The Brunei Council on Social Welfare (MKM) was awarded the sixth ASEAN Rural Development Poverty Eradication Leadership Award during a ceremony at the MBS Convention Centre in Singapore on Tuesday. Receiving the award on behalf of MKM was its president Mohd Yusof bin Shaikh Abdul Halim from Singapore’s Social and Family Development Minister Masagos Zulkifli. […]
Over 130 underprivileged students in the Brunei-Muara District received books from a charity project recently. The Brunei Council on Social Welfare’s (MKM) Charity Books Project, organised with local bookshop dBookHaus, to hand over books to 131 children as part of their annual charity drive to encourage reading among underprivileged families. MKM President Mohamed Yusof bin […]
The Infaq Ikhlas Team organised a cleaning campaign at Kampong Menunggol in the Brunei-Muara District yesterday as part of the Community Outreach Project under the 30th Executive Development Programme for Senior Government Officers (EDPSGO). The campaign was carried out at the jetty area and Bukit Batu Bujang Pahang. Over 100 volunteers comprising Kampong Menunggol residents […]
Brunei Council on Social Welfare (MKM) President Yusof bin Halim advised children under MKM to work hard in school and instil a confident mindset so that they can change the fate of their families through their successes in school. Yusof was addressing 100 children who joined MKM’s National Family Day celebration at the Games Village […]
The third National Theatre Festival Brunei (NTFB) was officially launched at Jerudong International School (JIS) Arts Centre yesterday. The third instalment of NTFB, endorsed by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports (MCYS) and in partnership with Baiduri Bank, brings local performing arts groups together from August 17 to 20. Baiduri Bank Deputy Chief Executive […]