Advocacy

SERUM Initiative - Battle Against Covid-19

by SERUM

MYR 6,661.28

Raised of MYR 25,000.00 target.


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27%

Over 2 Years

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THE PROBLEM


 

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, hand sanitisers and face masks became a daily necessity for us. While we might be privileged enough to have sufficient supplies, many underserved communities do not have adequate access due to the logistical and financial barriers. The inaccessibility of healthcare supplies among underserved communities such as the urban poor and refugees causes a risk in COVID-19 outspread. We believe that no one should be left out in the equation, and everyone should have an equal chance of preventing COVID-19 outspread.

THE SOLUTION


SERUM aims to provide hand sanitisers and reusable face masks for 2,500 beneficiaries from underserved communities such as urban poor and refugees across Malaysia. For every RM10 donated: RM5 is utilised to provide 50ml hand sanitiser; another RM5 for a reusable face mask (made by the refugee artisan who we empowered previously). Therefore, each donation creates 2 layers of impact: health and economic impacts.

SERUM also collaborates closely with NGOs and social enterprises on-the-ground to ensure each of the supplies is channeled to the communities that are truly in need. 

Previously, SERUM has:

  • Successfully raised RM 64,521.02 💥 

  • Impacted almost 6,000 beneficiaries, ranging from refugees to, urban poor, rural poor, single mother and OKU ⛑

  • Provided 8,250 disposable face masks, 4,675 reusable face masks, and over 320L of hand sanitisers 😷

  • Helped reopen 6 working centers and 3 learning centers for the refugee children 💪

  • 215 young fundraisers joined and upskilled via our program 👩‍🎓

Partnered with 8 small businesses and secured 1 corporate sponsorship 🏬

THE IMPACT


 

2,500 underserved beneficiaries will receive 50ml of hand sanitisers and 1 piece of reusable face masks per person. This will further prevent the spread of COVID-19 among the dense population, ensuring everyone has an equal chance of preventing the outspread. 

In addition, our refugee artisan who makes the reusable face masks will also receive around RM 12,500 from their hard work. 

Goal Breakdown

Goal 1 - Reusable Face Masks. Amount Needed: MYRRM 12,500

Goal 2 - Hand Sanitisers. Amount Needed: MYRRM 12,500

Goal 3 - . Amount Needed: MYR

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MYR 6,661.28

Raised of MYR 25,000.00 target.


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Women should stay healthy and hygienic always

About the Organization/Project behind this Campaign

SERUM


 

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, many underserved communities lost their source of income as they usually relied on physical events to sell their handmade items. While many are heavily affected, the underserved communities had it worse as they have been struggling to make ends meet even before the pandemic. While they are struggling to put food on their table, protecting themselves from the Covid has become their additional burden as they couldn’t afford to buy hygiene kits. The cost of purchasing hygiene supplies during the pandemic is higher than usual. Everyone should be given an opportunity to earn their living and be protected from this pandemic.

SERUM aims to provide an online platform for underserved communities to market their handmade products. At the same time, we hope to provide them the opportunities to protect themselves from this pandemic. The funds collected will be used to maintain our online platform and digital marketing to push out the products from the underserved communities. Meanwhile, we are fortunate enough in securing hygiene supplies at a low cost in which we will provide it to the underserved communities with every donation received towards our online platform. With every RM 10 donated to our cause in building the online platform, SERUM will donate a hygiene kit (face mask & 50 ml hand sanitizers) to a beneficiary.

To date, we have collaborations with NGOs such as Tanma Foundation, Taylor's Community, Majlis Belia Malaysia, Kedai Jalanan UM, Lady Ayaz Sewing Centre, Rohingya Women Development Network, Malaysian Karen Organisation, and Impact Malaysia. Through our platform, we have generated an income close to RM 30k to our underserved artisans. Along our journey, we discovered there are many more underserved communities that were stripped of their source of income. We hope to expand our platform to cater to more of the artisan's communities for them to earn an honest living.

Therefore, we would like to invite you to join us on this impact journey. We deeply thank every single one of you for your kind generosity and contribution.

Fundraisers supporting this Campaign



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Raised of MYR 300.00 target.

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