"Catherine, kim dan kawan semua, banyak2 terima kasih diatas usaha u. Tanpa u tak ada apa2 pun. God will bless u. Tq,Tq.OK balik rehat sekarang be happy. Walaupun penat hati rasa puas dan happy" Pastor Mageson thanking us in his text message.
"Thanks Honey and Cat for organizing today's event. The poor folks were soooooo happy! They have never had such an event in the estate before, never had they received so much" Miss Kim thanking us via text message.
Read on for the full story.....
Prior to the story, we would like to say BIG THANK YOU..SADHU SADHU SADHU to all of you who had supported our MOW be it with your time, money or energy. ALL of you are the driving force behind us, helping us to keep our programme up and running therefore resulting in a great success always.
- DONATION IN CASH
- 1) Joe Rousmanniere
- 2) SharynWong
- 3) Willis Chew
- 4) Lim Yew Boon
- 5) P H Kooi
- 6) Aunty Khema
- 7) Koh Lai Huat
- 8) Moh Chew Leng
- 9) Lee Yee Moi
- 10) IMO Lim Kiat Neo
- 11) Felicia Wong
- 12)Chan Hung Fei and Family
- 13) Aunty Khema and Family
- 14) Lum Yoke Ying
- 15) Tsen Mee Lan
- 16) Leong Kam Seng and Family
- 17) Leong Wai Li
- 18)Lau Yew Beng and family
- 19)Foo Wan Wah and family
- DONATION IN KIND
- 1) Brothers and Sisters of Subang Jaya Buddhist Assosciation
- 2) Brothers and Sisters of Wat Chetawan
- 3) Ms Loh Poh Gee
- 4) Mdm Lily Tan
- 5) Mdm Lin Teoh (IMO of Mr Teoh Tiaw Hooi)
- 6) Ms Lily Lee and friends
- 7) Mac Tan Wei Ti and Jessica Chang & family
- 8) Ms Chantelle Lim
- 9) Andrew Siow and family
- 10) Chua Kee Moh and family
- 11) Voon Siew Peng (Mrs Ng)
- 12) Su Lee and family
- 13) Lisa Khoo and Chan Koon Seng
- 14) Adrian Lee
- 15) Alex Lee
- 16) Celeste Lau and family
- 17) Paul
- 18) Carol Chan
- 19) Carmen Choo
- 20) Lim Poh Choo
- 21)Mr Alex Liaw and Family - Hin Huat Hung Tembikar Sdn Bhd (PJ Old Town)
- 22)Ms Jingle Kon - Golden Meridian Sdn Bhd (http://www.meridianorganicfarm.com/)
- 23)Ms Lina
- 24) Ms Julie Tan and family
- 25) Ms Beh Swan Swan
- 26) Ms Pat Tan
- 27) Mr Ian Goh
- 28) Ms Jenny Chew
- 29) Ms Felicia
- 30) Ms Anne
- 31) Ms Hooi Lai lin
- 32) Ms Kan Hui Lin
- 33) Ms Jessy
- 34) Ms Lynn Tan
- 35) Ms Irene Lee
- 36) Ms Victoria
- 37) Heng Kim Leng
- 38) Ms Liza
NOT FORGETTING ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO HELP US DURING PRE EVENT AND ON THE EVENT DAY.
THE STORY
Sister Catherine Lai made a trip to the estate late May with the help of Ms Kim of Little NGO and Pastor Mageson. She was taken aback after visiting a few families. And decided Ti-Ratana MOW next trip shall head to this estate and to sponsor 5 needy families.THE CHALLENGEMany challenges during the planning eg. volunteers - would volunteers turn up on Saturday?logistic of requisites distribution, will there be donors? an hour drive from the city and so remote know how to donors transport themselves and requisites there? 300 packs of cooked rice!!!!!! can we cook and pack in time? approval for using the premise from the estate etc. Phew!........very very challenging (pengsan!) And this time our volunteer - Andrew managed to secure Chilli Espresso to freshly cooked a nutritious vegetarian meal for the Bt Cherakah Estate community. The owner Mr Robert Khaw has also agreed to sponsor to cook for MOW on a monthly basis....YEAHHHH...SADHU! Well, there's a will, there's a way...with combined group effort and good energy from everyone we managed to overcome all challenges.THE TASK Once we forwarded our email of the wish list items, we received of the sponsorship for the selected families as well as other requisites. Paul was kind enough to let us know on where to get vitamins from a pharmacy who extend discounts for charity. We managed to get a volunteer photographer - Edy Loh from FB who took pictures during the event day...and many many more spontaneous kind response to our plea. Good things continue to manifest.... our biggest worry was, will any volunteers turn up on Saturday? By divine help, we received phone call from Bro James Khoo from Subang Jaya Buddhist Association (SJBA) who got us members of SJBA (bus loads of volunteers...YEAH!) and not only that, the children of the 5 selected families were so lucky to receive additional goodies from SJBA - school bags with stationery, shoe white cleaner & school shoes. And they also came with 300 packets of rice!!!!
We have sisters and brothers from Wat Chetawan who came to the rescue too.They too contributed packets of rice, cooking oil and others to the selected families The cooked rice was the last to fill up . Some of you got up early to cook the rice and it took several hours to complete the mission.With your generous & kind heart, all of you did it well and send to us ON TIME....sadhu! And some of you, bought the cooked rice with chicken ...WAHHHHH!!!! and some bought "nasi lemak"....WOWWWW!....what a big bonus for ! We only want plain cooked rice.....:-) Our wednesday art n craft volunteers help us to do repacking.
