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Navigation About us What we do Get involved News & Publications Newsletters Annual Reports Other Publications News Archive FAQ Links Contact Members Area     Calendar check upcoming events     Blogs & Videos blogs & videos		News Archive Malindo Unity Swim SCI Malaysia together with partner organisations created a special event where a team of 24 Malaysians including 5 females, 4 physically challenged, representatives from 11 states, all the major ethnic groups (truly Malaysian) swam non-stop in a relay format from Malaysia to Indonesia and back. This was never done before, ~ 90 km and took them 27 hrs 21 minutes. They wanted to: -to demonstrate the spirit of our 50 years of Malaysian nationhood; -to highlight the 50 years of friendship with Indonesia, their neighbor; -bringing in various communities and groups together in an effort to eliminate negative feelings; -to promote Visit Malaysia Year; -to promote voluntarism and team based activities; -to set new heights and challenges for their youth; -raising funds to promote further Peace and Unity projects among the various races; At the end of the project SCI Malaysia activists are pleased to have achieved almost all the objectives.		Latest News 11.04.08 EVS vacancy in the International Secretariat 10.04.08 Report from "Hosting projects - what we can do?" 12.03.08 "Hosting projects - what we can do?" more news     Go Local Find a branch in your country     Discussion board Discuss with other SCI members     Check it out SCI archives

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