Tanam sikap taat setia melalui pasukan beruniform

Oleh Yusrin Junaidi

Sebahagian para pelajar yang menyertai perkhemahan berkenaan

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jumaat - Perkhemahan Pasukan Beruniform Bagi Sekolah Menengah dan Maktab Seluruh Negara yang bermula hari ini adalah untuk mengumpul dan menyatukan ahli pasukan beruniform dari seluruh negara.

Perkumpulan persatuan beruniform diadakan dalam bentuk perkhemahan bagi menanam sikap taat setia kepada negara melalui pasukan beruniform, melahirkan sikap tanggungjawab pada diri sendiri, rakan seperjuangan, sekolah, persatuan dan juga masyarakat dan mewujudkan sika toleransi, persefahaman dan semangat kerjasama di antara ahli pasukan.

Perkhemahan pada tahun ini disertai enam pasukan beruniform yang terdiri dari Pasukan Kadet Tentera ABDB, Pasukan Kadet Polis Diraja Brunei, Pasukan Kadet Bomba dan Penyelamat, Pasukan Pandu Puteri dan Pasukan Bulan Sabit Merah. Perkhemahan yang disertai 187 ahli persatuan dan 35 guru pengawas serta pemimpin pasukan melebihi daripada sasaran jumlah penyertaan.

Sepanjang perkhemahan yang bermula hari ini hingga 21 Mac itu pelbagai aktiviti yang sudah dirancang akan diadakan antaranya menaikkan Bendera Negara, persembahan dan hiburan, senaman, lawatan survival tentera, acara sukan dan solat berjemaah. Pengerusi Perkhemahan, Jalil Haji Kapitan ketika membentangkan statistik penganjuran perkhemahan berkata pada 2009 seramai 7664 orang telah melibatkan diri dalam kegiatan pasukan beruniform melalui sekolah.

Berliau menganggarkan kemungkinan statistik bagi 2010 akan mencapai sasaran Petunjuk Pencapaian Utama (KPI) Kementerian Pendidikan 2010-2011 yang menyasarkan seramai 9,000 pelajar terlibat dalam pasukan beruniform.

Beliau juga berkata aktiviti sepanjang perkhemahan ini nanti akan menerapkan nilai kepimpinan yang ingin diserapkan kepada semua ahli yang mengikuti perkhemahan itu sejajar dengan matlamat penubuhan setiap pasukan beruniform di sekolah dan maktab seluruh negara.

Sepanjang aktiviti perkhemahan berkenaan juga diadakan forum bertajuk Kualiti Kepimpinan dan Pasukan Beruniform sempena Sambutan Maulud Nabi Muhammad SAW juga diadakan.

Antara panel forum yang hadir ialah Ketua Bahagian Keagamaan, Jabatan Pendidikan Kokurikulum, Kementerian Pendidikan, Haji Sammali Haji Adam, Pegawai Tugas-tugas Khas, Bahagian Dasar dan Inspektorat, Kementerian Hal Ehwal Ugama, Hajah Zasia Haji Sirin dan ketua Bahagian Luar, Jabatan Pendidikan Kokurikulum, Kementerian Pendidikan, Ali Haji Ismail.

Media Permata - Sabtu, 20 Mac 2010.

Persatuan perlu ada program berkesan

Oleh Sim Y H

Antara mereka yang hadir di Forum Pembangunan Organisasi Asia Tenggara

Haji Abdul Malik bersama peserta forum.

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Selasa - Persatuan-persatuan kebangsaan diseru mempunyai program latihan yang teratur bagi pasukan sukarela mereka khususnya di kalangan belia bagi memastikan perkhidmatan yang mereka sumbangkan terutama di masa bencana atau mala petaka adalah optimum.

Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Kebudayaan, Belia dan Sukan, Dato Paduka Haji Jemat Haji Ampal berkata, untuk itu, satu dasar kebangsaan bagi belia sudah ditubuhkan dengan memberikan tumpuan kepada penghasilan belia cemerlang yang mempunyai disiplin tinggi, bertanggungjawab, dinamik dan komited kepada pembangunan negara.

Di peringkat antarabangsa pula, Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah pula amat komited kepada menyumbangkan perkhidmatan sukarela, pertolongan kemanusiaan, bantuan kecemasan serta pengurusan bencana, katanya.

Dato Paduka Haji Jemat berkata demikian ketika merasmikan Forum Pembangunan Organisasi Asia Tenggara 2010 di Jerudong, hari ini. Teks ucapannya dibacakan wakil peribadi beliau, Haji Abdul Malik Haji Muhammad.

