For over a decade, HomeGrown founding members has been a champion for community and civil society activism and a strong advocacy for helping the unfortunate members of the society, ongoing relief efforts, gender equality and, civilized politics in Malaysia. Along with other government agencies and partnering with other Non-government Organizations (NGOs), HomeGrown are creating a platform that serve communities and the society by raising awareness through campaigns nationwide.
#towardsacivilsociety
It took many years for even the West to grant equality to women. And it did not come easy. In Malaysia we still have a long way to go for women to be granted equal status to men and most merely pay lip service to the issue. Take candidates in the general election as one example. While women represent 50% of the voters, political parties are still reluctant to field more women candidates.
Politics in Malaysia is very worrying and Malaysians do not understand that just because you have different opinions and ideology that does not mean you do not need to be civil to one another. Malaysian political campaigns are nothing short of hate campaigns and this is tearing society apart. We need to teach Malaysians that you can differ in views but that does not mean you need to hate.
About 800 million people in the world, or one in nine, are suffering from chronic undernourishment. The problem is not that the world is short of food but that surplus food is not moved to places where they need food. This is one of our projects: moving surplus or unwanted food to places that need it. And we shall start with hotels that discard a lot of food and move this food to those who need it.
