Beyond sunshine and laughter

Sunway Group hosted a shopping spree for some 300 children from eight orphanages located in Selangor, ferrying all the children to Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall to pick out their own “baju raya” for Hari Raya Aidilftri.
It was a day of fun and smiles as about 250 Sunway Group employees volunteered to help the children pick out their festive attire, each child allocated RM220.
With their festive wardrobe seen to, it was over to Sunway Resort Hotel and Spa, where the young guests got to put their creative minds together to decorate red velvet cupcakes and participate in craft activities.
The children were then accompanied by the volunteers to break fast at the hotel and in the company of not just anyone but HRH Tengku Permaisuri Selangor, Tengku Norashikin Abdul Rahman. The princess presented cookies and duit raya to the children. Also present at the event was Sunway Group deputy chairman Tan Sri Razman Hashim who looked on with delight.
“We have been doing this for our Raya celebration every year for 17 years without fail,” said Razman.
“It is nice to see the faces of the children. I am glad about the volunteers. I don’t need to ask them (employees). Every time we say we want to do something for the children, everybody comes forth eagerly,” he said, pleased and proud of the Sunway workforce.
Among the employee volunteers was Mira Nordin who accompanied 10-year-old Noorliza Zulkifli in selecting her baju raya. The child chose a purple coloured dress, along with shoes, while another boy, called Wafi from Rumah Anak- Anak Yatim in Kuang was happy to show off his preferred selection in lime green.
The lucky eight repicient homes this year comprised Pertubuhan Kebajikan Ehsan Ash-Shakur, Rumah Kebajikan Anak Yatim Al-Munirah, Rumah Amal Baitul, Persatuan Rumah Anak Yatim Damai Kuang, Rahoma Darul Fakir, Rumah Kasih Harmoni, Pertubuhan Amal Rumah Anak Yatim dan Hidayah Al-Hijrah and Rumah Amal Al-Firdaus. They were handpicked by SAY Community and Lembaga Zakat Selangor.
The undertaking is part of the “#sunwayforgood Raya Cheer 2018” project aimed to reach out to 4,500 individuals. It included the distribution of 4,000 containers of “bubur lambuk” at several locations in May and an endeavour to donate groceries to 40 families at seven villages in Kuala Langat and Sepang.