A Program With Students of SK RPS Dala, Gerik - Nov 2015

For this project, we worked with our sister NGO - Republik Chenta, Sukaamal and Reach Out to provide Back To School items, a Free Market session for the parents and children, solar panel and groceries to the families in RPS Dala, Gerik. 

We took almost 6 hours drive from KL with breaks in between. The journey to the deep jungle is not for the faint hearted and backache people! Again, thank you to sponsors and volunteers who have contributed to the event.

This would be our second trip to Gerik since last year's trip to Sg Tiang. As usual, a lot of background work was done prior to the trip, from setting the dates, logistics, chasing sponsors, groceries' menu, items to be provided to the community, picking up of solar panels - which takes longer than the trip itself, but the rewards upon completion is very satisfying. Again, my hats off to our sister NGOs for all the hardwork done. Now, let the picture tell the story...

Heading to destination..

Reminded me of the last trip to Gerik... almost there....

Checkpoint 1 to meet up with person in charge

Long and bumpy ride in the estate

Super bumpy ride! Arrived at police post

Heading in to the settlement

Rubber trees along the way ... no more cups, but plastic bags to collect the latex

An hour of bumpy ride to reach the location.

Remind me of my school days...

Welcoming committee!

Getting ready for the event

The event's banner.... 

Goodies for the chidlren

Free market for them.... and FLEE market for us! Almost got overrun by them!

Solar panels to be given away to the homes

T-shirts to be given away

Children helping out with the groceries

After stock market open for the day, almost all hell break loose!

Coupon for the grocery pack

It was a memorable and eye opener trip for many of us to enter a settlement which has so little. Perhaps, the next trip, we should stay over night! :) Many thanks to RepublikChenta for giving us a chance to participate and enjoy the event and also sponsors who have contributed for events like this, as without your support, it would be impossible to do projects like this. 

As we end the year with the usual Back To School Program (12Dec2015) and also the possible unfortunate Flood Relief activity, we hope for more support and contribution to help the needies. Thank you all again!

An Open Appeal from Help Community Education Center

An open appeal from Help Community Education Center (Myanmar Refugee).

"As we approach the close of another year, we would like to thank One Month One Charity for all the great things you have done for our school this year. It is with good people like you guys who keep us going over the last 6 years+. Yes, it has been a touch journey but things were lightened with the helping hands you guys have extended to us that have encouraged us to move ahead. Thank u very much. 

Chris Jong - The Founder of Help Community Education Center received biscuit donation from sponsors of 1M1c donors

2016 is going to be even tougher, not only for charitable organisations like ours but sectors too, even the donors may be affected. Despite whatever difficult times, the show must go on. For the 1st time, we have proposed an annual budget that overshoot RM100,000. The textbook replacement project was delayed due to lack to fund in 2015 but with most books torn now, we have no choice but to replace them with Singapore syllabus text books. As you may know, Malaysian publishers do not print Maths and Science in the English language anymore for over 3 years. Singapore textbooks are so expensive due to the currency exchange rate but still cheaper than British or US imported books. A set of samples will reach our school this afternoon when an international visiting school will bring them from Singapore.

We also need a All-in-one multi function printer to print our test and exam papers. After we did a calculation, we found out we can scan and print a A4 size for under 3 sen (including toner and paper) instead of 5 sen outside. We have identified the Canon Image CLASS MP3010 that use the canon cartridge toner 325 that cost RM65 for 2 cartridges (compatible) printing 1,600 copies per cartridge. The printer cost RM499 on Lazada. We are very particular about future printing cost so it took us some time to decide on this model. We are hoping to raise fund for this.

We have attached our Sponsor a refugee child's Education 2016 campaign card. In case, u hv any friends who may be interested to contribute, pls email to them. Although it costs about RM900 per year to provide a decent education to a children, why we we choose to use RM120 per child per year? We believe that at RM120 or just RM10 per month, anybody can participate in this campaign, even wage earners or students. Those more affordable can also sponsor 5, 10 or 20 students. 

Thank u very much for your help again. Have a blessed weekend ahead."

God bless

Chris Jong

2016 Back To School 1 @SK Hicom, Shah Alam - Nov 2015

We kick off our yearly Back To School program with SK Hicom Shah Alam. For this event, we supported 13 students, which the families will received 2 pairs of uniforms, school bags, shoes, socks and also groceries. We were also blessed with sponsors of potatoes and onions from Living Hope, hence the families gets extra rations.

