April 6, 2025
As part of its #Whitecard Day initiatives to mark International Day of Sport and Development for Peace on 6 April 2025, BWF staged a number legacy programmes in Malaysia, empowering underprivileged children by providing support and opportunities through badminton.
BWF organised a BWF Shuttle Time Teachers Course at Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology (TAR UMT) Kuala Lumpur on 16 February 2025. With support from BWF, HAIER SEA, and TAR UMT, the course welcomed 14 participants, including BWF staff, TAR UMT students, IGB Commercial REIT staff, International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) youth students, caregivers from Rumah Kasih Harmoni Paya Jaras, and teachers from IDEAS Academy.
Shuttle Time Teachers Course
In addition to the course, BWF also conducted a coaching clinic at TAR UMT on 8 March 2025. The clinic saw 64 children from various local homes participate across the capital city paarticpate; (Mega Orang Asli Children Home, Living Water Learning Centre, Shelter Home for Children, Pease Education Centre, and MON Refugee Learning Centre).
Leading the programme were 12 volunteer coaches, guided by certified BWF Shuttle Time Teachers – Hafidz Ahmad, Lee Chia Wen, Tracy Tan and Erica Khoo. The clinic provided children with the opportunity to practice various badminton skills across five stations, including agility movement, overhead drop shots, a backhand short serve and forehand high serve.
Edward, a case worker from Shelter Home for Children, highlighted the impact of the BWF project:
“This boosts children’s mental well-being, as exercise releases feel-good hormones while also serving as valuable training. It’s a highly professional activity that we find incredibly beneficial for them. The kids love it and eagerly anticipate the event.”
Another chief warden from Mega Orang Asli Children Home, Robert, also expressed his joy in witnessing the children’s progress through the project: “It is good for the children to learn badminton in the correct way and have fun. They were enjoying themselves and asked when the next time they play will be.”
Fourteen-year-old Kellina from Shelter Home for Children shared her happiness in experiencing the coaching clinic: “I love to play badminton. I enjoyed Station 3 the most. I will share the enjoyment of today’s activity with my caregivers and managers.”
Her appreciation shows the project’s wide-reaching impact and effectiveness.
