Self-Discovery

I have abilities and with my knowledge, I am going to 
CONCEIVE AND ACHIEVE TO MAKE ALL MY DREAMS COME TRUE

Taking Charge by
Re-Inventing Myself

Adding Fun, Joy and Meaning to My Life

Out Of My Concerns, A Meaningful Project Conceived

What is important to me?  My family is the love of my life.  What if my husband is no longer with me?  Will I be able to fend for my children and myself?

I am not going to waste my energy worrying about my future.

I am not going to let circumstances change the way I live.  I am making changes now so that I will be comfortable in whatever circumstances I land myself in. 

I am taking steps to learn to cross before reaching any bridges. 

I can stand on my own, but it will be more fun and meaningful with you.   

We have potentials and we can expand on them by learning from one another and be inspired to do more than we may have thought we could. 

Let us reawaken our potentials to find our niches together. 

Standing On Your Own, Together:

·         Workshop to generate revenues for homemakers, especially, single parents

·         Workshop to be conducted in an environment conducive for participants to bring their children along. 

·         Fee for courses conducted at workshop to include a $20 voucher for participants to purchase food or products produced by participants.

·         Sales of food include snacks, dishes and prepared fresh vegetables so that participants need not worry about cooking for the day.

·         RM5.00 commission from the course fee will be given to single parents who introduced participants to take up a course.  Single parents must register with ehomemakers in order to be entitled to this commission.

·         If commission need not be paid out, then the money will be pooled to support this project.

·         Exchange programme for skills or services is allowed on agreement of instructor and students.  However, the commission of RM5.00 for single parent if applicable must be paid on a 50-50 basis. 

I am concern about the kind of values my young children will be adopting as they grow.  Will they be misled into doing things that I would not approved? 

What if I am no longer there to guide them when they need me?

If I am there when they need me, will they listen to my advice or think I am nagging them?

It is pointless to be stressed out when my children misbehaved and do not listen to my reasoning.  Since they enjoy playing.  I will create games that will inculcate values that I want them to have.  I will make it so that I too can enjoy playing along and bonding with them.

I will discipline my children with points for rewards.  I learn this from a friend.  Would you like to know how?.

I would also like to create a board game along the line of Monopoly.  Other than teaching them the value of money, it will also teach them morals and the values of life.

Would you like to create it with me? 

I have bad bowel movement as I grow up with poor eating habits as I hate taking vegetables.  I do not want my children to have my problem but it is difficult to cook a variety of greens for a small family.  My children are bored eating the same greens in a week as vegetables are cheap and comes in a big bundle.  What if they grow up with my bowel problems.

I would like to create recipes for vegetables that my children will enjoy taking based on food they enjoy eating at KFC and McDonald.

I would like my children to be able to understand that vegetable are good for them and how they can select them at the market and enjoy cooking and eating them.

I would like to trade or sell the excess fresh vegetables that I have for the week.  I will clean and prepare them with the ingredients that I cook them with.  If you do the same with yours, we will be able to trade recipes, as I am sure your way of serving them could be different from mine.

I would like to create recipe cards from recipes I have collected this way.  One side of the card will teach how to select the greens needed while the other the cooking steps.

I want the card small enough so that I can store them on plastic holder for CDs that I would otherwise discard.  This will be one of my 3Rs efforts.

I am very creative and good with handiwork.    What if I have to fend for myself one day, will I be able to use it to support myself financially?

What if others are not willing to pay for what I am willing to teach or produce?

I know that all women should be financially independent.  Though I am not able to go out to work for the time being because of my children I am going to find an environment to work in where I am able to be with my children.

Since I enjoy gardening and handicraft it should be fun to share my knowledge and be paid for it.

I would like to create a workshop that will help generate revenue for homemakers and underprivileged women.

What are you good at?  Can we learn from each other or do an exchange of some sort for skills or services?

Be inspired to take stock of your life, take charge and do something meaningful.  
So, what could stop you from being inspired or joining this programme?

 For more details on how you can participate in "Standing On Your Own, Together", kindly contact Nancy Poh at

greenbeings@mail2malaysia.com.