2012 Report

A late entry for last year report, but here it goes...

The year 2012 had been a challenging year for the team due to heavy work and personal commitments. However, we still manage to consistently do 1 projects every month. We only collected 62% of the donation last year, but we still manage to cover 16 projects. Some projects are sponsoring other NGOs while some are our own projects.

Financial Details for 2012
Total Collected         - RM 6912.41
Total Spent               - RM 4656.25
Balance CF to 2013 - RM 1927.16
Cash on Hand          - RM 2666.36 (additional cash RM739.20 due to vouchers donated and anonymous donors)

The number of homes visited last year were smaller and repeated visit to some of the homes to ensure their basic needs are met. We also had a CNY Feeding for the poor family from SRJK (C) Hin Hua Klang, fully sponsored by corporate sponsors under the guidance of Project MADE, which we are truly grateful for the experience.

Ali Cafe Tiga Rasa had also sponsored the kids from St Barnabas Klang to have a free meal at their USJ restaurant, which was much appreciated by the kids. We also sponsored the Student Club from UKM for their "Project Kampung Angkat 2012" activity.

There were also emergency request for money and food, which we did a durian fund raising for a needy family which need financial support for back operation. We received a request from a home that need food urgently, which we responded. At the end of the year, there is our Back To School and Christmas party for the home.


Again, thank you to all sponsors whom had benefited the needies and we hope to have another fruitful year in 2013 and help more homes. It is also good to know that there are many that will notify me privately whenever a request for sponsors comes in. Your thoughts are greatly appreciated as I know things will turn out succesfully. I also like to thank the following people below for their support and sponsorship to keep this organisation going as without your tremendous support, we would not have lasted 3 years! :) The list of sponsors goes to the list below :-


Jessie Lai & Family, Yong Wei Kee & Family & friends, Ong's family, Project MADE (Hj Ainie), Ng AikChern & family, Sanddie Cheong, Sally Saw, Lai Nyook Yin, Chan Yet Kam, Ng Teng Song, SK Chow, Joy Chow, Eileyn Chua, Tio Wei Heok, Danny Ong, Wong WW, Jacinta N, Cecelia, Alex Hang,  Gary's Friends (Durian Fund Raising) and Ali Cafe Tiga Rasa (Mr See TP), Jen C, Ashley Wong & Friends for the Back To School sponsorship and many other more who have contributed time and efforts to ensure each activities are successful!

On a personal note, I was introduced to Reach Out Malaysia by another volunteer, an NGO that feed the homeless. Its a good experience for those who would like to see the other side of life. The KL Run is 7 days a week, while Klang Run is Mon-Fri. Details are here and here. Come along if you have time to spare. ;)

2011 Report

2011 has just passed and 1M1C is 2 years old! As per our original 'mission statement', we have been consistently doing 1 charity a month and sometimes more, depending on resources and time.

For the year 2011, the accounts are as below :-

Total Collected          : RM 11,090.81
Total Spent                : RM 9,985.90
Balance C/F to 2012  : RM 1,104.91


For this year activities, beside the normal visit to the orphanages and homes, we also start to do feedings for the poor, a joint venture activity with Project Made. We have made trips to Mentakab and Kuala Selangor for the feedings. It has been an adventurous year for 1M1C, as we covered area outside Klang Valley.
We also tried co-sponsored a soup kitchen in Shah Alam for a day, with planning and logistics done, but was postponed to the next month due to sudden emergency, and later, it closed down due to lack of funding. My last check was, they are back in business. We also kick start our first Back To School Program to provide for the poor students in SRJK Hin Hua Klang and also Orang Asli community in Gombak. Hopefully, we will have yearly budget for the Back To School program in the future.

For 2012, we are planning the following projects :-

1. Festive season feeding for the poor
2. Sponsor a soup kitchen.
3. Year end back to school program 2013

We have come a long way since we started 2 years ago, where we didnt have the experience or know-how to do it. But we learned a lot along the way, from smaller homes to feeding 30 families. It is an eye opener for us as well, knowing that there are more people in needs in the society. Perhaps, the best thing we know is, we are in a position to make a difference in others' life. Our original intention is to spread the spirit of giving, and while you may not join us in our monthly activities, but we do hope you would make a difference to a home within your area.

As we juggle between work and 1M1C activities, we do appreciate if any of the readers can give us a hand to let us take a breather! We would love to share our experience so that the spirit of giving is spread across to a wider area!

Here, I would like to thank the following people who has been supporting 1M1C for such a long time, as without your efforts, time and money, all of this would not have been possible.

1. My sincere thanks to Lai's family for supporting our efforts in order to keep the spirit of 1M1C alive.
2. I also like to thank many individual donors that had donated to 1M1C, which the list is too long to be mention! Without the support, it would be a little bit tough to maintain what we are doing now.
3. Not forgetting Lai's group of friends/school mates/ex-colleagues (Yong, Gary, Danny, Yeow Meng, Kate, Tony Lim, etc), whom I never knew until 1M1C started - thank you for help and efforts and giving the much needed support.
4. Special thanks for our sister NGO like Project MADE, Sri Narayani Foundation and the Ong family who have been helping 1M1C in many ways, through sponsorship, moral support and most of all - friendship.

Thank you again to all! While the world is just too big for us to change, but we can certainly make a difference in people's life.

2010 Report

Planned to do a summary of 2010 activity, but was tied up with work. So finally, spend some time and manage to complete it.


Our Mission
To do one charity a month.

Background
The idea of 1M1C started from discussions on what we can do to give back to the society. As we look into our lives, knowing we are much more fortunate compared to many people. Hence, we started to collect money and able to contribute to the homes that needs help. Our first month collection was only RM200 and it start growing from there.

The TEAM
We have a core team to plan, co-ordinate the monthly activities and collection of funds. Our funding comes from donors and strangers who comes and go, depending on their financial capability.

Permanent Donors
During the early stage, donors comes and go. With new people joining, ideas were formed and decide that we can have a group of permanent donors, which makes planning easier as we know we have a minimum amount to contribute in a month.

2010 Report
Total Homes Contributed - 19
Total Collections for 2010 - RM8260

Our Hope
As our contributions are very minimal compared to the homes' monthly expenditure, which can comes up to RM10-30k a month, we hope that based on our visit and blog update, it will open the path to those people who read it, hoping they will do their contribution themselves without us and also to generate more awareness to the public. Based on our visits across Klang Valley, there are homes in every town that you can help.

Moving Forward
We hope readers will be inspired to do more charity and help others in need. With price of groceries going up, the homes need every single little contribution that you can help.

Special Thanks
There are many strangers that has contributed to the fund which we have not met. A big THANK YOU for your contribution.