Aside from running its own programmes to promote financial literacy and English proficiency, in particular among disadvantaged students in secondary school, The Edge Education Foundation (TEEF) together with The Edge also raises funds for charity through The Edge Kuala Lumpur Rat Race. The Rat Race counts many Billion Ringgit Club companies among its participants. This year, the foundation disbursed close to 70% of the approximately RM1.3 million raised from the Rat Race to 15 charities. The remaining 30% will go towards funding the foundation’s programmes which include a small scholarship programme.

Among the 15 Rat Race 2016 beneficiaries are Teach for Malaysia (TFM) Foundation whose mission is to end education inequity in the country and Pertubuhan Sains, Teknologi dan Inovasi (ASTI) which promotes science education in Tamil primary schools. We are grateful for the generosity of Corporate Malaysia which enables us to do what we do to help marginalised Malaysians get a leg up in life.

As a small foundation, we are also grateful for our partners from the private sector and academia who provide the volunteers to enable us to run our programmes. “Money & Me”, for example, taps the services of volunteers from various companies to facilitate sessions in schools as well as field trips and its upcoming Enterprise Boot Camp to teach entrepreneurship skills to Form 4 students participating in the programme.