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“People think that you have to be rich in order to make a difference in someone’s life,” muses Datin Sri Umayal Eswaran. “But they forget that giving back doesn’t only come in grand gestures or monetary support. It can happen in simple acts of kindness, like feeding a hungry person or lending our time and skills to social causes.”
As the chairperson of QI Group’s award-winning social impact arm, RYTHM Foundation, Umayal lives this belief every day as she spearheads strategic programmes in line with the foundation’s three pillars of education for all, female empowerment and gender quality, and sustainable community development. Partnering with NGOs and grassroots organisations, RYTHM Foundation has uplifted communities in the Southeast Asian region and around the world through its holistic educational programmes, grant-making and volunteer engagement projects. Many of RYTHM Foundation’s programmes have won awards abroad in Indonesia, India and Ghana, as well as here in Malaysia.
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