Friday, August 23, 2013

MOW FOOD BANK - Nutren milk delivered to Mdm Yap

Since we posted the plight of our new FOOD BANK families less than 2 weeks ago, many generous donors came forward to offer support in cash and kind. Click below to read more about the families.


Knowing how desperately the family needs help, Bro Ivan collected 16 tins of Nutren milk from Datin Shiou Bin this morning, and immediately delivered them to Mdm Yap's daughter (Soo Yuen) at their flat in Sg Besi. It was such a relief to the family as the cost of the milk takes up a big chunk of Soo Yuen's salary.


We will be providing Mdm Yap with 10 tins of Nutren, 240 pieces of diapers and 60 pieces of disposable underpad every month from the funds collected from our generous donors ...

Datin Shiou Bin
LGB Group
Teoh Seok Thien
Chin Chee Kin
Yap Siew Bee
Wu Yao Wee
Lee Chew Poh & Pun Chee Kent
Dato Tony Lee & family
Chin Chee Keong
Tracy Wong
Cindy Lim
Tommy Teh

The families are truly grateful for your kindness and compassion, helping them at the time when they are really in need.

Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu!



Posted by Kim
Picture courtesy of Ivan

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

MOW CELEBRATE - Hari Raya Aidil Fitri with children in Institute of Pediatrics HKL


Come join us celebrate Hari Raya Aidil Fitri with children in the pediatric ward in Hospital Kuala Lumpur.





Date:  Sunday, 8 Sept 2013

Time: 10:30am to 1:00pm

Venue: Ward KK5, Institute of Pediatrics, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Pahang, Kuala Lumpur







Ti-Ratana Meals on Wheels will be bringing festive cheer to 40 children who are in the pediatric ward for chronic respiratory illness, including complicated lung diseases. Many of these children are not able to run around, play with their friends, go to school and do all the normal things other children do. We hope our visit will turn an ordinary day in the hospital into a special and memorable one.


WISH LIST

To make this happen, we need your support as follows:



Quantity
Unit cost
Sub-Total
Donors
Lunch for 80 pax (40 children, 20 staff, 20 MOW volunteers)
80
RM15
RM1,200

Goodie bags for 40 children (soft toys, etc)
40
RM10
RM400

Appreciation gifts for 25 ward staff
(Raya cookies, etc)
25
RM10
RM250


For all items, you may sponsor the actual items in whatever quantities or donate cash (any amount) by banking into our account as below:

Account Name: Ti Ratana Community Centre Penchala
CIMB Account No: 14660000259057


Please email a copy of the deposit slip to trccpenchala@gmail.com and specify if the donation is for a specific wish list item or general expenses for this event.

If you are contributing items, please inform Kim at yeapkimsee@hotmail.com or  012-3036019. All items must be delivered to Ti-Ratana Penchala Centre by 5pm, Wednesday, 4th September 2013, to give the committee sufficient time to buy and pack any outstanding items.


VOLUNTEERS

For logistic and security reasons, all volunteers who wish to participate in this event are requested to PRE-REGISTER your name and contact number with us by emailing trccpenchala@gmail.com.


Please arrive at the Ti-Ratana Penchala Centre by 9:15am for a briefing. We will depart the Centre for HKL at 9:30am sharp. No transportation will be provided 
to get to the event venue and back to the Centre, so kindly ensure you make your own arrangements. Please note that parking in the HKL compound is VERY LIMITED, so try to carpool as much as possible.


ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENT?

Please email yeapkimsee@hotmail.com or call Kim at 012-3036019.


In the spirit of love and sharing, lets make 8th September special for these children who were not able to "balik kampung" to enjoy their Raya. Lets do whatever we can to give them a reason to smile.



Posted by: Kim

Sunday, August 18, 2013

MOW FOOD BANK - Sponsorship of Nutren for Mdm Chin Soo Yuen's mother


Thank you all for coming forward with your support for Soo Yuen's family. To-date, we have received commitments for the following:

LGB Group - RM100 worth of monthly groceries for 1 year (Aug 2013 to July 2014)
Teoh Seok Thuen - RM200
Chin Chee Kin - RM100
Cindy Lim - 30 pieces of disposable underpad
Chin Chee Keong - RM100 per month for 6 months (Aug 2013 to Jan 2014)
Tommy - 100 pieces of diapers and 100 pieces of disposable underpaid for 6 months (Aug 2013 to Jan 2014)
JN - RM700

With the cash contributions, we will be able to purchase and sustain Soo Yuen's mother's only source of nutrient, i.e. Nutren milk powder for 2 months plus. She consumes 10 tins (900 gm tin) per month, and each tin cost almost RM70. She has been in this condition for a year without much improvement. We are uncertain how long she will remain like this, and continuing to add stress to their only source of income, i.e. Soo Yuen's salary.

Therefore, we would like to appeal again to kind donors to help Soo Yuen's family, especially for the costly milk powder, Nutren.

Click on the link below to read more about Soo Yuen's family:

http://mealsonwheelspenchala.blogspot.com/2013/08/mow-food-bank-seeking-sponsorship-for.html

If you wish to help Soo Yuen's family, you can deposit your donation into our account:

Account Name: Ti Ratana Community Centre Penchala
CIMB Account No: 14660000259057

Please email a copy of the deposit slip to June at trccpenchala@gmail.com, and let her know how you wish us to use your donation.

If you have any questions, please contact June at trccpenchala@gmail.com or call +603-7784 9002 / +6012-2409020.

On behalf of Soo Yuen and her family, we thank you for your kind thoughts and contributions to the family.

