Listed below are articles abstracted from past issues of PELITA
毕理学院关爱弱势群体
而毕理学院所提供的帮助,在一定 的程度上帮助了这些孩子,从而让 他们得到较好的教育,减少他们走上歪路的机会,让他们开始另一个 循环。
为了让毕理学院的学生能够实际参 与这项关爱社会弱势群体的行动 中,该学院亦鼓励学校的各社团 在进行社团活动时,能够让相关孩 子们参与,并与他们建立美好的关 系。
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10% of the tuition fees collected from new intake will be allocated to support 140 poor students. As such, starting this year, each new student will be involved in this ministry indirectly.
Currently MPI has three intakes each year; January, May and July.
These students are from: Community Learning Centre of Miri Gereja Methodist Tudan (40), Kuching Pusat Jagaan Kanak-Kanak (40) and Sibu Destiny Centre (60).
MPI’s Chairman Mr Chang Jih Ren launched the ministry during the 25th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service. He stressed that God loves the world, especially the disadvantaged groups. MPI as a church institution should play the role of caring for the socially-disadvantaged groups which is the main reason for starting this ministry, he added.
This is a “break-the-vicious circle” program. A child born in a poor family may find it difficult to receive good education and in the growing-up process, there is a high probability that he may go astray. He may even be ill-prepared to start a new family and will most probably be caught in the vicious cycle again.
MPI hopes the financial aid, to a certain extent, will help these students get a better education, thus reducing the probability of going astray, hence allowing them to break away from the vicious cycle to have a better life.
To enable MPI students to be more involved in this ministry, the Institute encourages all student bodies to invite these poor students to join in their activities so as to cultivate a better relationship between them.
Reported by April Lu
Translated by KT Chew