Malaysian Heart-felt Ambassador - Chan Wai Yoke
[Defends Home Dynamics selflessly and helps the vulnerable youths to lead a new life]
Cherish what you have now before you can enjoy the taste of happiness, and cherish the people around you before you can know the fun in life.
- Chan Wai Yoke

 
Fought humility with ambitious
Chan Wai Yoke, CEO of Home Dynamics Corp., Malaysia, was born in a humble family with three brothers and sisters. His parents only went to school for two years, his grandfather died young, and his grandmother was a gambler, thus leading to financial constraints at home. Coupled with negligence to discipline the children, his brothers and sisters have drifted apart and not close.
 
   Wai Yoke’s father went out to work when he was a child and only relied on a cable splicing job to support the entire family. They did not have a fixed residence place and often wandered on the streets. Her parents later erected a makeshift wooden shelter in a wasteland to allow a family of six to cuddle in a little wooden cabin. They lived in fear every day, afraid that some officials might come to tear down their illegal shelter.
 
   Due to financial difficulty, her parents could not afford to pay the expensive kindergarten tuition fees. So Wai Yoke did not attend the kindergarten like a general child. Knowing the hardships without being educated, her parents attached great importance to the education of their children by living frugally to buy textbooks and exercise books to let her attend a cram school and other institutions.
 
Worked her way through university and obtained a master’s degree
Seeing the hardships her parents have gone through, Wai Yoke worked very hard in school and never let her parents worry about her study. She got 7A for all the subjects in the 6^th grade of primary school and went straight to the 1^st year of junior high school, skipping one year of preparatory class.
 
    After graduating from senior high school, she enrolled in the School of Social Sciences, the University of Malaysia in Penang. After graduating from university, she worked part-time to get a master’s degree at the University of Putra Malaysia majoring in Human Resource Development. Her parents were very proud of her achievement then.
 
Defends Home Dynamics to help thousands of vulnerable people
After graduating from university, she started her first job in Home Dynamics and served as a course lecturer.
 
In 2008, Home Dynamics was affected by the financial crisis and betrayed by the designated successor. When the Dean decided to close down Home Dynamics, Wai Yoke and two senior partners, Lee Huei Min and Hsieh Shao Cheng, decided to step forward to form a three-person team and vow to defend Home Dynamics.
 
In 2018, Wai Yoke was promoted to CEO and became the highest decision maker and highest executor of Home Dynamics.
 
Whereby, Chan Wai Yoke has devoted 20 years of her youth to thrive Home Dynamics, making efforts and dedication painstakingly to help the vulnerable teens. Her determination has never wavered, and she went all out to successfully help tens of thousands of people in need of spiritual counseling and adolescents who are abandoned by their parents to continue their education. She deserves to be praised as a “Warm-hearted Ambassador,” and stood out among 2,723 recommended candidates from all over the world and earned her the “22nd Fervent Global Love of Lives Award 2019” from Taiwan’s Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation.
 
The Foundation welcomes all walks of life around the world at any time to recommend candidates of life warriors who possess the contexts of endeavors, love, braveness, and achievement.
 
The Fervent Global Love of Lives Medal - Chou Ta-Kuan Cultural and Educational Foundation, Taiwan
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A family of six without a fixed residence
Wai Yoke, born in a low-income family, has three brothers and sisters. Her parents only went to school for two years, his grandfather died young, and his grandmother was a gambler, thus leading to financial constraints at home. Coupled with negligence to discipline the children, his brothers and sisters have drifted apart and not close.
 
 Wai Yoke’s father went out to work at a young age, working as a rubber tapper in a rubber plantation and as a fabric dyer just enough to support himself. He did not have the opportunity to attend school. After working for some time and saving some money, he learned a cable splicing skill to feed a family of six until retirement.
 
Wai Yoke’s mother has 10 brothers and sisters, and she is the eldest daughter. Due to her grandparents’ patriarchal concept, only the boys were given the privilege to attend school, while the daughters stayed at home to assist with housework.
 
In the British colonial era, Japan invaded Malaysia. Wai Yoke’s mother entered primary school at the age of 13 and studied for only two years. Because she was overage, she could not continue to go to school, quit school, and went to work.
 
Due to poverty, her parents were unable to own their own house, often wandered on the streets and had no fixed residence place. Later, Wai Yoke’s parents erected a simple wooden makeshift shelter in a wasteland to allow a family of six to cuddle in a wooden cabin. They lived in fear every day, afraid that some officials would come to tear down their illegal shelter.
 
Parents had to walk 10 miles to collect water
Because it was an illegal house, there was no tap water and electricity. They could only dig a well and scoop up the water for washing purposes.
 
 As for drinking water, her parents often needed to walk ten miles along with a bucket to collect the public tap water, and then carried the bucket filled with water home before the family members had clean tap water to drink.
 
Everything went wrong for the poor couple
Wai Yoke’s family of six lived in a very harsh environment, surrounded by couch grass bushes, and even had gangsters roaming nearby, taking drugs, and other activities.
 
