YSS is an organisation that encouraged the student

form higher institutions to do community and

volunteerism activities. It is a good chance and
opportunity for students to develop students to have
community engagement and help people who was in
needed around the world. From this organisation, the
students can foster inner leadership talents as well as
gaining experience in others countries. It also will be
able to cultivate attentional attitudes and spirits in
helping each other.

For me, I think that I should be selected to be one of

the YSS's members because I like to involve in
community activities since I was in school. From these
activities, I had built my self-confidence and gained
many experiences there. It will be a very valuable
experience for me as a teacher in future. I hope that I
will be able to share and educate my future students
to be someone that can be proud of by community.

Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS) / Students Volunteer

Foundation was launched in 2012 as wholly owned
entity of the Ministry of Education (MoE). Holding the
vision to develop Malaysia as students’ volunteer hub
and produce global student volunteer icons, YSS is
determined to carry out its mission to encourage,
educate and guide the students of higher learning
institutions to promote world peace and inculcate the
spirit of camaraderie through community engagement
within and outside the country. In order to achieve
these vision and mission, YSS’ five thrusts; to create
leadership among student volunteers, to organise high
impact volunteer programmes, to fortify the ecosystem
of students volunteerism, enhance strategic linkages
and reinforce students volunteer training, are made to
accelerate the journey. YSS also firmly believes that
students must be “ethically and morally upright,
spiritually grounded, compassionate and caring;
appreciates sustainable development and a healthy
lifestyle” to become role model as future leaders in
accordance with the first shift of Malaysian Education
Blueprint 2015 – 2025 (Higher Education) which is to
produce holistic, entrepreneurial and balanced
graduates.

Building global volunteer leaders out of 1.3 million of

students’ population through various high impactful
volunteer missions and projects – Since its launch in
2012, through 32 YSS high impactful volunteer missions
across ASEAN and also Sabah and Sarawak, YSS
promotes the concept of inclusiveness and immersion
where volunteers eat, live and breathe with the local
community. Our volunteers are being trained physically
and mentally in hard volunteer work targeted for rural
and also urban poor areas. YSS also supports other
Ministries and agencies which require student
volunteers’ involvement. As part of their Student
Volunteers leadership role, in 2015, 27 YSS Alumni
joined the 27th ASEAN Summit as the Main Secretariat
and a few acted as minders for President of The United
States, Barack Obama, and other dignitaries under the
supervision of Wisma Putra. Moreover, 14 YSS alumni
have participated in the 15th Defence Services Asia as
VIP Ambassadors where they received the opportunity
to coordinate business meetings, act as ushers for VIPs
and the liaison person for Ministry of Defence. YSS
Alumni are student volunteers who have participated
in YSS Students’ Volunteer Mission.

YSS believes in capacity building of students/youths –

YSS focuses on capacity building for student volunteers
especially in improving their adaptability level, soft
skills development, leadership abilities and proactivity
in doing groundwork. Crisis and issues faced during the
volunteering period can sharpen these volunteers with
their problem solving skills and also develop mental
and physical resilience. Using the concept “right
volunteers for the right job”, YSS students’ volunteer
missions always provide the space and opportunity for
student volunteers to apply their skills on the ground.
They are also able to undergo experiential learning
where students are able to develop valuable skills such
as teamwork, leadership, project planning and time
management. To equip these student volunteer
leaders, YSS also provides training before each mission
under Pre-Departure Training and skills-based courses
such as during the National Preparedness Month,
where they learn emergency skills through
collaboration with Jabatan Pertahanan Awam Malaysia
(JPAM).

Students volunteer mission; a movement for national

unity – To organise successful missions that are low
cost with high impact, the support from various
organisations and institutions are in the form of cash or
kind or support (skills training, ideas pitching). Entities
such as the Ministry of Women, Family and Community
Development (KPWKM), Ministry of Rural and Regional
Development (KLB), Ministry of Health (KKM), and also
corporations from private sectors such as SP Setia,
Kenanga Investors Berhad and Bank Rakyat have been
the vital lifeline for YSS missions. YSS tagline of
“winning people’s hearts, mind and soul beyond
borders” is turned into reality for every mission that
we organise. As an example, when YSS was in Lao PDR
(Laos), in the YSS-ASEAN Student Volunteers Mission in
Savannakhet, Laos last year, YSS sought the assistance
of DKLS, a Malaysian water treatment company based
in Laos to help rebuild the computer lab by receiving
contributions of 3 personal computers. Savanh Park (a
Joint Venture company between Malaysian Company
and the Provincial Government of Savannakhet) helped
with the logistics and supply of building materials for
our volunteer projects in Savannakhet. Similar support
are also given during our volunteer missions in
Vietnam for the Green Summer Volunteer Campaigns
where Malaysian companies based in Vietnam like SP
Setia Vietnam and other Malaysian companies
provided YSS all kinds of support for YSS volunteer
activities. In Vietnam, under our Green Summer
Volunteer Campaign, Malaysian students work
together with Vietnamese students to do hard
volunteer work.
Ergo, the student volunteers undergo life-changing
experience and leadership training. YSS believes that
capacity building of these student volunteers help
develop them to become Global Volunteer Leaders and
Volunteer Icons.