Soo Yuen with her two girls and cousin (Uncle Chin's son)



Posted by: Kim
Pictures courtesy of: Kim

Sunday, August 11, 2013

MOW FOOD BANK - Seeking sponsorship for two new families

Over the Raya weekend, Bro Ivan and I visited Uncle Chin who was referred to Ti-Ratana Meals on Wheels as a potential candidate to be included in our MOW FOOD BANK program. He then requested that we visit his bedridden sister-in-law who happens to live in the same block of flats. Below is a summary of the pieces of information we were able to gather during the visit. We hope their predicament will touch you in some ways and you will find the compassion to render some help to these two families.


Uncle Chin Hin Loong
Uncle Chin lives in a flat in Sg Besi with his 10 year old son, Chuan Yoong. His wife died at the age of 44 years in July 2013, after battling with kidney disease for the past 4 years. She was on dialysis for the past 2 years which exhausted the family’s savings. We could sense that he greatly misses his wife and is still adjusting to his new life without the wife.


Uncle Chin works in a factory producing snack foods, although his left arm is scarred and weak after a nerve surgery 6 years ago.

He takes home about RM1,500 per month after the mandatory deductions. He owns the flat he is staying but is paying a monthly installment of RM250 for the housing loan (20 year loan of which he has another 15 years to pay). Maintenance of the flat is RM70 (inclusive of water) and electricity is RM70 per month.

His other big expenses are for his son's education:
RM350 – goes to a relative who lives a few doors away to care for his son after school and providing him with lunch on Mondays to Fridays.
RM95 – son’s tuition
RM60 – son’s computer lessons in school
RM65 – son’s transport to school (private van)
RM80 – son’s pocket money to school (RM4/day)

All these expenses totaled RM1,040, and the balance of RM460 is for household expenses like groceries (he cooks dinner for himself and his son), breads/buns for his son’s breakfast on school days, petrol for his motorbike, his own lunch while at work and other incidentals, which is barely enough with the high cost of living in Klang Valley.


Both Uncle Chin and Chuan Yoong are trying to move on with their lives after losing their beloved wife and mother respectively. Chuan Yoong attends school at SJKC Kwong Hon, Sg Besi and according to the father is quite a good student but a little mischievous.

Mdm Chin Soo Yuen

Soo Yuen is the niece of Uncle Chin. She lives two floors above Uncle Chin, with her two children (Jia Fui, 5 yrs and Jia Chian, 11 yrs) and her mother who is bedridden. The mother suffered a serious stroke in April 2012 and was paralyzed. After 3 weeks in HUKM, she was sent home. Since then, the family has been caring for her at home. Soo Yuen’s elder sister, Soo Leng who lives in Serdang comes daily to care for her mother while Soo Yuen goes to work. Wth the help of her younger brother who has a car, she takes her mother to HUKM once a week for physiotherapy, and accupuncture in Old Klang Rd 3 times a week. The mother sees the doctor in HUKM once every 3 months. With a year of treatment, the mother has improved a little (she can slightly move one side of her body) but by and large, she is still immobile and bedridden.


Soo Yuen’s father has a second family and no longer comes home. The father of Soo Yuen’s two children are also nowhere to be seen and not mentioned at all when we visited the family.

Soo Yuen works in a garment factory in Kota Damansara and makes about RM2000 a month, including OT. The bulk of her income goes to her mother’s monthly expenses (total RM1,438):

RM680 – Nutren milk powder (this is her only nutrient and fed through a tube). She consumes one 900gm tin in 3 days, which works out to 10 tins a month x RM68/tin.
RM344 – diapers (Adult M). She uses 7-8 pcs/day or 240 pcs/month or 16 packs x RM21.50/pack of 15 pcs
RM60 – disposable underpad – 2 pcs/day @ RM1/pc
RM264 – accupuncture – RM22 x 3 times a week x 4 weeks


Other big monthly expenses are for the house and her two school-going children (total RM888):
RM250 – monthly installment for flat mortgage
RM70 – maintenance and water
RM70 - electricity
RM100 – to Soo Leng to care for her two children after school and providing them with lunch.
RM160 – Jia Fui’s kindergarten fees
RM33 – Jia Chian’s tuition in school
RM60 – son’s computer lessons in school
RM65 – Jia Chian’s transport to school
RM80 – Jia Chian’s pocket money to school (RM4/day)

Their total monthly expenses exceeds Soo Yuen’s salary and the family is struggling to make ends meet. Soo Leng’s husband works in printing and they have 3 children of their own, thus cannot help much.

How you can help

You can support the families as follows:

1. Monthly groceries for the MOW FOOD BANK program - this will be RM100 per family per month. 

2. Other expenses - this will include Soo Yuen's mother's medical expenses (milk, diapers, etc), the children's education expenses, or just a general donation towards the family. Donation towards milk, diapers, etc, does not necessarily be for the full month ... whatever amount will be welcomed.

For both the above programs, you can deposit your donation into our account:

Account Name: Ti Ratana Community Centre Penchala
CIMB Account No: 14660000259057

Please email a copy of the deposit slip to June at trccpenchala@gmail.com, and let her know how you wish us to use your donation.

If its for MOW FOOD BANK, please let June know the family(s) you would like to sponsor and for how many months.

If you have any questions, please contact June at trccpenchala@gmail.com or call +603-7784 9002 / +6012-2409020.



We pray for Soo Yuen's mother to recover and gain her mobility soon. In the meantime, these two families desperately need your help, in whatever way you can ... every little bit helps. THANK YOU!




Posted by: Kim
Pictures courtesy of: Kim