Communication is key in the relationship between mentor and child. The Internet is changing from an alternative channel of communication to the foundation of an electronic community. CyberCare s vision to nurture a global culture of sharing, caring, openness, love and leadership, shares the universal values underlining a strong and effective mentoring relationship between adult and child. PKKD is one of Malaysia s leading mentoring organisations, and through this partnership, we hope to take mentoring to a higher level, he added. PKKD matches qualified candidates or mentors, to a child in a home where the mentors adopt the role of a surrogate brother or sister, with weekly visits and quality time spent together.
Mentors are there to provide encouragement, friendship and to nurture trust.
The children, in turn, have an adult figure they can approach for advice and guidance. Cheong further emphasised that CyberCare-PKKD eMentoring is not designed to replace the current mentoring programme but to enhance it, acting as a support system. This, said Tengku Azzman, would ensure that ICT is made available in an equitable way to all Malaysians. Our main challenge is to encourage the involvement of the society and institutions to develop and grow in the new network of 21st century global village, said Tengku. This ensures access to ICT to all communities in an equitable way so that no one community is marginalised.