Becoming a volunteer with MAKNA is one of the most significant ways you could help cancer patients who desperately need our assistance. Consider yourself a proud ‘ambassador’ of the MAKNA brand!
As time is precious, sharing yours with cancer patients and their families makes it all the more meaningful.
You could help at our treatment centre by spending some quality time with patients simply by being there and providing a listening ear. Our volunteers are involved in numerous activities with our patients and enjoy simple activities such as walks and playing board games.
MAKNA volunteer activities have included or can include:
Volunteer Appreciation Get Together
A Volunteer Appreciation Get Together themed “Magical Moments?was held on 27 and
28 January 2007. Read More... (Activities will be announced via e-mail or postal mail prior to the event)
Cancer Awareness Education
Your assistance would be valuable at MAKNA’s various cancer awareness campaigns. This involves managing exhibitions and distributing informative materials, among other aspects. (Activities will be announced via e-mail or postal mail prior to the event)
Recreational activities for young cancer patients
Recreational activities are organized for cancer children to spend some time
away from the hospital settings. Children are taken to Theme parks, meet
favourite celebrities (local/international), educational, centers and much-much
more. As a volunteer you will buddy a child who becomes your best buddy of the
day.
(Activities will be announced via e-mail or postal mail prior to the event)
Fundraising Events
From charity runs to football matches to concerts to car washes, MAKNA is always in need of volunteers in such events.
(Activities will be announced via e-mail or postal mail prior to the event)
Administrative Work
Your assistance could be valuable to us at our office. We are always on the look-out for volunteers to help with tasks such as updating our databases, issuing tax exemption receipts, compiling articles related to cancer, filing, mailing, etc.
(On-going activity at MAKNA office)
AIESEC Program
AIESEC National Member Committee Malaysia awarded MAKNA with "Special Recognition Award 2008" during RACE 2008 on 6 Dec at Putrajaya International Convention Center. MAKNA is reckoned for being the most performing partner. Read More...
(On-going program at MAKNA office)
MAKNA Introductory Programme (MIP)
MIP is the first of three compulsory training modules, which every MAKNA volunteer will
be required to undergo before being designated a ‘Trained Volunteer’. This module
equips potential volunteers with the necessary knowledge and information about MAKNA and
the programmes and services it provides to cancer patients, their families, high-risk
groups and the public.
The programme is also an opportunity for MAKNA to get to know its volunteers. MIP
session also provide an avenue for volunteers to identify their areas of interest or
expertise they would like to volunteer and contribute.
Basic Nursing Care I & II (BNC I & II)
The BNC modules are divided into two sessions and designed to expose volunteers to areas
of personal hygiene and to ways to handle and provide care to patients. This aspect
includes training volunteers on the proper way to thoroughly clean their hands, to
handle bedridden patients, and to the proper etiquette of visiting patients at home and
hospitals.
Home and hospital visits
Volunteers would be expected to visit patients in their homes and/or at hospitals, which
is part of the BNC modules. More often than not, the patients visited are mainly those
who receive aid from MAKNA’s Patient Assistance Programme.
These visits are an integral part of a volunteer’s life at MAKNA, as it represents
introducing him or her to cancer patients and their families. Volunteers are encouraged
to witness treatments and in some cases, the hardship facing these patients so they
could better understand the disease as well as appreciate their efforts, however small.
