Salam.
The sole reason why this blog is set up is to raise funds for our beloved school library or Pusat Sumber Bestari STAR Ipoh.
How it was started
During the last OBW 07, I dropped by at the library to send a box full of my old Reader Digest's to the library.I left a note together with the box in front of the library and little I know,that's was not the end of the story.
Few days later the library coordinator, Cikgu Ainun, called me and during this conversation, I found out the real story of our library.
At first I thought I just wanted to get new good books to replenish the old ones.Only after Cikgu Ainun explaining to me on the actual situation they were facing, only by then I knew that the problem was bigger that I thought.
The Problem
Our library is in a serious financial difficulties.We are not yet talking about getting new books to replenish the old books stacked on the shelves. We are talking about the basic necessities of running the library such as library cards, newspaper subscriptions,maintenance of the photocopy machine,stationeries etc.
They don't even have funds this year for that after the SUWA/KHAS funds allocated annually by the government was cut off for 2008 onwards due to budget constraints (Ask Pak Lah why?). I am not going to talk about it as it is something we can cry out aloud yet we can't can't do anything about it. Let's talk on something that we can do instead.
Although the library still receive funds from the government to buy books and some funds from PIBG, it is still not enough.
Government funds for 2008 is RM10644.38 and according to the budget, all of these will be used to buy reference books, English & Malay storybooks,etc. (Believe me brothers, RM10644.38 with the current price of books, you can only buy 500 books or so if we take the average of RM20 per books). Come on, 500 books per year for STAR,Ipoh?
The costing
Ok, Ok let us go to the crude of the problem.Sorry for 'melilau' a lil bit. Talking about the 'basic necessities', these are the detail breakdown of what need to be covered this year due to the loss of Yuran SUWA/Khas. I got it from Cikgu Ainun during my visit to Pusat Sumber Bestari in late April 2008:
1. Keceriaan Pusat Sumber Bestari - RM100
2.Alat Tulis (stationery) - RM450
3.Magazines - RM250
4. Printer Ink,Laminating papers,
Colored paper and Files - RM300
5. Newspaper subscriptions - RM1745.00
6. Kad-kad pinjaman,pusat sumber,catalog -RM1500.00
7. Sijil dan Lencana NILAM - RM450.00
8. Photocopy machine (maintenance) - RM450.00
9. Hadiah Minggu Pusat Sumber Bestari - RM450.00
10. Buku Nilam - RM325.00
Total RM6020.00
The Solutions
It is so obvious that we need to raise RM6020.00 as soon as possible.
I sincerely think that to raise that amount to address the urgent needs of the library is so doable.
Here are some suggestions of what we can do;
1. Contribute individually.
2.Contribute your own batch (just like we did not so long ago to buy ceiling fans, remember?).Collect a little amount from your batch mates.But need one good 'kepala' to do it.Ah,I think you know who is the best person to do that, right?
If everybody chip in we can solve this problem within days......I sincerely hope.
How to give?
Ah, I know, I know that you are going to ask this question. I have talked to Cikgu Ainun and due to the interest of time, you can bank-in to :
Akaun Maybank Panitia Bahasa Jepun STAR Ipoh: 558172009534
Ah, the next question you are going to ask, "Why this akaun pulak?"
Cikgu Ainun is also the Head of Panitia Bahasa Jepun and she also looking after the library as the Library Coordinator.Our library don't have its own bank account and after discussing this issue with her during my last visit, this is the best solution so far.
Kalau nak bank in thru school bank account also can do, but you have to inform someone about it. So for the purpose of records, we agreed on this solution ( for now lah). And don't worry, hardly any other funds goes into the Panitia Bahasa Jepun currently - so senang nak monitor any transactions.
Oh by the way, Maybank2u.com transactions doesn't work for this account as this is a joint account under the names of Cikgu Ainun and GPK, Cikgu Zulkarnain. So either you have to go to the Maybank counter or Cash Deposit Machine to contribute. Or you can go personally to the school to pass your contributions.
Does the school knows about this?
The new H.M, Cikgu Gufri, is aware of this.So don't worry. This is not somekind of black money scheme.
Important contact numbers
Cikgu Ainun Maziah can be reached at 019-3818245 or thru school phone number should you want to clarify further.
Sincerely,
Iskandar Syah Ismail
STARian 93
Head of Fund Development (Institutional)
Islamic Relief Malaysia
2 comments:
ok bang...
dah post in our batch website. hopefully we can help...
Thank you bro.
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