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On the 11th March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) had characterised the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic. In light of the Covid-19 outbreak, this unprecedented situation has created a challenging and stressful period to Malaysian students in the UK and Ireland collectively due to the uncertainties pertaining to the situation. A vast majority of students cannot afford one-way trips from the UK/Ireland to Malaysia under the current average prices across different airlines. The cost of those flights back to Malaysia will place a significant financial burden on the students.
The Covid-19 pandemic has come abruptly at an extremely frustrating time. For Malaysian students in the UK and Ireland, this has come in the midst of ongoing seminars and lectures a few months prior to summer examination and graduation. With the total number of cases in the United Kingdom rising beyond 8,000, majority if not all universities have allowed and advised international students to head back home.
However, for some Malaysian students, a flight back home is a luxury they simply cannot afford, potentially leaving them stranded. Based on a welfare aid scheme survey distributed by UKEC, we have gathered that some of the applicants who are in financial predicaments have family members with pre-existing health conditions and are in urgent need to return home; a few who have lost their part-time job in the UK and Ireland and can no longer support their tuition and rental fees, resulting in them being evicted from their accommodation; some whose parents have lost their jobs as a result of this pandemic and others who simply cannot afford to pay for the ridiculously priced flights (150-300% price hike) back home.
In collaboration with KPUM, GenCorporate, KBR, EMAN UKE, BPN UK, MPUK, The Kalsom Movement, The Charisma Movement and The Hubb Movement, we are launching this peer-to-peer crowdfunding campaign to help raise money and provide welfare assistance in the form of a partial subsidy to those who have been enduring hard times amidst this outbreak. Funds raised will be directed to help 25 severely affected students filtered from a pool of 195 applicants. We are aiming to raise £5,000 in total by the 1st of April 2020 to help aid the deserving students who are stranded in the UK and Ireland to relieve their plights. Nevertheless, we would like note that, even with the partial subsidy, some of the recipients may still struggle to purchase a flight ticket to return home. Therefore, the received aids are permitted to be used in other areas of necessities such as rent-paying or buying food supplies. The list of recipients are stated below:
1. Su Yi Low (Swansea University)
2. Reenadesh Kaur (Aberystwyth University)
3. Syahmi Izzuddin Samsudin (University of Manchester)
4. Edmund How (Plymouth University)
5. Ainul Nadirah Izaharuddin (University of Glasgow)
6. Ng Wei Jie (University of Southampton)
7. Lynn Chiam Hui Theen (Letterkenny Institute of Technology)
8. Ian Chiam (Limerick Institute of Technology)
90. Ong Zhen Jin (University of Sunderland)
10. Connie Ho (University of Leeds)
11. Pei Xuan Chan (Birmingham City University)
12. Cheah Shu Wei (University of Surrey)
13. Benjamin Koo Wei Jie (University of Manchester)
14. Wan Jamilah binti Hj Wan Yussof (Dublin Business School)
15. Devanesh Gunasingam (University of Dundee)
16. Daniel Chung Jau Ying (University of Southampton)
17. Michelle Tiong Mei Zhen (Queen’s University Belfast)
18. Muhamad Haziq Bin Abdul Hadi (University of Edinburgh)
19. Choong Shu Wan (City Law School)
20. Low Sze Ling (University of Manchester)
21. Marzarith Sofea (University of Essex)
22. Abdul Hafeez Abdul Bari (University of Edinburgh)
23. Mohamad Qayyum Bin Zainol (City University of London)
24. Farah Farhanah binti Kassim Kushairi (Oxford Brookes University)
25. Undisclosed (University of Manchester)
Extra funds raised will be donated to other NGOs fighting for the same cause. Let’s extend our thoughts and assistance to those in need during these tough times, together! #kitajagakita
* UKEC - an acronym for the United Kingdom and Eire (Ireland) Council for Malaysian Students is a non-profit student organisation that acts as the umbrella body and national coalition of all Malaysian student societies across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Currently, over 79 Malaysian societies are its constituent members, with UKEC serving as an integral platform representing the collective interests of over 18,000 Malaysian students in the UK and Ireland. Our mission is to contribute towards nation building by championing student activism and looking out for the welfare of our students.
** UKEC will transfer the financial aid to the recipients listed above through its UK bank account in advance of drawing out the donations raised via this Gofundme campaign due to its ability to rollover larger monetary amounts. UKEC's Treasury Office has also authorised Christopher Lim Khai Min, the Vice-Chairperson of UKECatalyst to withdraw the donations upon the campaign's conclusion. All donations shall be strictly channeled towards the financial assistance programme (additional funds raised will be donated to other NGOs fighting for the same cause).