Lebih 20 wakil dari Persatuan Bulan Sabit dan Palang Merah Asia Tenggara menyertai forum yang dikendalikan bersama oleh Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Brunei dengan Persekutuan Antarabangsa Persatuan Bulan Sabit dan Palang Merah selama tiga hari bermula hari ini hingga 4 Mac.

Forum itu memberikan peluang kepada wakil persatuan dari setiap negara Asia Tenggara membincangkan perkembangan terkini di negara masing-masing serta berkongsi pengalaman dan amalan terbaik setiap negara.

Dalam ucapan itu lagi, Dato Paduka Haji Jemat menyatakan bahawa jawatankuasa kerja kebangsaan bagi bencana adalah Jawatankuasa Pengurusan Bencana Kebangsaan dengan Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Brunei merupakan antara persatuan bukan kerajaan yang memberikan perkhidmatan sukarela bersama pakar perubatan di pusat pengasingan ketika kejadian wabak Influenza A H1N1 baru-baru ini.

Beliau menaruh harapan supaya semua peserta forum dapat menggunakan peluang yang diberikan untuk berkongsi pengalaman, pandangan dan pengetahuan bukan sahaja terhadap isu semasa tetapi juga bagi meningkatkan keberkesanan organisasi masing-masing.

--media PERMATA

Tugas sukarelawan tuntut pengorbanan mendalam

Oleh Sim Y H

Teuku Alaidinsyah

Zuchairiah Lukman

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Selasa - Kejadian tsunami yang melanda Aceh pada 26 Disember 2004 bagaikan mimpi buruk bagi ratusan ribu penduduk wilayah itu apabila air setinggi 60 meter dengan deras menghancurkan lebih 60 peratus infrastruktur dan bangunannya.

Di samping itu, lebih daripada 270,000 penduduk terkorban dan ratusan ribu lagi kehilangan tempat tinggal mereka.

Tsunami yang disebabkan oleh gempa bumi di dasar laut sekuat 9 pada skala Richter itu tidak menyebabkan kemusnahan Aceh tetapi tsunami yang melanda berpunca dari gempa bumi itu menghancurkan bukan sahaja kehidupan tetapi menguji ketabahan serta keprihatinan penduduk seluruh dunia.

Lebih 10,000 sukarelawan dari Persatuan Bulan Sabit dan Palang Merah seluruh dunia termasuk Brunei menyertai operasi kemanusiaan dan bantuan di sana.

Sukarelawan yang berada di Aceh turut membantu tentera tempatan dan antarabangsa dalam pelbagai bidang termasuk bantuan kecemasan awal serta kegiatan mencari dan menyelamat.

Mereka turut berada di Aceh sehingga enam bulan selepas kejadian bagi membantu penduduk yang terjejas dari segi fizikal dan mengalami trauma.

Perkara itu merupakan sebahagian daripada pengalaman yang dikongsi wakil Persatuan Palang Merah Indonesia, Teuku Alaidinsyah ketika ditemui Media Permata pada Forum Pembangunan Organisasi Asia Tenggara 2010 di Jerudong, hari ini.

Menurutnya, selain bantuan kemanusiaan dan perubatan, sukarelawan turut menolong mendirikan khemah perlindungan bagi mangsa yang kehilangan rumah.

Seorang lagi wakil dari Indonesia, Zuchairiah Lukman berkata bahawa cabaran yang dihadapi ketika operasi kemanusiaan di Aceh merupakan bantuan ubat dan air yang bersih bagi kegunaan mangsa-mangsa.

Beliau menjelaskan disebabkan bencana skala besar itu, banyak kelemahan dikenal pasti dalam mengendalikan bencana yang belum pernah dialami di Indonesia sebelum itu.

Malah dalam menangani kelemahan itu serta untuk membangunkan semula Aceh, ia memerlukan pembangunan kapasiti menerusi pelaksanaan Program Pembangunan Organisasi lima tahun dalam pelbagai bidang termasuk menyediakan bantuan perubatan, bekalan air bersih dan pengedaran ubat-ubatan ke kawasan yang terjejas.

--media PERMATA

Aid agencies urged to boost capabilities

By Azlan Othman and Amie PDH Ishak

Hj Abd Malik, personal representative of Dato Paduka Hj Jemat bin Hj Ampal, reading his text of speech.

Delegates pose for a group photo at the opening ceremony of the Southeast Asia Organisational Development (OD) Forum 2010. - PHOTOS: AZLAN OTHMAN

"Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies are very committed to serving through volunteering, humanitarian aid, relief and support and disaster management. We cannot run away from disasters, which can be either natural or man-made disaster. Developing countries are hit hardest by natural disasters. But as national societies, you can help to alleviate the trauma and suffering of the victims.

