Dana Belia Fund
6 winners of applicants before 27 Jan 2011
RakanSukan.com
Everybody, come out and play! Kevin Zahri, 33, local fitness celebrity / web designer is creating RakanSukan.com for all sports fans – beginners or pros, young and old – to congregate and share. In order for Malaysia to reach sporting excellence, Kevin thinks the country first need to have a sports-crazy mass. And what better way to do that than creating a platform to hook up and meet up. Rakansukan.com will keep a database of its members’ profiles and post updates on where to practice and what tournament to play. From congkak to chess, from futsal to fencing, use Rakansukan.com to get organized.
WHAT?
Rakansukan.com aims at everyone to be involved in sports and be active. Kevin is super passionate about sports and envisions a very competitive and engaged Malaysia where sports is concerned.
WHY ?
Kevin feels that there is no one platform dedicated to sports lovers, big and small, to come together. This website will help keep the burning passion for sports alive throughout the year and not just during the occasional Olympics or EPL seasons. More importantly, it helps build up the pool of talent critical to make Malaysia a serious sporting contender.
HOW ?
RakanSukan.com will allow sports enthusiasts to find people with not just a common interest, but also similar skill levels to play against. Members can also find sports club that offer preferred sports, locate competitions and workshops, and consciously stoke the desire to keep competing, stay active and be involved.
ASAP : Anti Smoking Short Film
A creative crutch does not have to be deadly. To aspiring indie film maker Aaron Koh, the notion that creative people have to light up for inspiration is severely misguided. He, for one, is proof to the contrary. Getting the message through to youth is not going to be easy, but Aaron is up to the challenge. ASAP is a short film that will try to create impressions of not just the danger of smoking, but how it could affect their relationship with the people around him. Using narrative and songs, Aaron is ready to call Action!
WHAT ?
ASAP is a 10-minute short film about anti-smoking accompanied by a theme song in Bahasa Malaysia. Aaron believes that art is the most effective way to capture and communicate anti-smoking messages to the general Malaysian public, especially the youth.
WHY ?
Young people know smoking is bad and they are well aware of the ugly downside. Still, they continue to indulge and tolerate the lethal habit. With his movie, Aaron aims to instill a new consciousness among the youths about the dangers of smoking, and encourage a smoke-free life across all age groups.
HOW ?
Using narrative and music, ASAP will educate and persuade. This short movie will revolve around how your lethal habit can affect those around you, and also what you can do to quit smoking. With subtle approach, Aaron hopes the intent and spirit of ASAP can be accepted and most importantly, communicated effectively.
SOFEss.com
What if there’s a social networking Wiki for Malaysian students? Free online tutorials for exam papers? Nur Fardilah realised that not all parents could afford to send their children for tuition classes, just like in her case when she was in school. One day, prompted by her youngest sister, it hit this university student that online education could be free. Just like Wiki, students and teachers can contribute for the content and together build the data bank for others to use, for free.
WHAT?
Social, Family, Educational Search Solutions (sofess.com) allows students, especially Fourth and Fifth Formers, access notes and materials on their respective subjects absolutely free! Video streams, notes and web-seminars from teachers and top students will be accessible to help students prepare for SPM, while using the same platform for socialising too.
WHY ?
The inspiration for sofess.com came to Farzilah as she observed how information on Wikipedia is shared. Driven by her own experience of not being able to afford tuition, she plans to take advantage of the booming wireless and broadband facilities available in Malaysia to offer help for students via this online facility.
HOW ?
Students, parents and teachers can connect with each other to broaden their horizons and enhance the students’ academic performance. Video logs of expert teachers conducting seminars and workshops on various topics will be available on sofess.com for the students to learn from. Notes and exam tips will also be made available for sharing via the social networking side of this portal.
AppsMalaysia
Many a times, great ideas fizzle out when a start-up applications (apps) entrepreneur faces the realities of getting a business afloat. Nasrul Amri, who runs his own software company, knows all about the risks and rewards involved. Passionate and industry savvy, 29 year-old Nasrul wants to spearhead an apps community that helps establish a sustainable local market for app development: by supporting youth entrepreneurs, designers and developers. AppsMalaysia will be the ultimate avenue for apps matchmaking, investing in killer ideas and taking that passion and creativity into the market.
WHAT?
AppsMalaysia will be a community that will connect young apps entrepreneurs with developers by working together to develop their apps, help getting them published and forming a gateway to promote the apps.
WHY ?
Nasrul’s knowledge and experience give him the advantage to spearhead aspiring young techies towards the country’s Apps-Revolution. This community would provide support for youths to develop apps for all major mobile and online platforms, and ultimately groom them enough to enable them to stand independently and lead in Malaysia’s apps market.
HOW ?
Apps-developing aspirants will come together as a community onwww.appsmalaysia.com and share their views and ideas to create and enhance apps. AppsMalaysia will invest in the best apps ideas and help the entrepreneurs tap into the skills of hand-picked developers. AppsMalaysia will then work together with the team to get their ideas published and sold.
Kursus Usahawan, Kecantikan & Jahitan
With a background in vocational training and a genuine love for social work, Site could see that there is more she can do to contribute to the community. The business-like way she approached her Kursus Usahawan, Kecantikan dan Jahitan, coupled with her passion to make a difference even in the smallest way, is inspiring. To her, it’s not enough to train the underprivileged with new skills. You have to provide them with the right tools and have an active tracking system when they leave the course to gauge the success. Site gave us goose bumps, and makes us want to join her cause.
WHAT ?
Site wants to empower the young underprivileged women of Malaysia with basic to advanced skills in Beauty and Tailoring. She has designed a three-month course targeting the less fortunate, single mothers, home makers and many more driven Malaysian women to increase their living quality and job options.
WHY ?
This training course responds to the nation’s call for Skilled Malaysian Workforce. It urges capable youth to pitch in to use their influence and directly improves the income and living standards of the participants.
HOW ?
The participants will undergo three months or theory and practical training. The women will be trained by professional trainers at no charge. What’s more, they will be monitored from time to time to make sure that they have successfully generated more income from what they have learnt.
1Malaysia Photography Competition
The meaning of 1Malaysia varies across individuals. For Thayalan, beyond the cliché images, the spirit lives in many ways in our everyday interaction. This 40 year-old management consultant believes that promoting the 1Malaysia spirit through creative photography will surely provide individuals with the opportunity to showcase Malaysia’s uniqueness. The 1Malaysia Photography Competition would not only provide a chance for the aspiring photographers to speak through their pictures, but also stir young creative minds to realise the aspirations for a united Malaysia.
WHAT ?
Thayalan seeks to tap the talent of the Malaysian youth through an original Photography Competition with 1Malaysia as its theme. The compilation of pictures submitted for the contest will serve as a Photo-Bank of the 1Malaysia for the long run.
WHY ?
This contest promotes the sense of unity within the competitors and calls for self-exploration of what 1Malaysia really means to each individual. This fosters understanding, and encourages youths to appreciate and respect our diversity.
HOW ?
The photographers who take part in the competition need to capture moments or incidents in everyday life that portray 1Malaysia and create a meaningful caption for it. Snapshots that gives meaning to 1Malaysia to the photographers will be immortalized, and could one day help grow the sense of belonging to this amazing nation.
