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90 SJKT Taman Permata students get free lunch for 1 year

March 23rd, 2011
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ABOUT 90 underprivileged children from SJK (T) Taman Permata, Dengkil, were delighted to know that Living Hope Malaysia is sponsoring them with lunch for a year. The children sometimes have to stay behind after school for extra classes and majority did not have money to buy lunch.

Living Hope founder and chairman Dr Peggy C. Wong presented a mock cheque for RM27,000 to the school’s assistant headmistress Uma Perumal.

The program was started in 2010 by former headmaster Muthiah Sithambaram.

A total of 90 children from Standard 3 to Standard 6 will be fed.

“We are very happy to help these children so that they will be able to concentrate on their studies and not feel faint and sleepy in the afternoon.

“We thank our donors for their love and compassion for the poor and for partnering us,” Dr Wong said..

Living Hope Malaysia, founded in July 2007, is the corporate social responsibility arm of Living Hope Resources (M) Sdn Bhd that aspires to be the voice of the unheard and a champion of the poor, needy and marginalised children living in Malaysia and internationally.

It acts as a bridge by connecting generous donors with needy children. Sponsorship (cash or in kind) is channelled directly to the beneficiaries.

Living Hope is run by a dedicated group of volunteers whose motivation is to inspire hope in needy children for a better future.

source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/3/19/central/8286027&sec=central

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Bhavya Vel and Ronald McDonald help Razif

March 23rd, 2011
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The smile has returned to nine-year-old Razif Azami, who was born with a cleft palate – thanks to the efforts of an enterprising young girl.

Bhavya Vel Vell Paari managed to raise almost RM5,000 from selling brownies and cupcakes to enable Razif to undergo corrective surgery.

She donated the money to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Malaysia, who in turn sponsored Razif’s surgery at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

Sweet offering: Bhavya (right) offering Razif a brownie baked by her to raise funds for his corrective surgery.

Her efforts got the attention of several companies, which also sent donations to RMHC on her behalf.

“I love baking and I’m happy that it could help a good cause,” said Bhavya, a Year Six pupil at Alice Smith School, who had undergone cleft lip corrective surgery herself.

“When I had to choose a cause for my school’s community service project, I picked RMHC’s Gift of Smile programme as it was something close to my heart.”

Gift of Smile is a programme run by the RMHC to raise funds for children under 18 years with a cleft lip or palate, and whose families cannot afford to send them for surgery.

RMHC officer Algene Tan said such surgeries cost around RM5,000 and children would require several surgeries to fix their cleft.

“Unfortunately, the procedure is too expensive for many parents,” she added.

Since the programme began in 2004, Gift of Smile has sponsored 498 operations, which cost nearly RM2mil.

Oddly, while funding for the project continues to increase, not many parents have applied for sponsorship for their children, Tan said.

“It could be due to lack of awareness.

“There are also many families who either don’t want to, or can’t afford to come to Kuala Lumpur,” said Tan, adding that RMHC’s funds also covered travel and lodging expenses for families outside the Klang Valley.

She added RMHC welcomes more families seeking sponsorship for surgeries for their children with similar conditions.

They can obtain more information from RMHC’s website www.rmhc.org.my.

source: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/22/nation/8319021&sec=nation

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Education Counselling for SPM leavers by MyIndians.com

March 18th, 2011
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Something’s brewing at MyIndians.com 🙂 I attended a discussion (late due to Rajah!) organised by Datin Vasanthi last weekend. Met some influential people there: Prof Suresh Govind (Sri Sathya Sai Council Malaysia), Krishna (MHS), Rajah (Afterschool), Elanjelian (MCEF) and so on. [note to self: write-up on MyIndians to come soon].

There will be an event in two weeks time to counsel SPM leavers around Klang Valley.  Students who will be getting their results next week should make a beeline for the session.

More details will be made known once available.

 

Note: I wish YSS (MIC), myIndians, EWRF (C3G), and DHRRA can pool their resources and work together without politics involved. We can make better use of the resources. Will write more on this later.

