Sponsorship To Other NGOs

In support of other charity NGO's, 1M1C do sponsor items in needs. For Sept 2012, we have sponsored to Project MADE's Tabung Ubat List and also charity event organised by the volunteers from "We Love, We Care, We Share".

Items donated to Project MADE's Tabung Ubat List

Fives of everything...

To the organisers of the events, you guys did great stuff and hope our small contribution will make a small difference in this big big world. Thank you to all donors for making this sponsorship possible, as without your donation, the recipients would not have benefited from the events organised by our sister NGOs.

St Barnabas Home, Klang

For this month activity, it was planned quiet late due to work commitments. But glad that it was done on the last day of the month ~which is Merdeka Day! I contacted the care taker, George during the Raya holidays to identify things that they need and had a full 30 minutes briefing on the home.

The hall downstairs

The hall downstairs is being used by the Rohingya refugees (non-Muslim) for free education, and this was requested by the UNHCR. The church sponsored RM1k monthly towards the children's meals (breakfast and lunch) and teachers' salaries. The activities are organised by Myanmar Migration of Klang. After reading this article, I guess I really dont know much about the migrants living here.

The team arrived at 2pm and George was there to greet us. Upon the usual introduction, we unload the groceries. We were brief on home situation and the children's background. The home is funded by the church which currently has 19 kids in the home, age ranging from 5 to 14 years old. The number of kids is reduced due to some has gone to work or left the home. The more you listen, the more heart ache you will feel, as some has not parents or single parent, whom are too poor to take care of them. There are two group of siblings where the parents are no longer around / unable to take care of them.

We later visited the children's floor and was introduce to the children. As sad as their story goes, you dont really see it in their happy faces...somehow, while writing this blog, it reminds me of this song.

Greetings visitors! Welcome!

Kitchen

Kids waiting patiently while Mamee is being distributed...

George with one of the children

Self-Introduction..I am Private Ryan, badge number ......

Only bought Mamee and forgot to get more junk food!

Daily roster...

George explaining to us on the home situation

We left about 245pm, heading out to check out a new old folks home. The kids happily shake our hands and pose for photographs as we leave. Now kids, behave!!!

Wishing us good bye...

Macam macam style ada... ;)

Kids will always be kids! :)

The total amount of groceries donated was RM200 with additional RM100 from Mdm Florence. Again, thank you to all donors and volunteers for your contributions.

St Judes Home, Shah Alam

We received an email request and decided do our bit to help the home. We did a pre-visit to the home to
understand the home's need and basically, its the grocery. We arrive on a hot Saturday afternoon, and was greeted by Mr Ravi and his wife. We quickly unload the groceries and was given a tour around the home.

Mini Ongs distributing the goodies to the kids

 
The home is only 4 years old, and mainly survived from donation from public, and also home rental is currently paid by the church. It currently is the home to 32 tenants, and 20 of them were picked up from the street or from General Hospital. There are 3 kids there, which was abandoned by their parents. There is also a few single mother staying there as well.

Mr Ravi briefing us on the home

The memory loss tenant....cant remember much

The porch

Welcome committee that was charging towards me when I arrived....It was either I ran back to my car or I stay still... and I won! :)

The 3 children abandoned by their parents

This uncle has memory lost, no IC, dont talk much. But due to our JPN Mobile, manage to match his fingerprint through their database and found he is from Pulau Ketam.

The home has their own little garden, and we also met the 20 new tenants that arrived today - 20 little ducklings.
 

Brinjal plants

Mini garden with all sorts of vegetables

The land beside the home where boards are thrown here

 

The boards are burned to get the metal for resale. We feel its a bit waste to burn it due to environment issue and hope someone will buy from there to make it a win-win situation

 

The young man that has his skull wack off....

The forgetful tenant...forgot that she has just eaten 15mins ago and claimed that she has not eaten for the whole day...

Donated items

In this home, I met the old, the blind, the mentally disturb, the memory lost, stroke patients, 2 ex-gangsters that are bed-ridden. One is a 25 years old man who had his head hacked and currently is living without partial of his skull and his 23-years old wife is taking of him, while the other is a early 50's man, bed-ridden due to stroke. As I see them lying there motionless, I can only wonder if they ever thought how their life would end up like this.


The home may not have much, but it provide a roof and food to the tenants. Even though the tenants have their own problems, but they help each other and make the home a better place to live in. While we were there, we can see them helping the rest that are unable to move by feeding them. It may look like sad situation for normal people, but from our 1 hour conversation with Ravi, I never sense a feeling of sad, anger or regret from him. I personally think it takes a strong man to do a job like this. It gives me hope in humanity that there are still people that are willing to give up all the material things in life for a better spiritual life.

