CIMB FOUNDATION GUIDES YOUNG ASEAN LEADERS ON DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

Caption : Tengku Dato' Sri Zafrul Aziz, Group Chief Executive, CIMB Group (fourth left) in company of the CIMB Board of Trustees: Datuk Dr. Richard Leete (second left), Rosnah Dato' Kamarul Zaman (third left), Tan Sri G K Rama Iyer (middle), Dato' Robert Cheim (third right), Freddie Ancho Bian, Head of Corporate Responsibility, CIMB Foundation (left), University Kebangsaan representatives and the 50 undergraduates across ASEAN at the closing ceremony of the fourth CIMB Young ASEAN Leaders programme, held yesterday evening in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- CIMB Foundation, in collaboration with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), recently brought together 50 undergraduates from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam for a three-day workshop on understanding and preparing for disasters. With the theme ‘Disaster Risk Reduction’ (DRR), this workshop is part of CIMB Foundation’s Young ASEAN Leaders (“CIMB YAL”) programme, which is now in its fourth series. The CIMB YAL programme, which features different themes every year, is aimed at training young ASEAN leaders on social responsibility and inspiring them to initiate programmes to benefit their respective home communities. It is also a platform for these ASEAN youths to exchange ideas, broaden their perspectives, learn from cross cultural experiences and build a network among their ASEAN peers. The themes and activities for the programmes are specially curated to help these youths cultivate a better understanding of current issues, and foster a sense of shared responsibility towards sustainable development and the principle of inclusiveness among ASEAN citizens.

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