Thus, Wai Yoke had been living in fear when she was young, afraid that their wooden shelter would someday disappear and they would be left homeless.
 
 In addition to an unsafe place to live, Wai Yoke’s daily life was also unstable. Her mother often bought firewood, rice, oil, salt, vinegar, etc. at the grocery store on account, and settled the payment at the end of the month after receiving the salary.
 
In times of extra expenses to spend in the family and the salary was not enough to settle the grocery payment, the owner would come to their front door and yell for the debt. Wai Yoke’s mother had to bow and apologize. Her parents often engaged in fierce quarrels due to insufficient money to spend.
 
Everything went wrong for the poor couple. For Wai Yoke, this is the best portrayal of her childhood.
 
No matter how poor our parents are, they still sent us to school!
In the illegal housing community, there is a low learning atmosphere. The children in the vicinity did not like schooling. They often quit school after studying up to junior high school grade and went to work. Most girls worked as factory workers, hairdressing apprentice job, etc.; while boys became unskilled workmen, fabric dyers, car washers, etc.
 
Being poverty-stricken, Wai Yoke was unable to afford the expensive tuition fees of kindergarten, so she did not attend kindergarten as the other kids.
 
Wai Yoke’s mother did not have the opportunity to study in school continuously and knew the hardships without education. So she attached great importance to allow her children to go to school. She lived frugally, saved money to buy textbooks and exercise books, and taught Wai Yoke to write at home. She also watched Wai Yoke’s schoolwork closely after she entered junior high school and also allowed her to study in a cram school.
 
  Seeing the arduous journey her parents had gone through, Wai Yoke studied very hard in school and had not let her parents worry about her study since then. She got 7A for all the subjects in the 6^th grade of primary school and went straight to the 1^st year of junior high school, skipping one year of preparatory class.
 
After graduating from senior high school, she enrolled in the School of Social Sciences, the University of Malaysia in Penang. Wai Yoke’s father told her: “Dad earns very little and can’t afford to allow you to study at a private university. If you can’t get into a national university, you have to work through the university. But since a national university has accepted you, I would support you to finish your university education even if I have to borrow money.”
 
  When Wai Yoke was in university, she always remembered her mother’s reminder: “Both dad and mom are poor; you must study hard before you can have more options to lead a better life. Your future and life are in your hands.”
 
Wai Yoke was the first child in the family to graduate from university. She invited her parents and family to attend the graduation ceremony. Her parents were so happy and excited that their eyes were full of tears. They were very proud of her then.

Thriving Home Dynamics
While in university, Wai Yoke gave up the economics course that was popular among the Chinese students but chose humanities and social sciences instead. She said: “Compared with money, I’m more interested in people.”
 
In the last semester of university, she applied to work in Home Dynamics and was actively asked to set up a course by herself.
 
Wai Yoke was the 134^th session student of the adult class. The course touched her immensely, allowing her to rebuild trust in human nature and see its brilliance.
 
After graduating from the university, Wai Yoke threw herself in Home Dynamics and began her role in educating and training people.
 
After working in Home Dynamics at Penang for two years, Wai Yoke had been away from home for six years. She decided to go back to Kuala Lumpur to accompany her elderly parents. She cherished the time spent with them.
 
After that, she confessed her apology for not being able to stay in Home Dynamics.
 
At that time, Dr. Hua Yun Dong, the Dean of Home Dynamics thought she was an indispensable person and tried to convince her to stay.
 
It happened that there was a commercial building at Taman Desa in Kuala Lumpur that Wai Yoke could make use of it. He asked her to open a branch in Kuala Lumpur, where she would work as the Director there.
 
Wai Yoke accepted the proposal of the Dean and set up Home Dynamics branch in Kuala Lumpur.
 
Since then, the service field of Home Dynamic has written a new milestone, expanding from North Malaysia to Central Malaysia.
 
    During her time in Kuala Lumpur, she continued her studies and completed her master’s degree in Human Resource Development at University Putra Malaysia in 2002.
 
Everything started from scratch in the establishment of a branch in Kuala Lumpur. Acting as the Director of the branch institution, Wai Yoke was responsible for planning, renovating, recruiting personnel, and other affairs in Home Dynamics to promote education and help people.
 
No job is comfortable in the beginning. After all, the branch was unlike the size of Home Dynamics in Penang. It had no resources, and the facilities were not as complete as the headquarters.
 
However, under the leadership of Wai Yoke, she established the curricula such as humanities education, student and senior teacher training, psychological counseling, and corporate and group team management training. She has expanded the education spirit of Home Dynamics to help people from North Malaysia to Central Malaysia, South Malaysia, and even the East Coast.
 

Rebellion in Home Dynamics
In 2008, in the 10^th year of Wai Yoke’s service in Home Dynamics, it suffered from a financial crisis and betrayed by the designated successor.
 
 As the Dr. Hua Yun Dong was old then, he set retirement age and passed the essential affairs of Home Dynamics to a designated successor. At that time, Home Dynamics had two major sectors. The Dean was responsible for the Non-profit Humanities Education Department of social services. In the Corporate Education sector, the designated successor was responsible for the Corporate Training Department, which accounted for 80% of overall income.
 
