Saturday, January 5, 2008

IM Charity Evening 2008

CHARITY EVENING for S.M.A.R.T.E.R. on 2nd FEB 2008 organised by the medical students of the Institute of Medicine, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, in collaboration with Phuture Phase Productions.
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All proceeds from this charity evening will go to S.M.A.R.T.E.R.
~ REACH OUT TOUCH A HEART ~
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CHARITY EVENINGS AIM:
The primary aim of this Charity Evening is to increase awareness in the society regarding autism and the role of S.M.A.R.T.E.R. and also to raise fund to support S.M.A.R.T.E.R. in their efforts to maintain the centre and their specific programmes.
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S.M.A.R.T.E.R. with reference to http://www.smarterbrunei.org/
"The Society for the Management of Autism Related issues - Training, Education and Resources" of Brunei or in The Society shall be a BENEVOLENT SOCIETY, VOLUNTARY, NON-PROFIT MAKING SOCIETY"
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Briefly, S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Brunei was formed on 9th September 2001, by Malai Hj Abdullah. It is a non-governmental, non-profit center which aims to support the individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their family members socially, technically, environmentally as well as psychologically, which is S.T.E.P in short.
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S.M.A.R.T.E.R. has 62 members consisting mostly of parents of autistic children. Since SMARTER is a non-governmental organization, it continues to runby the support of donations from the public as well as private sectors. Therefore, this event has been organized to raise and contribute funds to the organization, so it will carry on running.

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