"The tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia and earthquake in Indonesia and the recent earthquake in Haiti and two days ago the devastating earthquake in Chile, all require disaster management - humanitarian relief and support by local and International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies."

This was stated by Hj Abd Malik Hj Muhammad on behalf of Dato Paduka Hj Jemat bin Hj Ampal, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, at the opening ceremony of the Southeast Asia Organisational Development (OD) Forum 2010 held at LR ASMA Hotel in Jerudong.

"In Brunei, there is a national level working committee known as the National Disaster Management Committee (NDMC) and the Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society was one of the NGOs providing volunteer services with other health professionals at the quarantine centre during the recent H1N1 outbreak.

"I hope this forum will provide an opportunity for each National Society, especially Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent, to share their diverse experiences, perspectives and knowledge not only on the issues discussed but also for the enhancement of every organisation.

"We look forward to the many deliberations towards the further strengthening of more strategic organisational development capabilities, resulting in better-organised and well-coordinated national societies with strengthened capabilities in communication, coordination and sharing of information and expertise among national societies inter and intra regionally.

"This year's Organisational Development Forum has been given the theme 'Strategy 2020: Saving Lives, Changing Minds', and this year's forum will be focussing on three major areas of group discussions, namely, Humanitarian Diplomacy, Volunteering and HQ/Branch Relationship and Decentralisation. These are very important issues for strategic development of national societies with well-developed and pro-active human resource or manpower required for saving lives in times of catastrophe and at the same time practising humanitarian diplomacy with crucial commitment to uphold the seven fundamental principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movements of Humanity, Impartiality, Neutrality, Independence, Voluntary, Unity and Universality.

"Volunteers, in particular youth members are a great asset to any NGOs (Non-Government Organisations). In order to maximise their contribution, particularly in times of disaster or catastrophe, it is crucial that national societies have very well-structured training programmes in volunteering," he said.

The two-day forum brings together participants from 14 Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies, namely, from Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden, Timor Leste, Thailand, IFRC (International Federation Red Cross/Red Crescent) Bangkok Regional Office and the International Committee of the Cross (ICRC).

"The forum will provide an opportunity for each of us from our respective country and national society to share our diverse experiences, perspectives and knowledge about issues to be discussed at this forum. For us, it is definitely an added value to our organisational development strategic planning and for future directions of the Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society," said Hj Julaini Latip, Chairman of the Organisational Development Forum 2010. The forum is an annual event and this is the first time that Brunei Darussalam is the host country.

--Borneo Bulletin

Red Crescent delegates share their tsunami experiences

Azlan Othman and Amie PDH Ishak Mar 3rd, 2010

Two Indonesian Red Crescent delegates currently in Brunei to attend the Southeast Asia Organisational Development Forum shared their views on Tsunami that struck Aceh in December 2004.

Mr Teuku (R) and Ms Zuchairiah speaking to the Bulletin

Mr Teuku Alaidinsyah said it was on Dec 26, 2004 at around 7.20am that 9.0 richter scale earthquake triggered 50-60 metre waves (or two coconut trees high) and destroyed two-third of Aceh, Malabu, Aceh Jaya and other districts.

Some 270,000 people died in the earthquake which also damaged the infrastructures. The Red Crescent and the Indonesian army were alerted and ordered to evacuate the corpses. On the second day, volunteers came from all over the world to help including naval ships from the US, Germany and France.

He said some 10,000 Red Crescents were involved and took six months in to evacuate and another two years for the rehabilitation. They came from 40 International Federation of Red Cross worldwide.

Meanwhile, Ms Zuchairiah Lukman, Banda Aceh sub-delegation said during the forum here in Brunei, they discussed and shared views on evacuation of corpses, rehabilitation, reconstruction, psycho-social or to treat traumatic victims and reunite parents and children.

At that time, there was a need for capacity building to rebuild Aceh in tackling problems and utilising resources. In 2005, a five-year programme was conducted in Aceh as they never experienced a disaster of such scale before.

This year is the final year and the closing will be held in Aceh as well and an assessment will be conducted around 21 districts. Volunteershave worked round the clock to provide clean water, health, medicines which were dispatched to the affected areas.

--Borneo Bulletin

Brunei to host regional forum on organisational development

The Brunei Times Feb 27th, 2010
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN

THE Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society (BDRC) will host the upcoming Southeast Asia Organisational Development Forum 2010 on March 2 at The Rizqun International Hotel to learn more how each country operates.

