Kindness project deserves full support

I REFER to the report “Try a little kindness every day” ( The Star, April 3).

Congratulations to SK Kota Dalam, Johor on winning the “kindness project” competition at the inaugural #Stand Together National Kindness Week, which aims to curb bullying in school.

Without doubt, all stakeholders should support this campaign organised by R.AGE and SP Setia, which has pledged to 10 winning schools a grant of RM1,000 each to fund their projects.

Unicef Malaysia has also pledged to support the campaign by funding projects for an additional 20 schools.

With all the rewards and goodies, there is no excuse for any school not to join such a meaningful educational programme.

It is heartening to know that students in the participating schools have used their ingenuity to showcase many creative projects to promote love, goodwill and understanding among themselves and teachers.

The essence of each project, I believe, is to encourage every student to show kindness every day.

This reminds me of one scout law which requires every scout to do a good turn to somebody every day.

Students can express kindness in many ways; think of what you can give to your school (fellow students and teachers) and not always what the school can give to you.

Regrettably, only about 300 schools across the country are involved in National Kindness Week even though the Education Ministry has given its blessing for this project.

Perhaps the powers that be should make it mandatory for all schools to participate because all students will stand to gain from it.

If all schools stand together and embrace this project, Malaysia would certainly have a bright future.