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Farisa's 20th Birthday Fundraiser for WAO

  • 30/09/2020 - 10/10/2020

Farisa's 20th Birthday Fundraiser for WAO is participating in Help WAO Support Survivors of Domestic Violence
and is fundraising for Women's Aid Organisation

The best birthday gift I can receive is your support by donating to the Women's Aid Organisation. Any amount or social media post is greatly appreciated, no matter how big or small.

My Story

This year, birthday celebrations are different altogether due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For my 20th birthday (October 6th), I have decided to set up a fundraiser page for one of the groups of the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality. The Women's Aid Organisation/Pertubuhan Pertolangan Wanita advocates for gender equality and the protection of women against domestic violence. I am a strong supporter of WAO's advocacy towards changing the education system to promote gender equality.

This past summer, I had a particularly bad experience being discriminated against. The most baffling thing was that everyone else had accepted this behaviour as a 'norm', but I refuse to. It made me realise that gender discrimination has seeped itself into every aspect of life, from home to the workplace to our educational institutions. It is integrated into the backbones of our society, and it will take a massive effort to remove its roots from our institutions.

Supporting these organisations will not erase inequality overnight, but I hope that this fundraiser brings awareness to the organisations that challenge the deeply rooted discrimination that exists in our society. I am fortunate that I can publicly declare my support for these organisations on an online platform without any backlash.  Think about the victims suffering quietly because they are intimidated by their partners, families and friends to speak out. But I shouldn't say that I'm fortunate for not having been a victim of domestic violence. I cannot be fortunate when it is a human right to be treated with equal worth and respect, of which we all should be entitled to. By supporting WAO, we can support them.

Any form of support, whether through donations or sharing this on your social media, would truly make this the best birthday celebration I could ever receive.
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Recent Donors

  • Aiman Uzahir Abdul Hakim

    MYR 50 10/07/2020 08:01:10 AM UTC

  • An Chen

    MYR 100 10/07/2020 06:36:43 AM UTC

  • Ashley Ng

    MYR 30 10/07/2020 04:47:59 AM UTC

  • Margaret Wing

    Well done Farisa. Such a worthy cause

    MYR 18 10/06/2020 02:48:31 AM UTC

  • Anonymous

    MYR 50 10/04/2020 05:38:45 PM UTC

  • Anonymous

    MYR 20 10/04/2020 05:01:36 PM UTC

  • Mohd Raslan Abdul Rahman

    MYR 100 10/04/2020 06:55:36 AM UTC

  • Anonymous

    GBP 5 10/02/2020 10:10:31 PM UTC

  • Anas Naqieb

    a moving and heartwarming cause indeed 🥺 keep going !!

    MYR 20 10/02/2020 09:42:55 AM UTC

  • Anonymous

    😆

    MYR 75 10/01/2020 03:24:12 PM UTC

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