Educational, Welfare and Research Foundation Malaysia

The Educational, Welfare and Research Foundation (EWRF) is a Malaysian NPO & NGO, founded in 1979, whose mission is to empower marginalised communities in Malaysia by creating platforms for empowerment through education, psycho-social counselling and welfare for B40* communities so the equity difference between themselves and others can be reduced.

EWRF is made up of volunteers, advocates, educators, mobilisers, community champions, and professionals from diverse backgrounds, and its work focuses on the following objectives:

• Community development by empowering academically under performing and socially challenged students;
• Increasing and sharing innovative approaches for information exchange through experimentation, research and technology;
• Developing innovative platforms related to educational, social, counselling and welfare;

* (An indicator indicating the bottom 40% of earners in Malaysia based on total household income)

EWRF’s core programmes are: 

• English for Juniors (E4J)
• Civil Society Intervention (CSI)
• Skill Training Initiative (STI)
• Counselling
• Research
• Medical Aid and Welfare.