Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana carries 5 Projects now and will continue 'To Give & Give!'

Thank you for all your support for you made it possible

for us to carry out our mission, we shall continue

 'To Give & Give!' 

The Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana came about with the intention to provide food for the body & mind to the needy and disadvantage regardless of race, creed & religion. Incepted in 2010, the Meals on Wheels programme has fed, clothed, cared for and make friends with over few thousands. 

Meals on Wheels, throughout the years have garnered great support and encouragement from the public. We grew from strength to strength because of our pure intention to give unconditionally.

A simple fellowship gathering was held on 12 Jan 2014 with members, invited guests, donors and volunteers of Meals On Wheels Ti-Ratana, to share our journey and also announce our five (5) projects:

1) MOW CELEBRATE2) MOW FOOD BANK3) MOW LIBRARY/ MOBILE CLINIC4) MOW GRANT5) MOW HAPPY CHILD

MOW CELEBRATE 

There are many out there who are not able to afford to celebrate during festive seasons or even birthdays. Realising this, MOW will visit a home/orphanage /NGO and celebrate with them during festive celebrations, during your birthdays or any occasion you feel like celebrating with them.

MOW FOOD BANK

The MOW Food Bank programme helps people who are not able to cope with providing sufficient nourishment to their families. MOW FOOD BANK provides monthly supplies of rice, sugar, oil, can food, eggs and other essential groceries.

MOW LIBRARY/MOBILE CLINIC

We build mini library to help spread the love of reading in rural areas and Orang Asli settlements.

We work together with other NGO’s & Doctors to offer free medical check.

MOW GRANT

MOW supports AnimalCare Society & Metta Karuna Animal Rescue team to feed, neuter stray cats and dogs in the city.

MOW HAPPY CHILD

This programme is set up to help children in Government Hospitals who are terminally ill. This programme will provide funds for diapers and special milk powder nutrients for the children. MOW will also visit these children and organise activities to bring cheer to them. 

During the event, our advisor Datuk Chief Dhammaratana announced another project for Meals on Wheels (MOW)  which is offering scholarship to those in need to courses such as Ophthalmology, Dentistry and other Living Skill courses.

This in total gives Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana the opportunity to serve the community with meaningful 6 projects!

Our mission is made possible due to the support, encouragement, our kind benefactors, volunteers, your good thoughts, your kind sharing and caring.

Come and join us 'To Give & Give' to make a difference

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MOW HAPPY CHILD - Health checks for Myanmar refugees

According to the UNHCR Malaysia website, as of end April 2013, there are some 94,760 Myanmar refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Malaysia, of which, some 20,000 are children below the age of 18. These babies and children are the unfortunate victims of war ... responsible for none of the cause, but bearing the worst of the pain. Although they have access to public and private healthcare facilities, cost and language are the main obstacles to them getting the necessary health care.

Together with the Lions Club of Serdang and Full Gospel Assembly Church (FGA), Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana organized a mobile medical clinic in Rawang on Sunday 9th June 2013. A total of 145 refugees, mostly Myanmarese and a small number of Nepalese and locals from Rawang, came to FGA church for free medical tests comprising BMI, BP, glucose, hearing, vision, dental, examination by doctors, deworming (for children only) and pap smear (for women only). Medicine was also dispensed as prescribed.

I was truly amazed with the Lions Club operations of the mobile clinic. Their volunteers' experiences, expertise, and passion in conducting such clinics was obvious in the smooth and professional way they handled the patients. They even have an electronic queue system, with separate sets of numbers for children, adult female and adult male!

After breakfast of nasi lemak, mihoon, buns and coffee/tea/milo, the 30+ volunteers from Lions Club opened the "clinic" at 9am. MOW volunteers supported by ushering the patients to the appropriate counters and rooms. The plan was to close the clinic by 1pm but due to the overwhelming response from the refugees, the clinic remained opened until almost 3pm.

Both volunteers and patients had a simple chicken rice meal for lunch. Children were also treated to goodie bags of biscuits, chips and candy.

In the usual MOW tradition, we presented Rawang Learning Centre, a refugee orphanage run by the Pastor of FGA church, with loads of groceries for the 20+ children living there.

It was a super hot and humid day but all the volunteers worked tirelessly to complete the task on hand, taking breaks in between.

Three NGOs working together to provide basic health care and medicine to the refugees shows them that we do care for their well-being, no matter how small a number we were able to reach. More partnerships between NGOs, private sector, civil society groups and concerned individuals are needed to broaden the reach to more of these stateless people to reduce mortality and morbidity rates.

We would like to express our HEARTFELT APPRECIATION to the following donors who contributed both cash and kind to this event.


Nam Bee Rubber Industries
Low Kar Keong
Poon Chee Huang
Loong Hian Lok
Low Siew Leng
Jaime Koy
Liew Kiew Ping
Lee Bee Hong
Lim Ai Lan
Yoong Tang Yuan
Chia Peng Hwee
Pn Sri Lay Hwa
Wendy
House of Love
Mr & Mrs Yeap
Lew Siew Bee
Siow
Lisa Khoo
Anonymous donor

And of course a BIG THANK YOU to the volunteers from Lions Club of Serdang and Full Gospel Assembly Church, whose participation made this a successful event.

Last but not least to our ever-supportive, dedicated and hard-working MOW volunteers, SADHUx3!

Posted by: Kim
Pictures courtesy of Bro Tee & Kim