2012 CNY Feeding at SRJK Hin Hua Klang (Part 2)

We completed the CNY feeding in about 45 minutes. Great efforts were made by the Mr Leow, Mr Chin (PIBG chairman) to get the families that were not there. Hence, we decided to split the 9 pax of goodie bags to one orphanage and one female handicap center. I had earlier inform them that we will be dropping by around lunch time. The first home that we delivered was Pusat Kasih Sayang YWCA, which we have donated some food stuff last month.With the 9 goodie bags, we deliver 5 packs to this home... or was it 4 packs? ;)

Mr See going through the items with the tenants

They like the Doramon mug...

Before we left, Mdm See also gave the caretaker the balance of the angpow, which is 9 packs. We excuse ourselves as we head out to another nearby orphanage. This home was also visited by us earlier and while we were there, there were no kids at home, except a baby as the rest of the kids were taken out for a CNY luncheon.

We chatted with the 3 Indonesian maids, asking about the home and what are the things they required. From what we see, the home is well managed and the place is a good environment for the kids. It has a good living environment and you can probably guess how the home is run. We look around the place and took some photographs before we call it a day.

Our donated items...

Mini library....

As we called it a day, all of us were very happy how things turn out for this feeding. I believe this is one of our best event that we had organised, and with every event, we learn new things. Ainie and myself did a post-mortem via email on our activities to identify in which area that we can improve in future feedings. But I guess, the feeling of able to make a difference in other people's life really makes us happy as 24 hours ago, both of us were worried sick! Again, I cant help but to thank our fellow donors again (and again!!!), for their time, contributions and efforts, in which without YOUR participation, it would not have been a successful event.

I would like to end this entry with this link, where the world is too big for us to change, yet every single one of us can make a difference if we work together to make the world a better place.

Update 18/1/2012 :- Was informed by Ainie that for this CNY feeding, we only spent RM79.. and splitting  50-50 between Project Made & 1M1C, we only pay RM34.50!

2012 CNY Feeding at SRJK Hin Hua Klang (Part 1)

The planning for CNY started right after Gombak Orang Asli feeding, started with the question "Do you want to do CNY feeding?". Well, I guess the rest is history! :) As Ainie and myself started to plan on who would be our target recipients, when to do it, what to donate, things beginning to start to fall into place. We posted the event on Facebook and spread the word, and donation started to come in. With donation coming from everywhere, the goodie bag's contents begin to grow!

Here, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the following donors for their sponsorship, as without them, this event could not have been successful! 

1. Neuramatix Sdn Bhd
2. Nestle Bhd 
3. Power Root Sdn Bhd
4. Cosway Sdn Bhd
5. Sri Narayani Foundation 
6. Wan Lee and friend
7. Mdm See 
8. Joey Tan
9. Yong WK
10. Mrs Diana Wong & Friends
11. Ms Yasmin Yong
12. Ms Lilian Si
13. Ms. Wendy
14. En. Zaidi Ahmad
15. Ms Angie Lim

The feeding pack includes the following: -

• Rice – 1 pkt/ 10kg
• Sugar – 2 pkt/ kg
• Salt – 1 pkt
• Oil – 2 pkt
• Meehoon – 3 pkt
• Maggi Mee – 2 pkt
• Pork Luncheon Meat – 1 tin
• Condensed Milk – 2 tins
• Drink Cordial – 1 btl
• MILO – 8 tins
• Power Root Product
• Cosway Product
• Fresh Chicken – 1
• Fresh Veg – 3 kinds
• Mandarin Oranges – 1 box
• Angpow Packets

Counting the packets...

Volunteers from Neuramatix

As there are MANY places that we can help, the decision to help who is also not easy. We later decided that we would go back to the school (SRJK Hin Hua Klang), where we did our Back To School program last year. We had initially decided to deliver to every single home, but with 30 homes to distribute, it is unlikely we can finish in a 2 hours session due to the scattered locations the recipients are living. We managed to contact the school headmaster, which willingly allow us to use the school as a distribution point. The headmaster, Mr Leow and Asst. HM, Ms Tan was kind enough to inform the families for us by issuing a memo to the families to come over on Sunday. It was a relieve for Ainie and myself to know we have a place to distribute. Our worst case scenario would be doing it outside the school, which is along the road!

Donor started to arrive as early as 1000am, and we immediately unload the groceries, and as more donors came, we started to arrange for ease of collection later on. Parents and children begin to arrive and we start the registration. We have Mr Leow's two son to help with the registration of the parents and cross check with the name list supplied earlier. By 11am, we already have 18 families in the hall.  As the school tried calling the balance of the 7 families, we start the event. I will let the photos speak for themselves here.....

The hall

All items packed and sorted out...

 

Green goodie bags from Neuramatixs

Parents and kids registering at the counter

More and more parents coming in....

Double check to ensure all are in order...

Registering and given a number....

The assembly line to collect the stuff

Inside the content of the goodie bag

Getting ready to start

The principal, Mr Leow gave the opening speech for the event in English and Mandarin. The event start after the speech

Shah...Chief Distributing Officer...

Apa nama? IC mari ...

The Queue....

Waiting for their turns...

Getting the kids to sign off the acceptance sheet

Stuff where given in order, like an assembly line.

Receiving the goodie bag...

Giving instructions..dont play play kiddo!

The first pack would be the rice

Mdm See giving out the angpows to each of the family

Goodie stuff being cleared...!!

Once collected, everyone proceed to the open air hall for a group photo...

We completed about 12pm and manage to distribute to 21 families, with the balance of 9 goodie bags. We decided to proceed to distribute to 2 homes, one is an orphanage and the other is a handicap center for woman. Stay tune for Part 2! :)

Enter the DRAGON! Happy CNY to all !! :)

P/S : Still waiting for some photos from the cameraman, so will post it once I get it.
PP/S : Having issue with accessing Twitter and Facebook from home, hence you will not see a frequent update until TM sort it out... if ever....

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.

Balance of Groceries Distribution

As there were balance of 7 packs of groceries, we decided to donate it to homes that needs it. I donated to an old folks home, which we have previously visited before, which is Pusat Warga Emas (Klang). My arrival was unexpected its only 930am. They just finished breakfast and I can see one of the volunteers cleaning up the home. I exchange pleasantry with the caretaker, dropped the groceries and sign off the visitor book.

Goodie bags include 'ikan bilis'..which was much welcome by the caretaker.

2 bags of groceries + 1 pack of rice.

I proceed to another nearby home, which take cares of Down Syndrome children and handicapped children. The home is very new, as they basically tore down the old house and rebuild the home at the cost of RM1 million. They just moved into the house in May 2011. Hence, everything is still new and still need some things.

There are 20 tenants here, with 5 staffs. I saw 2 Indonesian maids in the house to help out as well. The tenants also recycle newspaper and does some packaging to generate income for the home. I was brought around the house to see the condition.

Sleeping room

A good Samaritan donated the cupboards for the clothings

Adjacent room which is still empty

Christmas wish...

Daily roster

Tenants doing packaging work...

Groceries delivered for the home

I proceed to find another orphanage in need, but couldnt find the location the last time. Again, failed miserably today. Hence, I decided to drop the final 3 groceries bag at Pusat Jagaan Anbe Sivam.

A revisit...

Tenants came out and help bringing in the groceries

3 bag full + 4 packs of milk powder + 2 packs for rice

List of items required by the home

With the above deliveries, the only balance are the few packs of milk powder, which will be redistributed to other homes as well. With this completed, we conclude the year 2011 with gratitude to all sponsors, donors and volunteers.