Hello there!

Firstly, we want to thank you for taking your time to read about this campaign and we hope that our stories will be able to touch your hearts!

FYI - All fundings from this website will given to the United Voice organization.

Our Purpose

The reason why we choose to support United Voice is because we all have personal experience with persons with disabilities in our circle of friends and families. We are inspired by our loved ones who face their disabilities with triumph and we to show and remind the world that, even with their disabilities, they should never be looked down upon. They should be our prime example in order to inspire us and make us understand that we should always do our hardest to be and do the best, even when we have our own challenges. This is what UV has been doing for the past 15 years helping them to be able to speak up for their rights and giving them an opportunity to be contributing members to the society.

Salsa Azzahra (Sunway University Student) 

The reason why I actually choose United Voice is because I have personal experience with disabilities. In reality, my cousin, who is now 20 years old, was born deaf. I have been watching, listening and observing the struggles he and his family have faced because of his condition for the last 21 years of my life. He still tries as hard as he can to interact well with us through his deafness, to study as hard as he may, and he never ever let his condition deter him from fulfilling his full potential. He used to be bullied during his high school years, to the point that he had to be transferred to a school for special children. He was always able to be the top student in his grade, even after all his trauma, to be ranked first in competitions and to make himself and all of us proud. Even if he's just a year younger than me, he really inspires me to work my hardest.

Testimonials from UV Members

Sara-Anne Ng KeXin

I am 22 years old. I have Trisomy 21 which means I am a Down Syndrome child. Thank God I am born strong and healthy and my obstacles are my features, heigh and a neuro-divergent. When I was a child, my parents did not send me to a public school. 

As a young adult now, my mother has managed to expose me to my working life. Now working at UV three times a week focusing on self advocacy. While at UV, I have learnt to help out at cookies making and weaving (Japanese Saori). 

I love to weave and it is a new skill that I have acquired with some training. After completing the weaving, my friends will sew and stitch to produce beautiful pouches, table mats and key chains out of the weaved cloth. I am also happy to attend DET classes. Best of all is I have lots of new friends and get to have lunches, outings and fun time with them."

Siti Farhah Azyan

Siti joined United Voice in 2008. For her, employment at UV is very meaningful because it provides her the chance to socialise with other adults with similar ability. Going to work also makes her feel accepted. UV has brought out and encouraged her to reveal her potentials. In UV, Siti helps out with the weaving and baking. She has grown a lot since first joining UV. From a shy person to now someone who is able to supervise her other friends and help them along the way. Among her personal achievements, she has won second place in the MRCB painting contest in 2009. In 2015, she represented Malaysia in the Special Olympic World Games which was held in Los Angeles, for bowling, where she won 2 bronze and 1 silver medals. 

How your money helps UV

• Paying for the raw materials, equipment and space required to make the products
  
• Paying the wages of the members we employ to make the handcrafted gifts, art and baked goods
  
• Providing employment training for all of our members, not just those we employ
  
• Providing training for external employer
  
• Providing awareness programs for the wider community
  

• Self-Advocacy
• Understanding persons with learning disabilities and how to support them
• Employment for Persons with Learning Disabilities
• Disability Equality Training (DET) / Disability Related Services Training (DRST)
• Audit Access (United Voice works together with other groups to conduct accessibility studies on buildings, transportation, public places, etc)

“To Form A National Body of Persons With Learning Disabilities in Malaysia”