By, Neroshinni Balachandran, CE
Multipurpose Hall, 29th November- Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS’ AIESEC chapter has taken another noble step in proving their concern over the society’s welfare and humanity- and this time the focus was the orphans. Among the main objectives that the Youth Engagement Development (YED) under AIESEC UTP chapter stressed upon throughout the event was to expose the orphans to modern educational facilities and to inspire them to pursue tertiary education. Ipoh and Batu Gajah orphanage homes were invited to be a part of the event and 61 orphans participated where the oldest was 22 years old and the youngest was two. The event started off at 10am by letting the orphans to have a look around the Information Resource Centre (IRC), UTP followed by some fun activities. At 2pm, UTP students were given chance to interact with the orphans and both students and orphans were entertained by a dance before the orphans returned to their respective homes.
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