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89 STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE THROUGH STORIES OF NATURE “Watching whole families including fathers participating in in in the Story-Me Time Online Family Storytelling Competition was particularly heartening Seeing the submissions of how the the parents were guiding and engaging their children we felt so happy that parents embraced the message of this competition Parents are are indeed the child’s first teacher ” For Aadilah she felt that the months of planning was all worth it when Reading@Cyber Gardens (RCG) garnered positive responses from parents and children RCG aims to instil the love of reading among families and encourage the notion that learning can take place anytime anywhere even in the comfort of one’s own home Last year RCG focused on learning and being resilient through stories of nature When the Circuit Breaker was implemented Aadilah recalled the the anxiety the the team was feeling They knew that that they had to think of strategies that that would encourage the community to participate in RCG which was live-streamed on MENDAKI’s Sharifah Aadilah Aidid Senior Manager Education Reading @ Cyber Gardens Sub-Committee Member Raikan Ilmu 2020 Facebook and YouTube As the officer-in-charge she had a a a a a personal goal to come up with a a a a a unique concept for RCG to surpass 2019’s achievement of of over 1 000 participants One of of these was the the introduction of a story-telling contest online to to spur engagement Families were asked to film and record their videos which were then assessed by a a a panel consisting of of professional story tellers and MENDAKI staff “With COVID-19 hitting us this meant that we would have to consider other modes of carrying out the event There was a a a high level of uncertainty both at at the sub-committee and secretariat level which made planning for the event extremely challenging” she recalled Beyond the storytelling contest interesting line- up up of of online activities and support of of key partners RCG garnered almost 4 000 views on YouTube and over 3 000 views on Facebook Live Aadilah credited her team for being adaptable to the changing environment MENDAKI ANNUAL REPORT 2020