The Thaipusam Task Force is gearing up to mobilise over 1,000 dedicated volunteers at temples across the country for this year’s Thaipusam celebration on Feb 11.
During a press conference in Petaling Jaya on Monday (Jan 27), chairman G. Gunaraj stated that the volunteers will be instrumental in maintaining cleanliness and educating devotees on the guidelines for the festivities.
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During a press conference in Petaling Jaya on Monday (Jan 27), chairman G. Gunaraj stated that the volunteers will be instrumental in maintaining cleanliness and educating devotees on the guidelines for the festivities.
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00:00Okay, Taipusem, Taipusem is celebrated mostly all over Malaysia, from Sungai Petani, Pinang,
00:19Ipoh, Kuala Selangor, even in Kerling there is Sungai Siput. This is the temple of Subramanya
00:27or Lord Murga. And all the temples or all the groups of temple management play a role
00:38according to what we advertise. TrustForce is an NGO-NGO group in India-Malaysia, right?
00:46The main NGO we have is Malaysia Hindu Sangam, right? And we have Hindu Sewai Sangam,
00:53we have Hindu Mahamandram. These are the three big groups or organizations that represent
01:00the Hindu community, right? And also other NGOs that send volunteers to help run TrustForce.
01:08Can I double check, there are 500 volunteers?
01:12Volunteers?
01:12Yes. Okay, if there are people who want to join, volunteer.
01:16Yes, we have a website, a Google link for registration, and we also have a phone number
01:25that we provide for everyone.
01:29One more thing I want to tell you is the involvement of the Ministry of Human Resources.
01:34I want to thank the Minister because he has come up with an idea to bring the idea of
01:45Wira Kesumah, right? Where the involvement of more than 200 volunteers from the colleges
01:54to help run TrustForce in Batu Cape and also in Penang. Where with the presence of these
02:03volunteers, our work, we have three areas. One is to help strengthen the authority,
02:09the second is in terms of awareness, and the third is in terms of cleanliness. So we can
02:16share this responsibility to more young volunteers to succeed in our program.
02:23In total, how many volunteers are you seeing doing that? 500?
02:27We expect volunteers at least, we should have a minimum of 500. Since it's because of three
02:37days, over two days, we'll have 200 on the eve, and then because of the areas, we need
02:44at least 300 on the second day.
02:47So all together, volunteers at this time are 500?
02:51Batu Cape alone is 500.
02:55In other areas like Petani River, I understand there are about 100 people.
03:03But in Petani River, it's only one day. So there will be a launch on the 1st of February.