Thirty-two delegates including those from Brunei, will discuss during the forum how each of the respective Southeast Asian countries were managing their organisation. BDRC National Director of Development and Training Julaini Latip told The Brunei Times about the hosting of the forum yesterday just before a meeting between BDRC members to discuss and prepare for the event.

“The forum (is about) sharing ideas and experiences and how to move forward. Each society has its strengths and weaknesses. This forum will discuss how we can improve our weaknesses and share our strengths,” he said.

Julaini said that while Brunei is a small country and BDRC is a relatively small organisation, it definitely has something to offer. “For example, the public doesn’t know, but we were involved during the Influenza A (H1N1) outbreak in the country, directly or indirectly helping in terms of management by volunteering our services,” he said.

The Southeast Asia Organisational Development Forum is an annual event and part of the organisational development and capacity-building programme, supported by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Southeast Asia regional secretariat. IFRC is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation.

The forum, to be chaired by Julaini, will be attended by 32 delegates. Members from the IFRC in Bangkok are expected to arrive today to support the BDRC in organising the event.

This will be Brunei’s first time to host the forum, and Julaini wished to take the opportunity to publicly thank the IFRC for having the confidence in them to host the event and thank them for their continuous support in the process of organising the forum. The event will cover three main topics: volunteering, humanitarian diplomacy and headquarters-branch relationships and decentralisation.

“In the context of volunteering, for example, Indonesia, may pass on their experiences of handling the tsunami disaster and how they functioned,” Julaini said.

Humanitarian diplomacy refers to issues of human rights while the last topic targets larger countries with many IFRC branches to communicate better with each other and make them more effective.

There are 11 IFRC societies in Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam.

The Brunei Times

Regional Forum For Red Cross Societies Kicks Off

Written by Amir Noor

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 07:29

Bandar Seri Begawan - Members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) from across the Southeast Asian region gathered for the Southeast Asia Organisational Development (OD) Forum yesterday to share and discuss each respective country's diverse experience, perspective and knowledge about various issues to be discussed at the forum.

Brunei is the host of the three-day Southeast Asia OD Forum this year which is held at Asma Hotel with more than II IFRC attending from the Southeast Asian region.

"The OD Forum is an annual event and this year, the IFRC has given the Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) great confidence, and it's not only a responsibility but a privilege and opportunity to learn and be exposed further," said Chairman of the Organising Committee Hj Julaini Abdul Latip.

The forum will be focusing on three main topics with discussions in groups on volunteering, humanitarian diplomacy and headquarters/ branch relationships and decentralisation, which are very crucial and significant to the organisational development in every Red Cross and Red Crescent Society.

Also taking the stage to present his welcoming remarks was Hisham Harun Hashim, Deputy National Chairman of Malaysian Red Crescent Society and Board Member of IFRC. In his speech, Hisham Harun mentioned BDRCS as taking an active role as a member in the IFRC by hosting this year's OD Forum.

He added that in the past 20 years, the members of the IFRC that are most active are those in the Southeast Asian region and with this, he takes most pride in. He said that there has been a strong unity within this region which has presented many opportunities in exchanging experiences and better partnerships between countries.

Speaking on behalf of the guest of honour was Hj Abdul Malik Hj Mohammad, the personal representative of the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, who said that the three main topics up for discussion at the forum are very important issues for strategic development of national societies with well-developed and pro-active human resource or manpower required for saving lives in times of catastrophe.

"At the same time, practising humanitarian diplomacy with crucial commitment will uphold the seven fundamental principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: Humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary, unity and universality," said Hj Abdul Malik.

He also highlighted volunteering among youth members in particular in order to maximise their contribution in crucial times.

"As far as the youth are concerned, Brunei Darussalam has developed a national policy on youth which focuses on creating excellent youths who have strong discipline, responsibility, dynamics and are committed towards nation building," said the personal representative.

Forum coordinator Aekarad Rakwanat told The Brunei Times that there will also be outdoor activities held at the Bukit Shahbandar Recreational Park for all the 32 delegates.

"With the help of the BDRCS and Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, there will be sections of interactivity between the delegates and the locals as we will have activities in the Bukit Shahbandar area," said Aekarad.

"This will act as a break from constant talks and meetings, but also a good exchange of culture and knowledge," he added.

The forum will be held for three days and will end on March 4 at the Asma Hotel in Jerudong.

LR Asma Hotel at Jerudong, the forum venue

-- Courtesy of The Brunei Times via BruDirect.COM