Bittersweet memories for volunteers

TO BE a volunteer at Yayasan Salam Malaysia, one must be committed, dedicated and have much patience, says Azean Turiman, 31, a part-time volunteer at the foundation’s Rumah Pangsa Sri Murni ICT Centre in Shah Alam. She finds the job both challenging and rewarding.

“When I first started teaching at the centre, the students were mostly elderly people. They were too afraid to even touch the computer, let alone learn how to use it,” she said. “They needed a lot of handholding and I had to muster up a lot of patience.