{"id":269,"date":"2007-05-25T09:45:07","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/05\/25\/dls-kkb-gets-30k-from-sp-setia\/"},"modified":"2007-05-25T09:45:07","modified_gmt":"2007-05-25T01:45:07","slug":"dls-kkb-gets-30k-from-sp-setia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2007\/05\/25\/dls-kkb-gets-30k-from-sp-setia\/","title":{"rendered":"DLS KKB gets 30K from SP Setia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>RM30,000 to equip shelter<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/metro\/story.asp?file=\/2007\/5\/25\/central\/17763633&amp;sec=central\">source<\/a><\/div>\n<p>THE Divine Life Society (DLS) Kuala Kubu Baru, a shelter for children from broken or single parent families, received a boost from SP Setia Foundation recently.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>In line with its mission to make life better for the underprivileged, the foundation donated RM30,000 worth of furniture and computers to equip the DLS&#8217; new dormitory and computer laboratory.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>Foundation chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye was at the newly-completed premises to hand a mock cheque to represent the donation to the DLS building committee chairman Dr A. Nathan Sinnadurai.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>Among those present at the presentation ceremony were Captain (R) Liew Siong Sing, the foundation&#8217;s management, staff and children of DLS.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"7\" width=\"364\" align=\"center\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/archives\/2007\/5\/25\/central\/m_40leelamthye.jpg\" border=\"0\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div>For the kids: Lee presenting a mock cheque to DLS chairman Swami Mumushuananda Maharaj (in orange shirt) as some of the home&#8217;s children look on.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>DLS, which was established in 1996, houses 16 children aged between five and 17.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>Over the years, DLS has provided shelter for some 150 children.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Lee said children were the future generation of leaders and citizens that would ensure the continuous prosperity and harmony of the country.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hence it is society&#8217;s collective responsibility to care for them especially orphans.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All children should be given an equal opportunity to grow and learn in a conducive environment regardless of their background and situations. We hope with our assistance, children here can now live more comfortably in the new dormitory,&#8221; he said.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>With the addition of the new furniture including mattresses, cupboards and chairs donated by the foundation, the centre can accommodate up to 45 children at one time.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As such, more underprivileged children will have the chance to grow up in a more complete home with the love of the caretakers and peers,&#8221; Lee said.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>Besides the new furniture and fittings, SP Setia Foundation also donated five re-conditioned computers and new tables to equip the newly set up computer lab.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I encourage the children here to make good use of the computers and also grab the chance to pick up some basic computer skills.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These handy skills will prevent you from being left behind in the rapid ICT evolution. Hopefully, all of you will grow up to become active contributing members of the community,&#8221; he said.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>Besides general welfare, the foundation spent 60% of its annual budget to run the Setia Adoption Programme (SAP), providing educational assistance worth RM700 or RM800 a year per child to 2,300 primary pupils living in poverty in Selangor, Johor, Kedah, Pahang, Kuala Lumpur, Perlis and Pulau Pinang. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RM30,000 to equip shelter &nbsp; source THE Divine Life Society (DLS) Kuala Kubu Baru, a shelter for children from broken or single parent families, received a boost from SP Setia Foundation recently.&nbsp; In line with its mission to make life better for the underprivileged, the foundation donated RM30,000 worth of furniture and computers to equip [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[19,108,278,147],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borninmalaysia","tag-education","tag-harmony","tag-ngo","tag-selangor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}