Sunway-TES students raise RM20,000 to alleviate hunger

The End Child Hunger Fun Walk held recently in aid of World Vision, organised by a group of Sunway ACCA students successfully highlighted the plight of the victims of the West African Famine Crisis 2012. Christopher Louis Tan, an ACCA student of Sunway College and the project director shared “This idea was started by my 3 roommates and I who wanted to do something that can break the perception that people have about accountants being bean counters. We chose World Vision because the famine crisis is very new and affects 12 million people in the Sahel region. About 300,000 children are malnourished and are in urgent need of medical aid and food. Many families are surviving on only one meal a day.”

Mr Teo Ee Sing, Executive Director, Sunway College (right) presenting the cheque of RM20,000 to World Vision’s Tan Shu Yi (left) while students (in between, left to right) Christopher Louis Tan, Lim Why Loon, Wan Chin Hao and Chang Yao Hern look on.

Chris and the three others, Lim Why Loon, Chang Yao Hern and Wan Chin Hao, all ACCA students, immediately went to work in organising the walk which encompassed scenic parts of the nearby Sunway Lagoon Theme Park’s wildlife park, surf beach and the extreme park. Their efforts attracted 1200 participants (mainly students) to sign up and they were extremely thrilled to raise RM20,000. The students and the Executive Director of Sunway-TES, Mr Teo Ee Sing presented the cheque to World Vision.

Christopher said, “Many people thought that we had no experience and can’t pull of the event. But not only did we achieve our target but we exceeded our own expectations.”

He added, “I thank Mr Teo Ee Sing, Executive Director of Sunway College and the Sunway-TES Accounting Club for their assistance. We are so glad to do something for society before we graduate. We learnt a lot from the project and the challenges definitely taught us to be flexible and to always believe in ourselves and not give up”.