Event was held on 13th November 2015 at the school.

Welcoming us

Helping us with the potatoes and onions from Living Hope.

Prayers to kick start the ceremony

Speech by the headmistress

Speech by Dr. Azma

Handing over ceremony to the needy students

Part of the total of 43 recipients

Appreciation and token for the team

Group photo

Thank you to all sponsors for contributing to the program, also Living Hope. We will do our next Back To School 2 on 12th December 2015. Please check Facebook for more details.

Grocery for the Needies @PPR Bt Muda Jalan Ipoh - Oct 2015

For October 2015,our original destination was Johan Setia, but due to last minute changes, we decided to change to PPR Batu Muda, Jalan Ipoh. This would be our third time here (including Free Market event). We worked with the committee for the list of 90 needy families. For this round, we were lucky that our rice sponsors decided to upgrade the rice from 5kg to 10kg! Many thanks to the group from Tratles.net.

We had a dozen of volunteers this round, which make things move very fast in terms of loading of the rice, but still its not easy to carry across the field. But with teamwork, we clear it out pretty fast!

90 packs of rice in nick of time.

Parking is a nightmare and we work real fast to clear it up for the traffic

I think this is the hardest job of all.. getting ppl IN LINE!

Untying the trays of eggs

Pre-packing

Pre-pack the groceries to speed up the distribution

The other end - upon receiving their bounty

Helping out the recipients

We completed the distribution in about 1 hour and recipients went home happy. There are actually about 600-700 families there, but we only manage to do 90 families which is only a fraction of the population here. Looking at the current economy climate, we hope other NGOs will also provide some help to the needy families. Again, many thanks to all the sponsors and volunteers who have made a difference in their life.

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one. -Mother Teresa

Sponsorship of Wheel Chairs to NGO

We received a request to sponsor for wheel chairs to the needy families from Pertubuhan Amal Sosial Masyarakat Penyayang Malaysia. We checked around wholesale for medical equipment to get the best price for this. At the end, we managed to get an OKU who manufacture the wheelchairs. So, we got the price for RM240 after negotiation.

A request for sponsorship was posted on Facebook and within no time, 14 chairs were pledged and committed by sponsors. Thank you very much for making a difference to the needy families. Upon on logistics and payment done, we arranged for delivery on Friday 2nd Oct 2015 at the NGO's office at Pandan Indah. 

Took awhile to arrive due to traffic jam..nevertheless, it arrived!

Total of 11 wheelchairs were delivered due to space limitations

QC!

1st floor only.... but how about you try carrying it up.. :P

En. Azmi, the entreprenuer

Delivery order...

We were requested to be present at HUKM on later date when they are handing over the wheelchairs to the needy families. Please do help the NGO or you can approach them directly to help the needy family. The NGO works with the hospital's welfare unit where needy families will approach them for help. You can contact the society as below :-

Pertubuhan Amal Sosial Masyarakat Penyayang Malaysia
Address :- No 10A, Jalan 6/5, Pandan Indah Commercial Park, 55100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel :- 03-4280 3177
Email :- caringsociety2012@yahoo.com

Visit to Persatuan Penjagaan Kanak-Kanak Terencat Akal Negeri Selangor (Banting) - Sept 2015

We found this home through Facebook appeal for groceries. However, upon checking, the caretaker Mr Chan inform us that there has been a lot of donations of groceries (dry goods) till November. Hence, its important to check what are the items they need before you proceed to the home. There were request for electrical items and also grass cutter - which was purchased and delivered to the home earlier. As there are enough dry groceries, we decided not to buy groceries but to buy pizza for the tenant. There were also sponsors of chocolates and candies. We also take a copy of their TNB which comes to about RM2000 monthly.

Unloading...

 

Lunch

Lunch time....

Briefing by Mr. Chan

Anyone want to purchase the ticket? The organiser will organise a charity concert to benefit the home on 17th Oct 2015. Kindly contact the PIC if you want to help

Thank you to all sponsors and donors who have contributed to the home. As the home expenses are high with the number of tenants, please help if you can in any forms. It can be groceries or electric bills. Every little bit will help the home.

Please contact Mr. Chan at 016-381 7261.