For this round, we spent RM433.54 for the home with the following items purchased - diapers, mee hoon, vegetables, washing powder, bleach, dish washer, potatoes, tomatoes, soap, floor washing liquid, nuggets, onions, sardines and milk powder. Additional items donated are 10 tray of eggs (donor from NS) and 10 packet of Oligo drinks (Power Root). Ravi did request for 1 stand fan (3 if you can donate), a second hand freezer and some clothes.

Last but not least, I would like to thank all our donors and friends for giving us the funding to do more work like this. Also like to thank Ong & Wendy & kids for the support.

Additional information :- http://stjudehomepj.blogspot.com/

Emergency Aid To Family In Need

Case: Family of Poor (Kepong Baru)

Background
Mr Tan Chong Eng (NRIC 801015-10-xxxx), a furniture worker with income RM2K a month, born in year 1980, married and have 5 children (age 11months, 4yrs, 7 yrs, 8 yrs & 9yrs). Within last 2 years, he was involved in 3 accidents and need medical fee about RM30k for his back bone surgery. Currently, the kids are taken care by the wife as full time housewife.

Their situation was pick up by NanYang SiangPao and this trigger the public attention. Politician has stepped in so try to help. Tan is now register in Jab Kebajikan Masyarakat and the politician is negotiating with University Hospital for the back bone surgery operation fees.

The family stayed in Metro Prima Block B renting a house @ level 14. They are already 3 months behind rental payment of RM450 / month rental. His son,  Tan Wee Siang happens to be my son's classmate and due to absences from school a few days, the headmaster discover the family situation.

The school, SRJK (C) Kepong II has started a fund raising campaign to ease the burden of this very unfortunate family. From the donation notice, Harry (my son) ask me for some donation. Personally i donated RM50 on the spot.

I was told that the kids only have not more than 50 cents per day for their school days. This initiated me that we need to help this family.

Immediately 1month1charity purchased daily grocery such as eggs, biscuit, instant noodles, bihun, flour, sugar, salt, rice, jam, butter, milk powder, sanitary pads. We delivered the items early July after a site visit on end of June.

The item cost RM231.25.

We did a fund raising @RM50 per person from GaryLee's friends list. On top of that, we hosted a Raub Durian Makan sambil ber'Charity 1/7/2012 6-9pm @ Kepong Baru. In total, we managed to raise RM 5,810 - Durian cost RM400).

Special thanks to Sanddie, (Happy Tan & Family, OCM & Family), that contributed in a big way. The durian cost RM 400 was re-donated back to this fund by Mr Happy Tan and OCM.

We wrote a cheque RM5,000 and pass to Mr Tan. Hopefully this ease their burden for the medical bill partially. The balance of RM810 will be posted into 1M1C account for other who need it.

Gotong Royong Cleaning cum Mother's days KFC lunch

Date 3/6/12 @ 11am-2pm

Venue: TongSim Old Folks Home, Jln Lapangan Terbang Lama, Sg Besi, KL.

We received a "charity cold call" from Ms Jackie Teoh who came across to our little blog, she intended to group some friends and especially their teenage children to volunteer at any charity home during coming school holiday which falls from 26 May to 10 June 2012.

"I have difficulty scrutinizing the 'right' charity home...." this is very common issue anyone who wanted to help the needed but dont know how to kick start and choose the right home to help.

Jackie & gengs came out with an idea of "House Keeping" for old folks home at the same time to bring some grocery items to any home needed.Without much searching, TongSim is the right place to do so.

Our 1M1C group sponsored the KFC meal for the mama papa in the house in conjunction to the Mother and Father's day month. Overall, we spent RM662.72 for KFC cater for 55pax old folks and RM50 carbonate water such as Coke, 100 Plus, Orange etc.

We arrived about 1115am and we have a group of 5-7 friends out of some where, Jackie & gengs about 15+-, Julia Chong and friends. We started to distriute the KFC to all tenants follow by drinks. The caretaker told us not to load too much carbonate drink (Nanti berak banyak-banyak, kasi kerja susah o).

You may wonder can these old people eat KFC? Uncle Cheong the founder of the TongSim said :" These people already old, let them enjoy what the want to eat, dont restrict them on food".

Latter, we start to swept the floor and follow by mopping the place. The equipment (mops and brooms) are not in very the good conditions, IF YOU HAPPEN to visit, PLEASE SPONSOR some la..

If you wanted to help this home to do clean up, advice from volunteers there is be there before 10am before the daily cleaning job is perform.

We had a group photo with some of the tenants, Uncle Cheong (Founder), caretakers, Jackie & Geng, Shirene Liew (*Birthday girl back from Singapore), Julia Chong & friends.

Special Note
Another chapter of 1M1C hosting a Gotong Royong Cleaning cum mother's days KFC lunch for the home needed. Our methods is always visit and donate, but this is the first Gotong Royong from 1M1C.

To our Belated Mr Lai Chin Lun (the late founder of 1Month1Charity), we wish you HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY in June, hopefully you enjoy KFC somewhere is heaven too.

In memory of Lai, 1Month1Charity will continue your vision.