(Picture courtesy by Shoradhi)
7th September 2009 – The Auckland Palestine Roadshow which commenced on 15th August 2009 met its end on the 7th of September 2009. Thorough out the 3 week period, a lot of activities were done to cultivate the awareness on Palestine issues among Malaysian’s student in Auckland. Auckland Palestine Roadshow also managed to collect NZD10, 000 to be donated towards the Palestine fund.
This is the combine effort of several Malaysian students club in Auckland which consisted of Belia Cergas Auckland (BECA), UMNO Auckland Club, Petronas Unions in Auckland (PETUNIA) and Malaysian Auckland Post-Graduate Students Association (MAPSA).
We have worked together with Aman Palestine which is well known for their great effort and work towards helping our brothers and sisters in Palestine. A representative from Aman Palestine, Dr Zainur Rashid came to New Zealand and gave talks about Palestine and provided us with a lot of information and history about Palestine that were not taken seriously or was not published widely enough. His talks were very effective and informative.
Throughout 3 weeks, activities such as Khat contest, Dessert contest, Garage Sale, Coloring contest, Photography competition and Poem contest were made to encourage the students to get involved in the Roadshow. There were also talks organized throughout the Roadshow in addressing the issue about Palestine and Islam. Iftar was also held to gather all students and celebrate fasting together in the spirit of Ramadhan. Fund raising and donation activates took placed almost every day as this was one of the objectives of the Roadshow, to collect funds to help the people of Palestine.
There were video and slideshow performances presented during the closing ceremony with the theme of Palestine.
Overall, Auckland Palestine Roadshow 2009 has met its objective in creating awareness among Malaysians regarding Palestine issues and in collecting funds to help our brothers and sisters in Palestine. The fund was handed over to Dr. Zainur Rashid, Aman Palestine Sdn. Bhd. representative during the closing ceremony at the University of Auckland.
Our hope is that the effort made by all the students in Auckland will be blessed by Allah S.W.T.
