BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 18 (Borneo Bulletin/ANN): International School Brunei (ISB) celebrated Kindness Week with a series of meaningful activities to encourage and inspire students towards greater kindness.
Kindness Week was led by five secondary students who attended a three-day virtual Kindness Leaders Conference organised by the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Malaysia in February.
The conference was based on the premise that kindness and empathy hold the key to solving the world’s biggest problems.
In an era where hateful comments and divisive rhetoric seem to be on the rise, the conference was hoped to empower young people to be kindness leaders, to be kind and empathetic, and to not see such values as weaknesses, but as a sign of emotional strengths.
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Empowering the future: Choi (left) and another participant during the virtual conference.
PETALING JAYA: The Star’s #StandTogether Kindness Leaders are among the passionate youngsters from across South-East Asia who took part in Unicef’s first regional Kindness Leaders Conference.
The virtual conference, joined by students from 10 South-East Asian countries, was held to empower the younger generation with kindness and empathetic leadership skills.
“Empathy may seem like a simple concept but I’ve learned that many problems can be talked through and resolved with it.
“I want to create a more meaningful and peaceful future through the Kindness Leaders movement, ” said Malaysian participant Roshni Sivanaesan, 16.