Above: A "happy" Group Photo
In the true spirit of Xmas “The Light of Cheer 2011 : Xmas Feeding Program @ Orang Asli Village, 16th mile, Gombak” was carried out jointly by both Project MADE & 1Month 1 Charity. We were also joined by Rotary Club Melawati. After a long and detailed planning this was executed as efficiently as possible. A total of 17 families were served.
We brought – for the families: grocery bags, baby milk
powder, pre-loved clothes and toiletries. Cream buns, chocolates, cookies, MILO
drinks and back to school items: school bags, socks, stationery – for the
children. The Orang Asli Folks were also feasted with cooked food prepared by
Hannah.
The Grocery Bags consist of rice – 10kg, sugar -2kg,
oil – 2kg, meehoon – 2pkt, salt, wheat flour, dried maize, dried fish,
sardines, MILO, tea, condensed milk, jam, biscuit, bread loaves.
Above: The items we brought with us
Many volunteers participated in this program. We
congregated at Mc Donald Outlet, just before the Gombak Toll. After a quick breakfast
and a brief introduction, we drove in a convoy of about 10 cars towards the
village. At the 12th mile Gombak we picked up a few families as well
as our Contact Person Raman Bah Tuin – an Orang Asli activist.
From there we drove for another
6km into the village. When we arrived, there was already a flurry of activities
with some of the Orang Asli Folks eagerly awaiting our arrival. Zaidi – a
seasoned volunteer with Project MADE quickly set up the working perimeters for
the volunteers to comfortably execute their chores
Above: Volunteers busy at work....
Registration of the families were carried out by the volunteers. The families were systematically registered and their particulars were duly recorded. At the same time the other volunteers busied themselves with the packing of food stufss, toiletries, party packs for the children as well as the back to school items
Above: Our volunteers diligently registering details of a recipient
Above: Everybody was keen to ensure that the program run efficently
Above: Volunteers sorting out the back to school items
By 11:30am – the buffet table was set up and the folks were served their lunch of rice, fried chicken, cakes, fruits as well as a syrup drink. After lunch, the back to school items were distributed to the children. This was followed by the distribution of Grocery Bags
Above: "Makan Time"
Above: A young volunteer in the "art of giving & sharing"
Above: "Will it fit me?" The children trying out the uniform sizes
Above: Something for everybody.....
By 1pm we concluded our activities since the remaining
families from another village failed to turn up! As there were plenty of leftover food – we sent
the food to Ar-Rauddah – an Orphanage at 11th mile Gombak which has
40 poor & underprivileged children. We also gave them 40 school bags +
stationery, (when we found out that they
did not have any school bags yet for the school year 2012). We also gave 50kg
of rice, oil, some grocery items, bread loaves and cream buns
Above: Looking into the future......Eva - our photographer captured the raw emotions on this little girl who seemed to be thinking of the future for her and the other Orang Asli children
Above: A shack called "Home"
All in all – we managed to achieve our mission of
spreading Xmas joy! Thank you to all our volunteers, contributors as well as donors who ghad generously contributed towards the Xmas Feeding Program.
