More than 12,000 Universiti Malaya (UM) undergraduates benefitted from MR DIY’s #DIY4UM initiative.
A joint collaboration between MR DIY Group (M) Berhad (MR DIY), Touch ‘n Go Group (Touch ‘n Go), and UM, #DIY4UM saw the home improvement retailer distributed over RM3.6 million to help the undergraduates prepare for the return to campus.
Under #DIY4UM, each UM undergraduate received RM300 in cash aid, to be used for the purchase of everyday essentials and learning equipment.
The funds were distributed through the Touch ‘n Go’ e-wallet in three equal payments over November and December 2021.
MR DIY Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Adrian Ong said their founder Tan Yu Yeh, is a UM alumnus, and over the years, has helped them initiate a number of various programmes to benefit the university, its students and the community it serves.
“His wish, and our vision, has been for these efforts to spur other organisa