Building Capacities and Strengthening Community Action for Sustainable Development

INTRODUCTION Mother Earth is a planet in expanding deserts, acid rain, Rloaeril Evidence is mounting that deforestation, warming, ozone layer depletion, loss of biologicai diversity and the poisoning of food chains and water supplies by toxic wastes are just a few of the threats facing us. We caused these problems. We are taking away the […]

Survey of Financial Behaviours and Financial Habits of Young Workers

There is clear evidence from agency reports that many young workers distress. Reports from the Insolvency Department and from the Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency (AKPK) indicates the seriousness of the problem of young workers facing bankruptcy as well as young executives seeking counseling or debt management services after getting into serious financial or […]

The Federal Constitution-A Citizen’s Handbook for Malaysians

The Constitution is what sets the guidelines for a country. It lays out the system of government, based on the principles that the country should be governed under; rules and guidelines mutually agreed by the powers and the people. This was the principle that our country’s founding fathers too had in mind when framing our […]

Know the Law: Assert your Rights

In Malaysia, basic human rights education is not part of the national education curriculum. Only bits and pieces of human rights education are being taught in schools through moral and religious studies. Concerned over the lack of publications available in a user-friendly and simplified language to address this issue, gave us the inspiration to publish […]

My First Ringgit

The MyFirst Program, a financial education program for pre-schoolers was developed by Era Consumer and first implemented n the year 2010. It is one of the first financial education program at the pre-school stage in Malaysia. There ere indeed many skeptics to this program who felt that children at the age of 5 to6 were […]

Bulan Kewangan Berhemat-10 Isu Kewangan Anda

Perancangan dan pengurusan kewangan adalah kritikal bagi kesejahteraan kewangan. Terlalu ramai pengguna, terutama sekali golongan pekerja muda. telah terjerumus dengan pelbagai masalah dan isu yang berkaitan kewangan Masalah-masalah ini boleh mengakibatkan kebankrapan, masalah kewangan yang serius, tekanan hidup dan tekanan dalam keluarga. Di antara isu terpenting dalam pengurusan kewangan adalah cara mengendalikan kredit, terutama sekali […]

Conference-People’s Response to Food Security Crisis in Southeast Asia

Food security is an issue that needs serious attention especially in developing countries such as ASEAN countries. Food security is availability, accessibility and affordability of food to the people of a country. This is important as nowadays food is expensive, food import bills are increasing, and food production is sidelined for industrialization and cash crop […]