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April: Month of Autism Awareness and NASOM Walk is here again for 2016!

Assalamualaikum

time flies so fast and April is here again. Alhamdulillah, on 31 March 2016 the Permata Kurnia Centre in Sentul was officially launched by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.



On the other hand, many interesting events have been lined up by NASOM in conjunction with the Autism Awareness Month 2016.

April 1st - 3rd Persidangan Kebangsaan Autism (PEKA)
April 1st - 10th Festival Seni Kraf & Seni Persembahan Autisme
April 9th - Aqua Olympics
April 10th - Autism Film Fest & Media Literacy Seminar

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NAW Charity Dinner

And on 22nd May, the annual event 'NASOM Walk for Autism 2016' will take place at Mutiara Damansara. 


Nasom is thrilled to announce that we will be targeting 5,000 participants that will be joining us for an annual walk event. The objective is to promote awareness for autism and raise fund for our cause towards the well being of children with autism.

Registration is Rm50 only for each participant. Kindly make payment to CIMB Account # 8600 549 806 and all registered event participant would be entitled to a goodie bag and a T-shirt!
Do contact us at marcom@nasom.org.my or log on to www.nasom.org should you require more information.

Please do you part and support these events! 

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