for the Volunteer Exchange Program. For the first time, AFS Malaysia is organising an international event in Penang, Malaysia. It will be fun, exciting and interesting! There are many things to discover about Malaysia. Penang, is a multi-ethnic community with its multi-cultural and multi-religious characteristics to its multiple places of attractions to the multitude of savoury hawker fare and cuisine; all of which combine to make a truly special destination.
AFS Malaysia is organising Volunteer Exchange Program (Training & Homestay Sessions) in May 2006. We cordially invite all volunteers and staff partners to join us at this training. Following are the details :
Program details:
17th May – 21st May 2006
Volunteer training in Penang
22nd – 31st May
Home stay with local chapters around Peninsular Malaysia
Cost per participant:
Its cheap, its affordable and its guaranteed full of fun activities!
The cost for the program would be only $400 US per participant. (This is inclusive of accommodation, travel from training site to local chapter, cultural activities & meals from 17th May to 21st May 2006.)
The training is for AFS volunteers to improve and multiply skills and knowledge they have gained through their volunteering experiences.
Participant’s criteria:
1. Must have volunteered for at least 1 year
2. Able to impart some of the knowledge learned at this training to their volunteers.
Schedule
17 May
Arrival Orientation
18 – 21 May
Volunteer Training Weekend
21 May
Travel to host community / meet the host family
22 to 28 May
Experience home-stay (Join art, craft and cultural lessons / courses (optional) / Assist chapter in their local activities.
29 May to 30 May
End of Stay Orientation and evaluation. Trip to interesting places and shopping.
31 May
Departure
This program is meant for all AFS partners volunteers and partners staff to join, where it will include Volunteer Program Weekend. During this weekend, AFS Malaysia will arrange training sessions and motivational talk for personal development and growth. The volunteers will also be given a chance to experience one week home-stay with local families and also to join art, craft and cultural lessons such as pottery making, batik painting, weaving, cooking etc. They may assist local volunteers/chapters in their local activities. Participants will also spend some time in Kuala Lumpur for shopping and sightseeing.
Pearl of Orient a.k.a Penang Penang needs little introduction to many visitors to Malaysia, having long been known as one of Southeast Asia’s finest destinations. Penang’s outstanding beaches and exotic sights have made it one of the most popular destinations in the region.
As fabulous as its beaches are, some of Penang’s deeper mysteries should also be experienced. According to local folklore, the Snake Temple, dedicated to a Buddhist healer-priest, was inhabited by snakes who crawled out of the jungle on the night of the temple’s completion. The snakes are still there today. The Kek Lok Si temple, at Air Itam, is reputed to be the most beautiful and largest temple complex in Southeast Asia.
Its seven-story pagoda, over 90 feet high, is a harmonious blend of Chinese, Thai, and Burmese architecture and craftsmanship.
Other worthwhile stops are the delightful Penang Bird Park, the romantic peak of Penang Hill, Fort Cornwallis, the site of Light’s first landing, and the Pantai Acheh Forest Reserve (crisscrossed with beautiful trails leading to isolated beaches). A trek through the reserve’s interior reveals rare flora, monkeys chattering in the trees, sea eagles surveying their prey, and maybe a glimpse of a Hawksbill turtle heading for the sea.
For more information, kindly please email Gaya at gayathri.velayutham@afs.org or Azimah Abas at azimah.abas@afs.org
Look out for the registration form which will be out by end of Feb!*
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