Persatuan Penjagaan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Klang

Its has been awhile since I last came over to the home for a visit, so I decided to drop by on a Sunday (27th Jan 2013) to see what is needed. I reach there about 12pm and have a quick chit chat with the care takeer to understand what do they need. I went to purchased some needed groceries and drop by later.

Care taker doing physio on the children

Funds has been collected and pending town council for approval for new building

Managed to count one to forty without the caretaker's help.

Main entrance

Dancing the Oppa Gangnam style...

Smile!

And they were ready to rock when the music was played!

There are about 7 workers from India taking care of all the smaller children, while the elders were mostly on their own wandering around the home or watching TV.  Some of the children quickly came to me and shake hand with me. They also love to take photos too. Simple things but it means a lot to them. The children there are friendly and would love your interactions and attention, hence if you are making a visit there, its best to spend time with the children.You can get more information from this site. The home also received 2 pack of rice donated from Reach Out. Total spent is RM301.

If you are interested to visit the home, address is - No.4, Lorong Bunga Raya, Kampong Raja Uda, 42000 Port Klang, Selangor. (Dont use Google Map as its wrongly tagged. Search for Fire Dept along the main road to Port Klang). Tel: 03-3165 4312, 3165 4475

Feeding the Poor - Jan 2013

I was introduced to Tony, a fellow NGO who does feeding for the poor for the last 7 years. After initial discussion, we agreed to sponsor 5 families for 3 months as a start. Fund raising was done via Facebook, and was quickly done within 1 month. Thanks to all the donors who responded quickly we collected twice the amount targetted!  With the final donation collected of RM3200, we are able to sponsor 10 families per month for 3 months. So, on behalf of the recipients, I would like to thank to all sponsors for contributing to the fund for this activity.

We purchased the groceries for 10 families a day earlier, as the things need to be pack to ease the distribution the next day. On the rainy Saturday, I was joined by Jen C and kids, which provide much needed help in the hard labour.

We covered  areas around Teluk Pulai, Kampung Delek and Kampung Jawa. The locations of the home a bit distributed, hence took some time to complete the whole 10 families.

Biscuits and choco powder

All items packed and ready to be distributed.. Volunteers needed for the next round!

The first family we covered is a Cambodian Muslim family. The elder daughter, married with a kid was left by the husband. Tony had been sponsoring the home for 7 years when the the daughter was  much younger.

The home is located "somewhere" in Kg Delek...

Unloading the stuffs

Second home which is an Indian home. Another long term "customer" Tony had been providing. Currently baby sitting neighbours' kids for income.

70 years old aunty hugging Tony to show her appreciation for the contribution.

Aunty thanking Jen for contribution

The total of 10 recipients were Indians and Malay families, with different family background and hardship. If you want to see the other side of life, come and join us in our February Feeding. Again, thank you to our donors who have responded and contributed to the fund  - Wong WW, Yong WK & friends, Jen C, Uni Electronic Sdn. Bhd and Han Qin Cai for making this event a succesful one.

Total bill of RM988.80

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. ;)

Back To School Program & Christmas Party 2012 for St Barnabas Home

 

Finally, the long awaited day has arrived and its like sitting for the exam! :) Two months of planning and procrastination (ahem!) finally comes to a fruitful enjoyable evening. As you would have seen in the Facebook updates, all items were collected separately to avoid 'traffic jam' due to the schedule of sponsors and myself. Nevertheless, the last item was collected two days before the party date. The event was held on 15th Dec 2012 1200pm. We arrived an hour earlier to see how we can organise the hall, setup the table/chairs and tag the gifts. We got some help from the kids to help to organise the tables, and volunteers start trickling in. For this time, I got a photographer to take the photos so that I can snake concentrate on event....

Lable and tagging at the last minute...yes, we work better under pressure....

Guys, get back to work!