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| Bro Willis who actually walked in to hand in donation also came to help us to do repacking |
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| Our volunteers from Art n Craft activities also help us to do repacking |
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| Charmaine - a special child was also excited being able to lend a helping hand |
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Volunteers came as early 8am. All are given a role to play...Robin Hood,Superman,HeMAN,Ironman,Transformers....:-) ALL THE MAN POWER...yeah we need a many that morning!
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| And yes...we have an oversea volunteer from US- Al Fischer...And thanks Sharon for bringing extra hand and hope he could bring the goodness back to US |
The Surprise
A little misadventure took place....Andrew our MOW volunteer driver almost couldn't make it on time due to hiccup on his food supplies business because he recieved supplies late but no way he is to deliver late to his client therefore it was a very scary moment then!
The reason why the need to mention this here is because we need a BACK UP DRIVER with GDL license to drive our MOW lorry.And if you have the GDL license, please volunteer yourself.Contact us.Currently we only have Andrew volunteering.....
THE JOURNEY BEGINS.....
At 10am, we leave for Bt Cherakah Estate, it was a long journey into the estate...Beautiful scenic to some, remote and far out to some.To some It was like a journey into twilight zone..........
After a few Kilometers of this scenery we finally reach our destination
We were not allow to use the community hall, however Pastor and Kim help us to rent a tent to put up near the residents' house
Children's MAN POWER from the estate
MAKAN TIME
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| Our volunteer Ms Su Lee - a leading stewardess with an international airline was "the chief in command " today during food distribution |
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| A Yummilicious Vegetarian dish cooked by Chilli Espresso |
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| children first in the queue |
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| Additional drink from a member of SJBA |
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| Youngest volunteer in the making! |
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| Adrian Lee donated a pair of sport shoes to Steve Raj for he is such a good runner however he never gotten a pair of good running shoes.....SADHU |
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| Mr Anthonymah (Steve Raj's father) who had an accident and his leg is shorter than the other one. He hope to continue to work once he is fully recover (currently jobless) |
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| Mdm Lee came to volunteer too even with her "tongkat"... she was happily presenting goodies to a family |
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| Bro James Khoo presenting school bags and shoes to one of the family |
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| Aunty Mimi - representing members of Wat Chetawan was also given the honour to present of goodies to the family.Never too old to volunteer. Always young at heart. |
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| One for the group photos.. members of wat Chetawan presenting goodies |
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| One of the children from the estate presented Sis Catherine Lai with a flower garland...so sweet of them and Sister Catherine was so touched :-) |
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| Supplier from Klang came in a lorry to present the selected 5 families the new matresses, tables,pillows & fans that were contributed by all of you......SADHU SADHU SADHU Other families not in the list of recipients were sad but we ensure them that we will return to cater to their wish list |
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| He found the inner peace while Bhante Vissuddhi chanted |
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| She looked so serene and at peace upon hearing Bhante Visudhhi's chanting |
After the ceremony we pay visit to some homes
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| Bhante Visuddhi was accompanied by Bro.Chin |
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| This little boy must be wondering why Bhante Visuddhi wears a saffron robe |
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| Bro Chin visiting Steve Raj house |
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| Medals won by Steve Raj, we hope with his new pair of shoes he can be a future champion. |
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Pastor Mageson and his wife have been helping the estate community to have a better life/future and he is also working as a clerk in the estate to support his own family.While we left for a sumptuous lunch hosted by SJBA, Pastor Mageson was busy loading furnitures/mattreses other requisites to the recipients home "Catherine, kim dan kawan semua, banyak2 terima kasih diatas usaha u. Tanpa u tak ada apa2 pun. God will bless u. Tq,Tq.OK balik rehat sekarang be happy. Walaupun penat hati rasa puas dan happy" Pastor Mageson thanking us in his text message. |
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| "Thanks Honey and Cat for organising todays event. The poor folks were soooooo happy! They have never had such an event in the estate before, never had they recieved so much" Miss Kim thanking us via text message. Our Special thanks to Ms Kim of "Little NGO" who has help us to reach out to this needy folks in the remote estate. She has left the corporate world and currently working towards helping the needy. |
Nobody by themself can do everything, but everything and anything can happen if everyone come together to do something’.
To all volunteers,donors, friends and benefactors,please accept our heartfelt thanks and we hope you too have found this experience enriching in mind and spirit ..SADHU,SADHU SADHU
Fellow Mitras,
On 18th June 2011, SJBA Welfare and Community Sub Committee, led by Bro James Khoo, organised jointly with Ti-Ratana Penchala Community Centre, Petaling Jaya to distribute food and other daily necessities to about 300 needy people at the Ladang Bukit Ceraka, Jeram, Selangor. 37 of our members left SJBA at about 9.45am by bus and reached the estate about 11.30am. It was a joyful experience to unload all the foodstuff, drinks, school items and others for the needy people there who were so grateful to receive them. Members of the Ti-Ratana arrived soon after and together we distribute the food and the other items to the poor people.
We also visited a few houses to get to know the residents better. They were so touched and the children spontaneously extended their hands to shake with ours. We rejoiced with them.
SJBA thanked all the donors for their generous donations for these needy people from Ladang Bukit Ceraka and say a big Sadhu to all those members who took the noble effort to bring the joy and happiness to those needy people. SJBA wishes to convey our appreciation to Ti-Ratana Penchala Community Centre for creating the conditions for us to partake in this noble "compassion in action".
Before coming back to Subang Jaya, we stopped for late lunch at a restaurant at Pandaramaran, Klang. Our members paid RM20/pax for adults and RM10/pax for children below 12 years old for the lunch.
Happily we serve,
SJBA Exco
Happily we serve,
SJBA Exco
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| Ti-Ratana Meals on Wheels to Bt Cherakah Estate,Kapar, Klang 18 Jun 2011 |
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