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The name Kalsom was adopted from an earlier initiative in the 90s.
Puan Kelthom Abdullah was a single mother struggling to make ends meet in Kelantan. Her children were forced to drop out of school, and her plight was given some media attention in 1993. Upon reading about her in the papers, a group of young Malaysian students in the UK decided to run a collection to help bear the education cost of her children.
For the initial group of students, it was not enough to merely collect money. They decided to take it a step further, spurred on by the conviction that they had a greater role to play. They decided that given their youth, and being students themselves, they were in an excellent position to help encourage and assist students from lesser-developed parts of Malaysia to excel in their studies. And so, during their summer holidays in the following year, they ran a motivational camp for the students of Jerantut, Pahang. It proved successful, and they decided to run it again the following year in Grik, Perak. The Projek Kalsom 16 held in summer 2010 also featured a homestay programme at Kampung Langkap, Setiu, Terengganu for facilitators, on top of the usual motivational programme.
Projek Kalsom has since been held annually, growing from strength to strength, and is now run with the full support of the Malaysian High Commission in London, Ministry of Education, and Ministry of Health.
This year, we look forward to have the 2011 Projek Kalsom 17 in Melaka.
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