Working together: Maybank Group chief sustainability officer Shahril Azuar Jimin (left) posing for a photo with Srisangnam.
Leading up to the Asean Day celebration on Aug 8, Maybank Foundation and Asean Foundation recently welcomed 100 youth volunteers and representatives from 10 civil society organisations (CSOs) and social enterprises (SEs) from across South-East Asia to the Regional Capacity Building Workshop for eMpowering Youths Across Asean (eYAA): Cohort 5, at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Held from July 20 to 23, the workshop paired young changemakers aged between 19 and 35 with CSOs and SEs to finalise 10 community-based projects that will soon be implemented in Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, the latest country to join the programme.