Thanks Brenda! :)

Opening the party pack

 As the kids arrived, we gave them the party packs and they were happily opening it and see what is inside the pack.  I did a quick introduction to all the volunteers and get the kids to go for lunch. The menu for the day is KFC, fried noodle, fried mee hoon, curry chicken, curry puffs, soft drinks and Vitagen, which I can consider a very normal food for us, but it could be a rare treat for the kids at the home. We noticed that the kids love to eat the mee hoon.

Drink, drank.. and drunk..

Thanks Jennifer... the photo is for illustration purposes only... ha ha

Waiting for lunch..

Lining up for lunch

Mee hoon for kids, mee for adults... ;)

Things start to fall into place as we go along and I think its because of the food! The volunteers mixed around with the kids and I can see the happy faces and smiles from ear to ear..

After lunch, we took a break before the Chief Games Organiser start the games. First game was the newspaper game, er.. dont know how to explain but I guess I will let the photos speak for itself. We are lucky to have Max who brought his magical guitar to beef up the Christmas mood.

Max and his magical guitar to spice up the event

We sang Happy Bday to Andrew for his birthday

And let the newspaper game start....

Cik, ini bukan acara lontar peluru ..... lolx

The next game is musical chair...

The final two....

The next game.. explode the balloon..

 

I would like to thank Wendy for the gifts preparation. I can see the kids happy faces when they receive the gift. We later presented the Christmas gift and also the school bags and uniform to the kids. You can see them grinning from ear to ear.

Thanks Ashely & friends for the bags!

Mission Accomplished! :)

 

Drawing from Kopi Soh.. TQ!

The project would not had be a successful event if not for the efforts and assistance provided by all sponsors and for that, I am truly grateful to all our sponsors and strangers who have contributed their time and effort, cash or kinds to ensure this little project comes to a success and benefited the children.

Hence, I would like to thank the following sponsors...

Roll Call...

1. Ashley Wong, Chong Cheong Sung, Chong Chun Haw, Low Hui Meng, Teoh Chun Sim, Yeo Yan Fen, Tay Sook King, Wong Siew Fung, Kiki Chor, Kok Kin, Eugene, Jessy Lim, Shirley Tan, Alice Ang, Eunice Yip, Samantha Sui, Chi Wah, Catherine Chai - TQ for the sponsorship for the school bags and uniforms.
2. Brenda Ang and friends - for the gift and party packs, and please thank your kids for the efforts and time packing it!
3. Ong/Wendy - Thanks for your ever superb support in all our projects.
4. Tony Lim - Cup cakes are good and its good I know u well enough to get more...for free!
5. Jen C - 5 curry puffs are not enough to test.
6. Jane - gifts for the kids
7. A colleague - 2 pairs of 1Malaysia Official Fly Swatters
8. Jacinta/ Ms Teh HC / Mdm Loong - for the shoe sponsorship.
9. Eric - for the time and photographs.. thats what friends are for...:P
10. Sanddie - for the quick response to the almost last minute request.
11. Alex Hang - The 30 bottles of Vitagen was good, but I only manage to verify all are good for the kids after my 30th bottle...
12. Fellow Volunteers - Siong Leong/Siong Seong/Chloe/Sonia - F&B and Games Officers...Only 3 games?! Next year quota is 6 with Vodka! :P
13. Kopi Soh - thanks for the drawing!

I also have to thank the few sponsors that ping me immediately to donate items the moment it get posted on FB, the items required get 'snatched up' pretty fast! I m wondering if I should put this on eBay the next round?



Lastly, my sincere apprecation to ALL for making a great event to end the year with! Thank you for making a difference in the kids' life. If I have missed your name, its not intentional, just that I tend to get forgetful! And speaking of forgetful, I forgot to gave George the RM570 cheque for the shoes as BATA does not sell their vouchers at the retail shop and you will have to go to HQ (The Curve) to purchase it.

Till then, a wishing you a good year ahead and Happy New Year! :)

Update 27/12/2012 - Finally gave George the cheque of RM570 for the school shoes.