Thursday, February 25, 2010

Yayasan Anak- Anak Yatim Margin Taman Tun Dr. Ismail


Yayasan Anak- Anak Yatim Margin Taman Tun Dr. Ismail is a home for orphans. It was established in mid 1999 with a total of 30 orphan. Now better known as Ilham Orphanage, the home can accommodate up to 80 children. As the area and buildings are relatively limited, the hostel only provides for 60 male students. The foundation is not only to defend the fate of orphaned children, but to also ensure the children are educated and have morals that are praise worthy.

The home consist of 12 staff, including chairperson Hj. Hassanuddin bin Ali. Consist of 4 women and 8 men. There are 60 children in the home. Their daily activities consist of tennis, taekwondo, carom, counseling, home visits, wheelchair workshop, computer training and language classes. The home is located at No. 2, Jalan 5/ 71B, Pinggir Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Jalan Damansara, 60000 Kuala Lumpur. The home has 3 dorms, each consistent of 20 beds. There also have multipurpose hall, dining hall, TV area, preps room, suspension area, laundry room and the library.

The home needs help for their wheelchair workshop, language classes, computer training and counseling. The objective of the home is to provide protection, guidance and education to the orphans. To ensure the generation of orphans are balanced between spiritual and physical demands. To make generation Muslims not only knowledgeable, and to implicated it to the public. To make them an example to out nations, and to give hope to their families.


Group members:

Jannani

Aida

Wafa

Naveena



RUMAH HOPE

Rumah Hope was started in 1994 as an outreach of Good Hope Church in aid of 5 needy children and as a sanctuary for abused, neglected and under-privileged children between the ages of 5-17. The Home relies solely on public funding to maintain itself.

After 4 years, the Home moved from an old rented bungalow in Old Klang Road to the new home Rumah Hope 1 in Paramount Garden , PJ. The construction of the home was possible thanks to generous contributions in cash and kind namely from Evangelical Lutheran Church Malaysia , Khalid Aluminium Industries Sdn Bhd, NGO’s the general public and various corporate bodies. Rumah Hope 2, a second block was opened on 10th October 2006. Rumah Hope and Rumah Hope 2 will be able to house a maximum of 60 children. The Home is which is registered with Registrar of Societies is also registered with the Selangor Welfare Council and it has been granted Tax Exemption status by the Ministry of Finance.

Rumah Hope operates solely on public donations. Funds for Rumah Hope are solicited mainly from corporate bodies, societies and various individuals. Our past donors include British Women Association, Japanese Women Association, Hong Kong Bank (M) Bhd, Keray (M) Sdn. Bhd, Kuok Foundation berhad, Lions Club of Cybercare, Social Welfare Department, NGO’s, Corporations and the general public. There is currently a waiting list of applicants for admission to Rumah Hope.Taking into account the already subsidized medical and transport costs, the upkeep of one child amounts to RM300.00 per month. Rumah Hope is also attempting to raise funds through appeal letters, charity dinners, carnivals and sale of food & handicrafts made by the children of Rumah Hope.

There are 55 children in total in Rumah Hope. 29 being boys and the rest girls. These children, like any other children, go to school. Three of their children, sat for a major exam, Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR) in October 2007. They attended tuition classes with Mr. Andrew Wong of Mesra Tuition Centre, Section 14 Petaling Jaya and Tutorial Nanda, Old Town Petaling Jaya. They also have 1 child, Doris Lee Wan Yi, who sat for her SPM in November 2007. They had a volunteer from Bangsar Lutheran Church who gave tuition to Doris at 2.00 pm, every Saturday. Doris also received tuition from Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Mathew.\

Done by : Kayshana, Nithya, Farah Izzati and Amiza

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

AGATHIANS SHELTER




AGATHIANS SHELTER is an orphanage for boys that was founded in 2003 by a team of young adults. It was set up as a sanctuary to save a group of children from being turned out to the street and to provide a home for them.

Our volunteers decided to start a home to care and shelter these children. The home occupies a rented premise in Petaling Jaya. The volunteers commence of seven committee members who showers love and care on the 20 children that reside in the home. The home employs three full time staff as caretaker and a volunteer administrator, who handles the day-to-day administration work.

The children are from various backgrounds. Some are orphaned and some only have a single parent who cannot afford to feed them and others are either abandoned or neglected. The children in the orphanage range from the ages of 5 to 14.

Agathians Shelter is a Non Govermental Organisation (NGO) therefore, is very much dependent on public and corporate contributions. The monthly expenses for running the Home is approximately RM 13,000. The expenses are mainly spent on rent, utilities, food, education and medical bills.

The home also runs activities like internal and external tuition by volunteers, motivational talks, counseling sessions and emotional trauma healed through pranic healing.

All they need now are love and tender care in order to have a bright future. Besides that, the home also needs people to show some mercy towards these children by donating to the Home.


Group members :

Sailajha,

Melissa,

Nur Natasha,

Remashini.

About Rumah Hope

Amidst a world torn hy hatred, drugs, physical abuse, sexual abuse, poverty, illness, parental seperation and neglect, Rumah Hope is a sanctuary that provides love, peace, warmth, comfort and security for children abused or abandoned.

Rumah Hope is founded in 1994, it is run by volunteers from all walks of life working together for the betterment of this children. Shelter, food, care and security is provided for children which are in crisis situation and really hope that they will learn to trust adults again and live to cope with emotional anxieties and fears thereafter.

