Cancer Council top volunteers receive awards
December 24, 2010, KOTA KINABALU: After presenting special awards to its top volunteers in West Malaysia recently, it was now time for MAKNA (National Cancer Council) to pay tribute to their counterparts in East Malaysia for their excellent work performed all-year long in the activities held by the non-profit organisation.
For this occasion which took place in Kota Kinabalu, out of MAKNA’s registered 6,000 plus volunteers nationwide, nine of its volunteers from Sabah and Sarawak were singled out for the top awards for their contributions and effort by MAKNA.
The recipients were selected based on several criteria which included leadership qualities, accountability factor, commitment, responsibility and the number of projects participated.
The areas of service the volunteers have been harnessing their volunteerism skills in were nursing care, home and hospital visits, fund raising, events management, administrative work, support services and counselling.
For the top awards, there were two award categories that were presented at the ceremony. The following are the details:
1. Special and Leadership Award (Brown Vest)
Zariana Binti Hj Daud (34 years old), mother is a cancer survivor
2. Potential Leader Award (Blue Vest)
Asirun Bin Nurun (19 years old), Mohammad Taufik Bin Ibrahim (23), Nur Kasih Binti Abdullah (29), Najip Indal Bin Muhid (19) Rozieana Jorun (24), Peter Voo (33), Nurul Amin Binti Md Yasa (24) and Azlin Bin Nasir (26).
For their effort, each above mentioned recipient received a certificate, a brown or blue vest and special souvenirs.
Traditionally, blue vest recipients are those who have made great impressions and are thus considered on their way to achieve much more in the years to come.
Besides meeting all the criteria for the Special and Leadership Award, Zariana is a dedicated volunteer who is able to lead without much supervision. She has also been able to expand the groups of volunteers she looks after and as such, more cancer patients have been able to benefit from her help and support.
MAKNA’s registered volunteers come from all backgrounds and walks of life. Comprising working adults, students, teenagers, housewives, and they form the strongest advocates for MAKNA’s activities, aggressively promoting the prevention and early detection of cancer besides sharing experiences and providing moral support to cancer patients they assist.
According to MAKNA general manager Farahida Mohd Farid, “MAKNA’s volunteers are truly our ambassadors in the kind of volunteerism work we are doing in helping cancer patients all over the country. Not only they carry the torch for us, they embody the kind of values that are important in ensuring our patients receive exactly the type of help they need.”
“We are also appreciative that our volunteers are able to channel their knowledge, skills and experiences in reaching out to cancer patients and their families. Their versatility and never-say-die attitude has emboldened many others, providing the sort of motivation for the newer volunteers to keep striving so that patients will derive great benefits from their contributions,” added Farahida.
MAKNA Senior Volunteers Coordinator Fadzilah Wan said: “These volunteers are a special breed in that they would step out their own comfort zone to perform needful services to deserving patients who can sometimes develop depression and psychological issues due to cancer.”
Fadzilah continued, “Their dedication and commitment is second to none, and some have been performing this work for many years which to me, goes to show that humans can generally be a lot more compassionate when they need be, and to be able to just love and care for a total stranger, this is simply out of this world.”
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