These innocent children were
borne not knowing that they will be uprooted from Myanmar, their homeland, be
stateless and living with the uncertainty of not knowing when they will finally
have a place to call home. Pastor Gabriel Paul, from Full Gospel Assembly, and
his wife took 23 such children into their lives in 2008 and established the
Rawang Learning Centre (RLC). Most of the parents of these children work elsewhere and visit their children at RLC weekly or less often. The RLC provides shelter, food and education to these children, with the support of 3 volunteer teachers and 1 caretaker, all from the Myanmar community.
It may take as long as 5
years or even longer before their immigration papers are in order for their
relocation to a country that will take them in permanently. Meanwhile, they
have to survive ‘in-transition’ and make the best of the situation. To help
them stay healthy, Meals on Wheels, together with Lions Club, will be providing free medical checks at a mobile clinic for these children and other Myanmarese refugees in Rawang. We
will also provide vaccination for the 23 children at the RLC. We visited the Centre recently to discuss the event with Pastor Paul.
Although there are only 23
children at the RLC, we expect almost 150 refugees to turn
up at this event as UNCHR has plans to conduct a registration exercise at RLC on the same day and we expect refugees from the surrounding area and beyond, to turn up for the registration. The 150 participants is expected to comprise of:
- 23 children from RLC
- 50 adult males, 50 adult females and 25 children who will come for the UNHCR registration
Details of the mobile
clinic:
Day/Date: Sunday, 9th
June 2013
Time: 9am to 2pm
Venue: Full Gospel Assembly
Church, No. 14, Jln Waterfall, 48000 Rawang
Wish List
Below are the items requested
by RLC, as well as refreshments for the event. We have not
specified the quantity of items requested by RLC, so we will
just bring along whatever that is contributed by donors. For the refreshments, we are catering for 200 people, which will include volunteers from Lions Club and Ti-Ratana MOW.
Items for Rawang Learning
Centre
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Quantity
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Unit cost
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Sub-Total
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Donors
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Rice
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Canned foods (including
pork)
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Instant noodles
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Sugar
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Cooking oil
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Milk powder
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Milo
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Sanitary pads, other toiletries
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Karen Tan
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Refreshments for event
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Quantity
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Unit cost
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Sub-Total
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Buns or biscuits for
breakfast
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200
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RM2
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RM400
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Chocolate/soya bean drinks
for breakfast
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200
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RM2
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RM400
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Lunch
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200
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RM6
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RM1,200
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For all items, you may
sponsor the actual items in whatever quantities or donate cash (any amount) by banking
into our account (Acc Name: Ti Ratana Community Centre Penchala, CIMB, Acc No:
14660000259057).
All items must be delivered
to Ti-Ratana Penchala Centre by 5pm, Wednesday, 5th Jun 2013, to
give the committee sufficient time to buy any outstanding items and pack the
items.
If you would like to
contribute to this event or need more details, please call June at 03-77849002 or
Kim at 012-3036019 or email trccpenchala@gmail.com.
Posting and pictures by Kim
