Meals on Wheels (MOW) Celebrate Hari Raya Aidil Fitri (17th Aug 2014)

In keeping up with our tradition of celebrating festive seasons with the less fortunate, Meals on Wheels will be bringing cheer to the children in Persatuan Kebajikan Anak-Anak Yatim Dan Tahfiz Al-Habbah in Batu Caves, in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidil Fitri.

The dirt road leading to the Home.

Front entrance of the Home

The Home is both a religious school and a hostel, established in 2011. Thirty six boys, aged from 8 years to 22 years, live and study in this Home, under the care and tutelage of four Ustaz. Of the 36 residents, 18 are from poor families, 9 are orphans and 9 are Mualaf (muslim converts).

This is where classes are conducted where the children sit on mats on the floor.

They hope to convert this into a library when they have funds.

One of two book shelves in the library

This is where they sleep

One of the residents in the Home is Fikri (not his real name). He is a muslim convert. His mother lives and works in Chow Kit and his father allegedly lives in Sarawak. He was found roaming around the streets of Chow Kit by one of the Ustaz, and was brought to the Home to live and study, with the permission from his mother. Since then, he has never seen the mother and neither has she tried to contact him.

Some of the kids at the Home

Fikri is just one of the many less fortunate children at the Home who are deprived of parental and family love and care. Fortunately, he now has a place to call Home. Nevertheless, during festive seasons such as this, is when they feel the most lonely.

So, do come and join us at this event to show your care and support for these children, and celebrate Hari Raya Aidil Fitri with them.

Event details as follows:

Date of event: Sunday, 17th August 2014
Time: 11am - 1:30pm
Venue: Persatuan Kebajikan Anak-Anak Yatim Dan Tahfiz Al-Habbah
Address: Lot 2214, Jalan JU 14, Taman Jasa Utama, Off Jalan Sungai Tua, Batu Caves, Selangor
Contact: Ustaz Ghani (019-3609244) and Ustaz Rasheed (011-13187227)

The children currently sit on the floor in the "classroom" and the Ustaz has requested for some study tables and chairs. Other items requested are in the Wish List below.

WISH LIST

As usual, the there will be food and games at the event, thus we need your support as follows:

Budget	Quantity	Unit cost	Sub-Total	Donors
Lunch (chicken rice, drinks, fruits and kuih raya to be supplied by a Halal caterer who sponsors the Home's daily meal) for 60 pax (36 children, 4 staff, 20 MOW volunteers)	60	RM10	RM600
Prizes for games (the Ustaz will purchase sports tee-shirt)	20	RM25	RM500
Large rice cooker	1
Study tables (long tables for 3-4 students, the Home will get a quotation for this)	10
Plastic Chairs with back rest (the Home will get a quotation for this)	40
TOTAL			RM1,100

For the rice cooker, you may sponsor the actual item. For all other items, you may 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.


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 9:30am for a briefing. We will depart the Centre for the Home in Batu Caves at 10:00am 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 through car pooling.


ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENT?

Please email trccpenchala@gmail.com.

Come join us in this festive celebration and show the CHILDREN we CARE!

Posted by: Kim
Pictures courtesy of: Kim