FOR close to a year now, students in Malaysia have been forced into home-based learning due to the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in schools being closed for an extended period. Many have been left behind due to their inability to afford digital devices such as tablets, smartphones and personal computers. To meet their needs, a public relations firm recently donated 50 tablets to non-governmental organisation PertubuhanKasih Umat Malaysia (PKUM), which is on a mission to provide digital learning devices to some 43,000 poor students in the country. ShekhinahPR spent RM20,000 to purchase the tablets at a discounted rate, as part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) project. Its chief executive officer Christopher Raj Aralanthu presented the tablets to PKUM founder Ebit Lew at ShekhinahPR headquarters in Petaling Jaya.

Source: The Star February 17, 2021 23:48 UTC