The Covid-19 pandemic has come abruptly at an extremely frustrating time. For Malaysian students in the UK and Ireland, this has come in the midst of ongoing seminars and lectures a few months prior to summer examination and graduation. With the total number of cases in the United Kingdom rising beyond 8,000, majority if not all universities have allowed and advised international students to head back home.
However, for some Malaysian students, a flight back home is a luxury they simply cannot afford, potentially leaving them stranded. Based on a welfare aid scheme survey distributed by UKEC, we have gathered that some of the applicants who are in financial predicaments have family members with pre-existing health conditions and are in urgent need to return home; a few who have lost their part-time job in the UK and Ireland and can no longer support their tuition and rental fees, resulting in them being evicted from their accommodation; some whose parents have lost their jobs as a result of this pandemic and others who simply cannot afford to pay for the ridiculously priced flights (150-300% price hike) back home.
In collaboration with KPUM, GenCorporate, KBR, EMAN UKE, BPN UK, MPUK, The Kalsom Movement, The Charisma Movement and The Hubb Movement, we are launching this peer-to-peer crowdfunding campaign to help raise money and provide welfare assistance in the form of a partial subsidy to those who have been enduring hard times amidst this outbreak. Funds raised will be directed to help 25 severely affected students filtered from a pool of 195 applicants. We are aiming to raise £5,000 in total by the 1st of April 2020 to help aid the deserving students who are stranded in the UK and Ireland to relieve their plights. Nevertheless, we would like note that, even with the partial subsidy, some of the recipients may still struggle to purchase a flight ticket to return home. Therefore, the received aids are permitted to be used in other areas of necessities such as rent-paying or buying food supplies. The list of recipients are stated below:
1. Su Yi Low (Swansea University)
2. Reenadesh Kaur (Aberystwyth University)
3. Syahmi Izzuddin Samsudin (University of Manchester)
4. Edmund How (Plymouth University)
5. Ainul Nadirah Izaharuddin (University of Glasgow)
6. Ng Wei Jie (University of Southampton)
7. Lynn Chiam Hui Theen (Letterkenny Institute of Technology)
8. Ian Chiam (Limerick Institute of Technology)
90. Ong Zhen Jin (University of Sunderland)
10. Connie Ho (University of Leeds)
11. Pei Xuan Chan (Birmingham City University)
12. Cheah Shu Wei (University of Surrey)
13. Benjamin Koo Wei Jie (University of Manchester)
14. Wan Jamilah binti Hj Wan Yussof (Dublin Business School)
15. Devanesh Gunasingam (University of Dundee)
16. Daniel Chung Jau Ying (University of Southampton)
17. Michelle Tiong Mei Zhen (Queen’s University Belfast)
18. Muhamad Haziq Bin Abdul Hadi (University of Edinburgh)
19. Choong Shu Wan (City Law School)
20. Low Sze Ling (University of Manchester)
21. Marzarith Sofea (University of Essex)
22. Abdul Hafeez Abdul Bari (University of Edinburgh)
23. Mohamad Qayyum Bin Zainol (City University of London)
24. Farah Farhanah binti Kassim Kushairi (Oxford Brookes University)
25. Undisclosed (University of Manchester)
Extra funds raised will be donated to other NGOs fighting for the same cause. Let’s extend our thoughts and assistance to those in need during these tough times, together! #kitajagakita
* UKEC - an acronym for the United Kingdom and Eire (Ireland) Council for Malaysian Students is a non-profit student organisation that acts as the umbrella body and national coalition of all Malaysian student societies across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Currently, over 79 Malaysian societies are its constituent members, with UKEC serving as an integral platform representing the collective interests of over 18,000 Malaysian students in the UK and Ireland. Our mission is to contribute towards nation building by championing student activism and looking out for the welfare of our students.
** UKEC will transfer the financial aid to the recipients listed above through its UK bank account in advance of drawing out the donations raised via this Gofundme campaign due to its ability to rollover larger monetary amounts. UKEC's Treasury Office has also authorised Christopher Lim Khai Min, the Vice-Chairperson of UKECatalyst to withdraw the donations upon the campaign's conclusion. All donations shall be strictly channeled towards the financial assistance programme (additional funds raised will be donated to other NGOs fighting for the same cause).
