KUALA LUMPUR, 5 December 2021 - AirAsia Academy (formerly known as Redbeat Academy) has formed a partnership with Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) for the launch of a volunteering crowdsourcing web based application. Titled MySukarela, the platform by MRCS is designed to integrate and coordinate all volunteering efforts in Malaysia to help the process of volunteer work to be easier and more efficient.

President of AirAsia Digital Aireen Omar and Tuan Haji Hakim bin Haji Hamzah, Honorary Secretary General of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) attended the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) between the two sides that took place in downtown KL this Sunday.

President (AirAsia Digital), AirAsia Group, Aireen Omar said “We wholeheartedly welcome the partnership with Malaysian Red Crescent Society as it’s an extension of the mission of AirAsia Academy, which started with upskilling and reskilling our Allstars (AirAsia staff) but now serves anyone, who wants to build the necessary skill sets to be successful in the digital economy. We have pilots who have reskilled as data analysts, aircraft engineer as software engineer, control centre operator as digital marketer and many more. We have evolved much bigger now from what we used to be.

“We will use our expertise in education and training to help the hundreds of thousands of volunteers on the platform to be equipped with the relevant mindset and skill sets in their volunteer work, such as social skills, emotional intelligence, problem solving skills etc. They are also able to explore all the other learning content on our platform including tech, business, leadership or lifestyle related topics which can help them achieve their professional and personal goals.”

Tuan Haji Hakim bin Haji Hamzah, Honorary Secretary General of Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) said, “We are thrilled to be partnering with the online education platform at AirAsia, one of the most well-established and respected brands in Asia, to make the volunteer sign up process seamless and hassle-free. This comes on the heels of the success of MyVac which saw 320k volunteers registered onto the platform. We trust that AirAsia Academy is the right choice as the training service provider for our volunteers.”

In celebration of this partnership, AirAsia Academy is offering limited seats for on-demand-learning at RM10 with promo code ACADEMYMAX100, to be used before 15 December and stand a chance to win a 3 days/2 nights trip to Phuket. Just sign up at  https://redbeatacademy.com/ and subscribe to on-demand learning using the promo code. 

About AirAsia Academy

AirAsia Academy is a one-stop tech, leadership and innovation academy aimed at supercharging the digital economy within the ASEAN region.Together with Google Cloud, AirAsia Academy is disrupting the conventional education space by bridging the gap between Tertiary Education and Advanced Industries within the ASEAN region.

We fill in the vacuum that has existed in the past decades by upskilling and reskilling the workforce with what’s relevant in the industry today, making our students highly employable, at the same time equipping them with skill sets required for the modern era.

About Red Crescent

The Malaysian Red Crescent Society is a non-profit organisation dedicated to humanitarian acts and services. It is a part of the global network of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement whose mission is to alleviate human sufferings and to promote lasting peace amongst people.