EVENTS
Vijayaratnam Foundation sponsored winners' trip, 27 September 2010
Five students from the Malaysia Petaling Utama District were given a first-hand look into the "greener" side of life on the Thai island of Koh Samui last week, thanks to the Vijayaratnam Foundation, the Malaysian-based philanthropic arm of prominent direct selling company, QNet Malaysia.
As part of International Earth Day, the Vijayaratnam Foundation and QNet Malaysia engaged the students of 45 Malaysian schools to become more environmentally aware and "green-focussed", with the 1 Murid 1 Pokok (One Student, One Tree) programme. The result was more than 6,000 trees being planted throughout the Petaling Jaya district.
An Earth Day art competition was also held, and it was won by five lucky students who were awarded the opportunity to vacation in the dream "green" destination of Prana Resorts & Spa.
Three of those children, Akmal, Kanageswary and Natalia, together with their families, chose to go on their prize holiday from 24-26 September 2010. Their trip was sponsored by QNet Malaysia.
Various activities were organized for the children and their families revolving around aspects of eco-responsibility. They were shown Prana's hydroponic garden, and took part in an interactive vegetarian cooking class with resident chef, John Goodall, to recreate some of the resort's gourmet vegetarian recipes using the resort-grown hydroponic vegetables.
The cooking class was a lot of fun and Chef Jonny was also funny. I enjoyed making the vegetarian dishes with my parents helping me. We ate the food afterwards and it was delicious!said Kanageswary.
To view the fun time the children had, click on the video HERE.