MOW HAPPY CHILD – Mobile clinic for Myanmarese refugee children

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, 9^th 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	Quantity	Unit cost	Sub-Total	Donors
Rice
Canned foods (including pork)
Instant noodles
Sugar
Cooking oil
Milk powder
Milo
Sanitary pads, other  toiletries				Karen Tan
Refreshments for event	Quantity	Unit cost	Sub-Total
Buns or biscuits for breakfast	200	RM2	RM400
Chocolate/soya bean drinks for breakfast	200	RM2	RM400
Lunch	200	RM6	RM1,200

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, 5^th 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