Project Masyithoh

Credits to Yao Yang (who was, I assume, too shy to post his wonderful piece of work).

Edited slightly (I hope you don't mind), for City Developments Limited (CDL), which we're all indebted to =)

Project Masyithoh - A project that allowed 17 of us to do our small part for this tightly-knitted community in Yogyakarta. To pen down our feelings about Project Masyithoh is no easy task because it really is an amalgamation of joy, relief, sadness and many other emotions, all rolled into one. The best we can do is to break it down into parts and try our best to convey our thoughts simply through, what best we thought but, MASYITHOH itself.

Memories are there for us to relive the wondrous experience over and over again.

Aid that we rendered to the local community will go a long way in providing a more conducive environment in which the children receive their education.

Sponsors. Our heartfelt gratitude goes to the people that have made all these possible. This includes City Developments Limited, Ice^3 café, and the numerous individual donors who supported us in all our fund-raising events. Their generous support is much appreciated by us, and even more so by the villagers whose gratitude we can only help convey on their behalf.

Youths. A project by youths, for youths. It was not a mere visit to Yogyakarta, but rather, a project spanning the length of 6 months in which we explored, discussed, and deliberated various issues pertaining to society such as religion, migration, income disparities, and much more.

Integration. The cross-cultural exchange has certainly benefited us in ways which no number of words can do justice to. Throughout our stay in the village, we ate, worked, played, and lived with the villages, with them sincerely acknowledging us as a part of their keluarga (family).

Tears. We were so attached to villagers that many of us shed tears of sadness when it was time to leave. There were tears of joy too, that we managed to forge such strong and beautiful friendships which we never imagined would be possible.

Hiccups. Throughout the course of the project, we had our fair share of successes as well as hiccups. More importantly though, our team proved capable in rising up to the challenges and learnt from our mistakes.

Opportunities. We are grateful for all the oppportunities given to us by our families, peers, sponsors, donors, and Indonesian friends. Without their support, Project Masyithoh would not have been possible.

Hardwork. The happy faces of the villages, their tears of joy, sadness, and gratitude, the completed classroom and the close bonds forged beyond national, religious, and ethnic boundaries are testament to the hardwork put in by all of us.