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This year’s holy month of Ramadan brings 1001 meaning to second year student of Bachelor of Public Management, Ms. Noor Asniza Abd Razak and her family when their desire to own a new home is finally realised.

The ancestral home in which Ms. Noor Asniza once lived with her family in Kampung Raja, Jeram, Jitra for more than 10 years, was destroyed in a fire in February of last year.

In conjunction with the celebration of the holy month of Ramadan Al-Mubarak, Â鶹ֱ²¥ (UUM) through the UUM Alumni Association (PAUUM) in collaboration with the Building Academy of Malaysia (ABM) Northern Region rebuilt a new home for them.

The handing over of the keys to the newly completed home was officiated by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Ahmad Bashawir Abdul Ghani. The keys to the house was presented to Ms. Noor Asniza’s father, Mr. Abd Razak Kassim, a retired member of the armed forces.

The Vice-Chancellor said the reconstruction of the house was a symbol of the cooperation between UUM campus community and local communities to help those in need, in addition to the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan.

"UUM is not just an institution of higher learning that provides a platform for students to gain a degree but it also intends to get closer to the village community, so we have launched 1 Faculty 1 District with the aim of reaching out to the local community because without society, there will not be a university," he said at the handing over of the keys to the new house ceremony recently..

Meanwhile, President of PAUUM, Dr. Mohd Azlan Yahya said his party took an active role as well as initiatives to help those in needs from the aspect of service to its students.

In addition, he said, PAUUM also responded to the Minister of Education's recommendation that alumni must always play an important role in developing universities and schools under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.

"I am grateful to the Northern Territory ABM and the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) of Malaysia as well as various parties including the locals because without the help of these agencies, this kind of initiative is unlikely to be completed earlier," he said.

While Ms. Noor Asniza expressed her heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to UUM for being concerned and rebuilding her home which burnt down two months ago.

Earlier, after the fire, 200 UUM Volunteers with 60 Young Military Corps from the Royal Malay Regiment (RAMD) Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Camp and 78 members of the Sixth Former Association of SMK Pulau Nyior and local residents worked together to clean the house Noor Asniza before the reconstruction process took place in late March.

Also present were Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hendrik Lamsali; Chief Executive Officer of Northern Region, Mr. Mohd Nazri Zakaria and Chief Executive Officer of UAC Berhad, Mr. Gan Boon Ting.