Yayasan Sejahtera is a Non-Government Organization (NGO) working on poverty eradication and community development for poor and low-income households in Malaysia. Yayasan Sejahtera has carried out several community projects and one of them is Community Enhancement Program. This project focused on empowering their economic well-being (income) and social (education and relationship between communities) aspects. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine how far this project has achieved the goals and the impact on the changes in the lives of the participants after being fully involved in the project. This is a quantitative study using a survey form. Data was gathered from 66 respondents (40 adults and 26 youths) from PPR Sg Bonus and were analyzed using SPSS. Results depict that all participants showed a high level of satisfaction in terms of the content of the course, technical guidance, teaching, and monitoring during the course by the officers. In terms of participation, their involvement in the project was found to be at a highly satisfactory level. From the perspective of living standards and quality of life, participants intend to grow their economic activities by expanding their businesses to attain a higher degree of asset ownership and health care.
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