community - waf
What About Friendship (WAF) is an initiative under Youth Beyond Boundaries which aims to create an inclusive environment for the IDD (Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities) community with awareness, empathy, and aid.
What About Friendship started around the end of 2017 after the SEP100 Project: Walk for Joy, which was a walk with the IDD community. This initiative was founded with the vision to create an inclusive environment in UCSI University and the public for community with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Our two main missions are to increase
awareness and break the stigma that surrounds people with IDD and to understand problems and obstacles faced by people with IDD so we can understand them better and empower social connections with them.
events
Buddies Experience
Buddies experience was an event by us WAF in collaboration with Sri Eden School. The aim of this event is to raise awareness and enlighten participants about the importance of understanding individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), and we wanted to ensure that they get a hand-on experience on what it’s like to deal with special need individuals. There were 14 children from Sri Eden that participated in this event, and we had extremely fun interactive station.
Connect The Dots (10th August 2019)
What About Friendship (WAF) sets out to connect individuals, groups and organizations from various background with the cause of supporting, developing and creating and inclusive environment for the IDD community. Through this networking event, WAF created a platform for interaction to facilitate exchange of opinions, cultivation of new diplomatic relationships and room for collaboration. Effectively, support each other in our common cause to achieve greater results. As a whole, this event benefited all parties, including WAF and the participants or networkers from other IDD related initiatives.
Bloomers Charity Bazaar+ A collaboration with Bloomers Training House
What About Friendships (WAF) and SEP held on 8th June 2019 to aid our collaborator in executing the Bazaar for collecting funds. Game booth such as bowling station and throwing darts were set up and we enjoy our day with the IDDs adults there.
“I’m Autistic, Not Stupid”
The very first awareness talk organised by WAF, in partnership with Autism Initiatives Malaysia (AIM). This talk highlights the life of Dr. Daniel Leong, who is autistic and his struggles of his early childhood up until the point of being diagnosed with high-functioning autism back in 2011. Despite his condition, his autism didn’t stop him from achieving a milestone of success.