These children are now live in a newly constructed 3-storey building at 45, Jalan 20/2, Paramount Garden, 46300, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Dahrul Eshan. They have 60 over children currently, aged between 4 to 17 years old. They also needs more volunteers to adopt these children so that the child could have a complete family like the others odinary childrens.


Group Members :

1) Sook Ching
2) Marishka
3) Davina
4) Edora

Ronald Mcdonald Charities House Malaysia :)




Formerly known as the Ronald Mcdonald Children's Charities Fund of Malaysia (RMCC) , the Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Malaysia (RMHC Malaysia) was established in Malaysia in February 1990 . Their main goal has always been to lend a helping hand to less fortunate children for a brighter future . Their main focus are in three areas , health , education and welfare .
The first Ronald Mcdonald House in the ASEAN region was established in 1999, and is one of the 280 Ronald McDonald Houses in the world. Located at the Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (formerly known as Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia), this "home away from home" is to accommodate families from outside Kuala Lumpur whose children are seeking medical treatment at the hospital.


RMHC Malaysia also runs the Gift of Smile Campaign for children born with cleft lip and palate defects and whose parents are unable to support their corrective surgery. Under this campaign, these children will be able to undergo corrective surgery at no additional costs. The Gift of Smile Campaign is in partnership with Pantai Hospitals Sdn. Bhd. and ING Insurance Bhd.
The Ronald Mcdonald Sensory Room is another project for children with learning disabilities. RMHC Malaysia donates multi-sensory equipment to centres for the teaching and equipping of these special children, where it has been proven to help special children be more attentive.


In 1997, RMHC Malaysia started Tunas Wawasan. The program is designed to financially assist students with academic potential from low income families. First began in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, this program has now expanded nationwide.


Every year, RMHC Malaysia organizes various functions during festive seasons to enable children in welfare homes to be part of the festivities that other children may take for granted.
Various donations are also made throughout the year to help financial-distressed parents meet medical expenses for their children or to children whose families have experienced natural catastrophes.

The first Ronald McDonald House in Malaysia was completed in 1999. It is the second in Asia and the first in the ASEAN region. It is located on the premises of the Pusat Perubatan Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (PPUKM) and was built at a cost of RM2 million. Officially opened by YAB Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohd Ali, the wife of the former Prime Minister on 21st June 1999, the facility has 19 bedrooms with attached bathrooms and common areas such as the kitchen, dining area, TV lounge and laundry room.


At the lavishly-decorated Ronald McDonald House, these families can have an air-conditioned bedroom for 3 persons with an attached bathroom, prepare their own meals, relax in the TV lounge, make use of the computer facilities, and most importantly, bond and encourage other families who are also in the similar situation.Funding for the Ronald McDonald House is from RMHC Malaysia's various fund raising activities. Ongoing support in the form of donations of food and drink is provided by companies like Nestle, MacFood and Havi Food.




GROUP MEMBERS :
SITI ZULAIKHA
SYAZA NAZIHAH
NATASHA ZAINAL
ALIA SYAFIQAH




House of Joy



The Orphanage we choose is the House of Joy. It was build in 1st August 1992 by Rev Tang Chee Sing and his wife Lee Ching Mun. It is a home for underpriviledged children(both boys and girls) and recently for the down syndrome as well as old folks. There are two different units for the girls and the boys. The girl's living unit is located in a 2 singled-storey home at Taman Kuchai, Puchong while the boys live in a home at Taman Tenaga, Puchong. There are also two other that located in Cameron Highlands and in Karak, Pahang.


The aim and objectives of the House of Joy are to protect, shelter and to provide a loving abd caring homely environment for orphans, underprivileged, abused, negleted, abandoned and helpless single parented children and teens, To nurture and cultivate good values, brotherhood and sisterhood love among children, teens and elderly, To provide facilities and opportunities for literacy learning, appreciation of music and art, developing IT, language, leadership and living skills and To cultivate positive moral and spritual values, helping children to regain trust, self control, faithful to God and to become a good and discipline citizen.


There are several services that the House of Joy provides, example they collect used furniture, workable used home appliances and other household items. Besides that, they also collect second hand clothes, nags, shoes, books, newspapers, computers and others. Not only that, shelter work is also one of the services that the House of Joy provides.


The House of Joy depends largely on public donations or contibutions for its operations. We don't really need to go to the home to give help, we can just donate things that we don't use anymore or money to them. That will be really helpful to them. Schools can have a fund raising or even organize a trip to the home. Once they know that there are people who are willing to help them and to support them, they couldn't be any happier.


The House of Joy will continue to pray and seek God's will and guidance earnestly on their future plans. They plan to hold a workshop for industrial and skill learning, a farming project,a recreational and hospitality training centre and setup more home within Malysia.


We can reach them at NO. 78A, Jalan TK1/1, Taman Kinara, Jalan Puchong Batu 7, 47100 Puchong, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malysia. Their office telephone number is +603 8070 4497 and their email is hoj92@yahoo.com. Their official website is http://www.joy.org.my/ . Let us all continue to support the House of Joy so they could achieve all their future plans with success.




Done by,


Group Members:


1) Ameerah


2) Shalini


3) Tracy


4) Virsha