“In a nation in all
walks of life, equal justice, equal
share, equal wealth, equal ruling, equal treatment, equal enjoyment, equal
experiences must prevail, be maintained, should be formed, should be created
and should be compulsorily be established”.
This is the philosophy of
Thanthai Periyar in a nutshell.
In the era of globalised world and when
Malaysia is marching towards becoming a developed nation by the year 2020,
there are still grassroots living in villages, estates and urban areas plagued
with poverty, illiteracy, gangsterism and other social ills. Their predicaments
are made worse by their meaningless customs, traditions, beliefs, superstitions
and ignorance. There are no organized and concerted efforts to change the
mindset of this people to reform themselves and propel towards greater
prosperity.
Periyar Rationalist Integrity Movement for Enrichment (PRIME) or Persatuan Progresif Rasionalis Periyar Malaysia, is an
organization dedicated to promoting rationalism and self-respect based on
Thanthai Periyar’s ideologies. It works closely with government and
non-governmental organizations providing education and medical assistance to
the grassroots to improve their quality of living. In addition, it also works
towards eradicating destructive thinking, superstitions and ignorance to
promote a caring society. Further, it provides entrepreneurial training and motivation
to enable youth and woman to venture into small businesses to improve their quality
of living.
Vision
To create a progressive
society that is both mentally and physically healthy, with positive attitudes
and strong moral values, economically stable and free from all forms of blind
beliefs, superstitions and meaningless customs.
Mission
Carry out activities
relating to personal and community development, eradication of blind beliefs
and ignorance, create awareness in the areas of physical and mental health,
green environment, preservation of language, art and culture, provide
leadership, skills and entrepreneurial training by collaborating with
government and other agencies
Objective
Develop a just and progressive society that is dynamic, physically
and mentally healthy with positive outlook through the following objectives:
- Organise activities relating to personal development and loyalty to the country;
- Create awareness to abandon negative and destructive values and norms;
- Organise activities to promote art, culture, language, social, physical and mental well- being;
- Deliberate in activities of community development;
- Create opportunities through leadership, entrepreneurial training for personal enrichment;
- Undertake economic activities to strengthen to financial status of the organisation;
- Co-operate with government and non-governmental agencies in relation to implementation of community development programs;
- To promote a healthy and liberal living in line with Thanthai Periyar’s ideologies based on rationalism, free from superstitions and negative practices, self-respect and loyal to the country.
