Rebuilding the lives of natural disaster survivors
Force of Nature Aid Foundation
is a Malaysian nonprofit grant making agency dedicated to empowering survivors of natural disasters worldwide to rebuild their lives and reduce their vulnerability to disasters through initiatives that promote equitable and sustainable development.

Force of Nature is arguably the only grant maker in the developing world that concentrates on long-term disaster management and risk reduction.

Because we believe that the strongest force of nature is the strength of the human spirit, we focus on people-centred, long-term, post-disaster recovery initiatives that will reduce vulnerability and increase resilience.


Friday, August 29, 2008

Inspire Greeting Cards

Below are the images of the 'Inspire' Raya Greeting Card.

Please contact us at 03-79600366 or email us at contact@forceofnature.org if you are interested to purchase them.










































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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

FON launched 'Inspire'

‘Inspire’, is a collaborative effort between The Force of Nature Aid Foundation and a group of prominent Malaysian Personalities who have excelled in their respective fields locally and abroad.

Each personality has designed an image or worked together with the design team from Proof Design Sdn Bhd (a local Design House underwriting the initiative) to create a raya greeting card with a message, important to the personality, or captures what the festive season means to them.

The launch of the ‘Inspire Campaign’ held at Pink Sage Diner, Jalan Dang Wangi, featured personality revealing (for the first time) the design themes for the card that they inspired. Datuk Ali Abdul Kadir (Trustee FON), Sheila Majid, Sazzy Falak, Dato’ Tom Abang Saufi, Tengku Djan Ley and Ifzan Ibrahim (Wondermilk) were present at the launch. The cards will be available by the end of August at all major bookstores select Berjaya Group’s retail outlets namely; Starbucks, Strategic 7-eleven Outlets, and Border’s Books in Malaysia.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Force of Nature - View from an intern

Below are the words of Anisha Menon, who spent 2 weeks as an intern with FON

If I’m being honest, before my two weeks here, all I knew…or rather, remembered, about Force of Nature was that amazing concert back in 2005 and how the money for my ticket went to tsunami victims, but little else.So when I was looking for experience in a non-government organisation, and someone suggested interning here I immediately agreed. What was the worst I could have to do, meet the Black Eyed Peas?

So I started here at the easy-to-get-to-if-you-know-Raju’s-restaurant office with a whole two weeks in front of me. The office is quiet, but that’s not surprising when you realise that behind the high-profile and not as high-profile fundraising events that they organize, the nuclear Force of Nature team consists of seven people, who all just work really hard!

I was told by Richard about the various aspects of Force of Nature, and of any Non-profit organisation I guess and how these can be divided into fund development, field development, grants and communications. Me, I worked with Anni on fund development during my two weeks at FON and saw how important (and not easy!) it was to organise an event and put plans into action, and how you need sponsors, and generally people to believe in your idea if it’s going to become real.

I was also set the task of planning my own event for FON, and I had a lot of fun coming up with different ideas, choosing venues, local artists for performances and such like but as Anni reminded me, that was the easy, more enjoyable part of the process!

So even after my two weeks at Force of Nature I still have loads to learn. Before I started, about two weeks ago, Nori told me that to her, experience in the Non-profit Organisation world was invaluable regardless of what career path you choose. At sixteen, with no solid career path ahead of me, I am going to agree completely with her, and I think a lot of it is down to you guys at FON who’ve made my two weeks at FON what you wouldn’t normally expect from work experience; chilled out, fun, and overall just great.

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