Talking about politics, there’s no events by PR parties so far to cater for SPM/STPM leavers? No career guidance? No scholarship talks?

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RM561k for temples and NGOs in Kedah and Penang

March 11th, 2011
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Not bad, RM561k for 46 entities. Equals RM12,196 per entity.  At least better than nothing. Still got nearly RM4.5 million, but I think its for whole country, not only Penang/Kedah.

 

THE Federal Government has allocated RM561,000 to 36 Hindu temples and 10 Indian non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Kedah and Penang.

Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said the allocation was part of the RM5mil which was requested by the MIC for temples and NGOs to carry out their religious and community activities for the year.

“The money can be used for the renovation of premises and to buy temple utensils,” he said after presenting the grants to representatives of 11 temples in Penang, 26 temples in Kedah and five NGOs from each state at the Penang Golf Resort in Bertam, Kepala Batas recently.

Also present were Penang MIC chief Datuk P.K. Subbaiyah, Kedah MIC chief S. Ananthan and the MIC division chiefs from the two states.

Subramaniam, advised the representatives to serve the community diligently.

He said the party would receive the balance of the RM5mil allocation later.

 

source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/3/8/north/8156067&sec=North

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EWRF Football Program for Kids

February 28th, 2011
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Another good effort by EWRF. They have been running the C3G Education and Career Guidance program, and have started a Medical Aid Fund recently too. They have also conducted Total Immersion Camp (for English Language). Now, there’s another program focusing on a new area: sports. I hope community members can help support this program. See how you can help EWRF at their website.

 

THE Education Welfare Research Foundation (EWRF) has started an ambitious football programme.

The programme is an initiative to provide a platform for students whose parents are in the lower income group as well as under achievers to be involved in a healthy sporting activity.

Currently about 120 students, aged from nine to 17, are attending weekend training sessions at the SJK (T) West Country in Kajang. The coach is S. Selvaras, who had played for Hindu Youth FC as well IRC Veterans, in the local league.

Selvaras, a driver by profession, said he was pleased to be involved in the programme.

Take a break: The players in a relaxed mood after a training session.

“I have been coaching the players for the past three years. The participants are from the rural background. Their parents are not in a position to pay for their training at private football academies.

“This programme has certainly played a role in making them excel not only in football but also studies,’’ said Selvaras.

The programme co-ordinator E. Eesan Pasupathi said they had initiated the programme about five years ago.

“Then, our focus was to encourage the students to study and we had used football to entice them. We were encouraged with the participation of the students in football and our tuition programmes,’’ said Eesan.

But after two years, Eesan said they decided to also focus on primary school pupils.

“We found that it was more suitable to start with the primary school pupils. We have ample time to motivate as well as counsel them. We have been getting encouraging feedback from the parents,’’ said Eesan.

With precision: The trainees going through a skills drill during training.

Several players from the programme had gained places in their school teams. Some had represented Hulu Langat and Selangor in age group competitions. One player — S. Kumaresan — had earned a place in the PKNS team for the Reserve League, organised by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).

Last year, EWRF made an impact in age group competitions. They were semi-finallists in the Under-16 age group in the 1Malaysia football competition and two other age group championships.

The Football Association of Selangor (FAS) had also called up three players for a series of trials.

However, they failed to make the cut when the final squad was named. But Eesan said the stint was a valuable experience for the players.

“Being young players, they are motivated and we will encourage them to train more diligently,’’ he said.

The success of the programme in Kajang has prompted EWRF to initiate similar training programmes in Rawang, Malacca, Johor Baru, Ampang, Sungai Siput and Tanjung Malim.

Eesan said they had plans to organise a competition for the trainees from the seven centres.

“The competition, most probably a centralised one, will give the coaches the opportunity to evaluate their charges’ progress.

“We will also invited former internationals to share their experience with the trainees,’’ said Eesan.

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http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/2/24/central/8058826&sec=central

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