K. Kumuthini is never shy of speaking to others but her biggest issue is communicating in English. “I can make friends easily and speak to anyone but when it comes to conversing in English, I just could not do it....

Teacher and school counsellor Maureen was among the educators who were involved in the earliest Maharani camps held in Sungai Siput, Perak in 2010. “I was in the first batch of teachers who participated in the Maharani camp as an...

Around six years ago, at a Maharani camp in Penang, Malaysia, one of the girls broke down during a sharing session and started crying uncontrollably. M. Barathy Devi who manages the Maharani programme for RYTHM Foundation sat down with the...

The eldest of three siblings, Yee Huei Thung, 18 who prefers to be called Vanessa, loves make-up and is currently doing a beautician course at the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in Kuala Lumpur. Vanessa has learnt to be independent...

K. Sarvena first attended the Maharani camp at the age of 14. “It was fun and full of activities but as I was very shy I did not talk much and spent a lot of time quietly observing others,” she...

Nurul Aswa Irwani Mohd Azizuddin, 36 has been a Maharani programme coordinator at SMK Datuk Haji Abdul Wahab school in Sungai Siput, Perak for the last four years now. “I have been monitoring the girls who participate in the Maharani...

S. Swetha, 17 said her biggest accomplishment to date is winning the first prize in the inter-school drama competition held at Kuala Lumpur, last year. “I played the main role in the drama, entitled Efforts and Success. It was my...

Quest International University Perak (QIUP) senior lecturer J. Gogilavaani reluctantly stepped into the shoes of the Footprints programme coordinator when the initial person in charge left to further her studies. “I was only called in at the later stage to...

Mayzze Peter, 26, is from the indigenous Orang Asli community and grew up at Kampung Orang Asli, a village in the state of Perak in Malaysia. Her father was the sole breadwinner of the family, working as an office boy,...

Reading about the frontliners battling the Covid-19 pandemic and risking their lives to save others made P. Kerrthiga, 16 realise that she wanted to become a nurse one day. “I am amazed by their work and dedication to help and...

Growing up in a single-parent household, P. Nalini, 22, looks up to her mother whom she describes as her role model in life. “My parents divorced when I was 12 years old and since then my mother has been working...