MOW FOOD BANK - Two new families added to our June 2013 delivery

MOW FOOD BANK families expanded to 17, with the addition of 2 families, one from PPR Taman Beringin (Mdm Ng) and the other from PPR Sg Bonus (Pn Noraziah).

Groceries were delivered by MOW volunteers on 30 June 2013. At PPR Desa Rejang, families helped to unload the groceries from the vehicle.

Andrew presenting groceries to Pn Bashirah.

Swee Keong presenting powdered milk to Pn Letchumi who has three young children.

New family, Pn Noraziah, aka Kak Ummi receiving groceries from Andrew.

MOW volunteers with families at PPR Gombak Setia.

Ivan with the three cute and adorable children from Mr Chok's family in Jinjang.

And Mdm Ng receiving her groceries for the first month, from Ivan.

Pn Vijaya from Sentul with her crippled son, Sasi, who is also in our MOW HAPPY CHILD program. With this program, Sasi gets Nestum, diapers and gripe water on a monthly basis.

Douglas Hyams with the milo and condensed milk for his down-syndrome sister, Sharlene.

Sharlene was delighted with several pieces of new clothings donated by Millie who accompanied Kim in delivering the June groceries to the Hyams.

Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana would like to thank the following donors for their contribution to June 2013 groceries:


Yu Chee Koon
Tan Kai Ming
R.G.
Stone Empire
Joyce Ong
Celine Yong Chooi Ping
C.S.H.
Angie
Tracy
Kim


Posted by: Kim
Pictures courtesy of MOW volunteers

MOW GRANTS - Caring for community cats and dogs

Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana continues to support Dr Chan Kah Yein and her team in Animalcare in their effort to care for community cats and dogs. For the month of June 2013, our subsidy was spent on these lovable cats and dogs.

For more details on how the grant is utilized, please click on the links below.


http://myanimalcare.org/2013/07/04/spaying-sponsorship-for-1-female-cat-from-skudai-norshahadah-bt-ruslis/  (RM50)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/07/06/medical-subsidy-for-dahlia-injured-cat-trish-neoh-ai-lis/ (RM125)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/07/08/medical-subsidy-for-lucky-community-dog-with-ear-wound-lester-hiew-thiam-hock-jenny-khong-chin-chins/  (RM150)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/07/08/medical-subsidy-for-mini-jungle-puppies-lester-hiew-thiam-hock-and-jenny-khong-chin-chins/ (RM75)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/07/08/follow-up-medical-subsidy-for-the-mange-puppies-lester-hiew-thiam-hock-jenny-khong-chin-chins/  (RM100)



Posted by Kim
Pictures courtesy of myanimalcare.org

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

MOW GRANTS - myanimalcare continues to help community cats and dogs

These cats and dogs are much better off with the care and support they received from AnimalCare and its partners. Subsidy received from Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana for the month of May 2013 made it possible for these cats and dogs to get medical treatment, food, neutered and/or spayed.

For more details on how the grant is utilized, please click on the links below.


http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/29/dogfood-for-mr-low-hong-hangs-north-port-dogs/ (RMxxx)
[The amount is not stated in the blogpost because the supplier has asked for it to be confidential to prevent unhappy retailers from complaining. AnimalCare gets a heavily discounted price for their charity cases.]

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/30/neutering-sponsorship-for-1-male-cat-yap-siew-hwamrs-lims-3/ (RM50)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/30/spaying-sponsorship-for-1-female-street-dog-yap-siew-hwamrs-lims/ (RM75)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/30/vaccination-subsidy-for-3-street-cats-yap-siew-hwamrs-lims/ (RM30)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/30/spaying-sponsorship-for-cookie-and-daisy-2-community-dogs-celia-chin-siew-kims/ (RM45)

Posted by Kim

Pictures courtesy of myanimalcare.org

MOW GRANTS - Helping community cats and dogs

AnimalCare continues to help individuals who are looking out for the welfare of community cats and dogs from the monthly grant received from Meals on Wheels Ti-Ratana. The April 2013 grant was used to subsidize food, spaying, vaccination and other medical treatments for these cats and dogs.

Please click on the links below to get more details.


http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/22/medical-subsidy-for-1-parvo-puppy-lester-hiew-thiam-hocks/ (RM100)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/22/medical-subsidy-for-1-cat-aznah-bt-gulam-mydinamy-kwek-loo-lans/ (RM60)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/25/catfood-for-maslinda-abd-talibs-community-cats-12/ (RM140)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/28/spaying-subsidy-for-1-female-cat-susan-bells/ (RM50)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/28/spaying-subsidy-for-foxy-a-female-community-dog-susan-belllily-lee-chooi-leans/ (RM100)

http://myanimalcare.org/2013/05/28/spaying-and-vaccination-subsidy-for-1-female-cat-norlihasyikin-bt-ramlis/ (RM50)

Posted by Kim

Pictures courtesy of myanimalcare.org