Article: Penang Puteri Umno's `foster sister' project


New Straits Times
09-18-2001
Penang Puteri Umno's `foster sister' project
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: National

PENANG, Mon. - Penang Puteri Umno will embark on a pilot project to help school-going teenagers overcome social problems through a "foster sister" adoption programme.

Under the "kakak angkat-adik angkat" programme, Puteri Umno members will play the "big sister" role to secondary school students, providing them with motivational support and counselling.
State Puteri Umno pro-tem chief Azlina Mehtab Mohd Ishaq said the project would take off after the official launching of Penang Puteri Umno on Saturday by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

The project ...

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