Unexpectedly, not only did the designated successor take away the internal staff, but also the teaching materials and customer information in Home Dynamics to start a new institution by himself.
 
At that time, no leaders stood out to face the crisis. Absence of any resources, the corporate personnel began to leave. Under the circumstance of nobody taking over Home Dynamics, the Dean thought that it was impossible and effortless to revitalize Home Dynamics and decided to shut it down.
 
Just when all the partners said they wanted to close down Home Dynamics, Wai Yoke and two other senior partners, Lee Huei Min and Hsieh Shao Cheng, decided to step forward and set up a three-people management team. They swore to defend Home Dynamics with a rejuvenated spirit.
 
In an extraordinary period, the three of them said they would not get the salary. One of them even said: “If it’s necessary, I’ll use my bank savings to save Home Dynamics.” It was a very touching moment then.
 
First home for Home Dynamics
Heaven helps those who help themselves. God seemed to be moved by the good deeds done by Home Dynamics to help people.
 
 In the most challenging time of Home Dynamics, many unknown kind-hearted people stretched out their helping hands to give financial support and dispatched a large number of students to attend classes to help Home Dynamics to overcome the economic difficulties.
 
Under the circumstance of gradual economic stability, there was a change in the house sovereignty matter of the rented Home Dynamics at Air Itam, Penang, resulting in an increase in rent fee and the possibility of it being transferred.
 
After discussion, everyone decided to raise funds to buy Home Dynamics, thus solving the constant fear of relocating the school. They found two four-story buildings and moved in in 2013. Finally, Home Dynamics has its own home.
 
The new Home Dynamics is broader than the previous one. In addition to setting up a large hall, there are also small lecture halls and classrooms. There are also an additional dormitory for students to stay and a leisure guest room. It has also established a Spiritual Hospital to provide face-to-face consultation and a friendly telephone counseling hotline.
 
Awakening people to cherish life
There are several professionals, including psychiatrists, professional therapists, and counselors to help run the Spiritual Hospital.
 
 Over the past five years from 2013 to 2017, the Spiritual Hospital had conducted 1,026 free interview consultations, 336 telephone tutoring, and free lectures on the campus and in the community, benefiting up to 33,212 people.
 
In the first half year (January ~ June) of 2018, it had performed interview consultations to 195 people and telephone consultations to 58 people. Most of the people come to seek help through word of mouth, which makes Home Dynamics partners feel gratified.
 
 Penang has a group of mental and psychological specialists who work together with several spiritual support groups to promote the "I-Life Suicide Prevention Campaign (SPC).”
 
Being recognized by the community, Home Dynamics was invited to participate and was selected as the secretariat to become the party and administrative center of such movement.
 
In an alliance with “I-Life Suicide Prevention Campaign,” Home Dynamics has even more actively involved in the event, awakening people to cherish life, teaching people on how to help the troubled people around them in the event of a crisis, and that Home Dynamics is one of the groups that can come to ask for help.
 
After years of operation, the Spiritual Hospital of Home Dynamics has become a place for everyone to seek learning and help. It acts as a charging station for life, a turning point in life, helping millions of people rekindle hope and light of life.
 
Established Home Dynamics Cultural Education Foundation
In 2012, Home Dynamics Cultural Education Foundation was founded and began to accept charitable donations.
 
 This Foundation is composed of enthusiastic people, entrepreneurs, lawyers, and accountants to supervise the use and operation of the donations.
 
The donations received by the Foundation can only be used as funds by Home Dynamics and provide free social education activities.
 
Selfless dedication to helping the vulnerable people to lead a new life
In addition to the commitment of Home Dynamics, one can also see the great love and guidance extended by Wai Yoke towards the students.
 
 Regardless of day or night, when students or outsiders are in distress, she will try her best to appease and help many people who have a suicidal thought. She is very intentive to urge them to turn their life around and has helped many people who have lost their way to step towards the bright path ahead.
 
She has supported thousands of teenagers who are abandoned by their parents and let them return to school and start a new life.
 
In 2017, a college student from Taiwan called and told her: “Teacher Wai Yoke, you’re the one who has helped me to realize something I’ve never imagined. I’ve succeeded to enroll in National Taiwan University!” This student was once considered an incurable child by his parents.
 
Promoting life education in Malaysia enthusiastically
After many years of honing, Wai Yoke was promoted to the CEO of Home Dynamics in 2018.
 

She hopes that Home Dynamics would have ample funds in the future to expand the following services:

Psychiatric hospital services: As psychological problems are troubling more and more people, the age trend has become younger and younger. I hope to extend the services of Spiritual Hospital to all regional districts of each state by setting up spiritual clinics to cultivate national counselors and mental health guardians to promote mental health.
 
Benevolence Teacher Group: Train more benevolence teachers to walk into campuses to advocate life education, serving as a life education coach for all residence and touching their lives with life.
  
Promote Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): Enterprises should play a role of humanistic spirit to express CSR to jointly build up a harmonious society. Everyone uses love to bring a new life into Malaysia.

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