Salaam...from Project MADE

Tuesday, 1st March 2011

Today marks the very first day Project MADE makes its debut in the Blogspot. FRIENDS OF KAPAR is now called Project MADE. We at FRIENDS OF KAPAR have thought long and hard regarding this name change.

As you all know - we first entered Kapar in April 2009. From April 2009 till now, we have fully supported The Kapar Folks & Kidz. A lot of work, effort, time and resources have been put into assisting the The Kapar Folks & Kidz. Now, The Kapar Folks & Kidz lack of nothing, as their needs have been taken care of by many generous Donors & Contributors. The Community Nurture Centre - CNC Kapar is now run by an Administrator who is paid a small stipend. All expanses pertaining to CNC Kapar is fully sponsored by FOKAP Sdn. Bhd. Even the Kapar Feeding Program for the year 2011 is fully sponsored by Sri Narayani Foundation. The Kapar Feeding Program is now called The Friends of Kapar & Sri Narayani Foundation Joint Feeding Program 2011.

Since Kapar's needs have been taken care of - FRIENDS OF KAPAR is actively looking at other areas where the needs of the poor & the underprivileged are still being ignored and overlooked.

In October 2010 - FRIENDS OF KAPAR started a Feeding Program in Kuala Krau, Pahang. We fed 30 Orang Asli families, in this area. We also gave many clothes, toys, and household items to the Kuala Krau Folks & Kidz.

In November/ December 2010 -FRIENDS OF KAPAR went to Kota Bharu, Kelantan and completed a Back to School Program with 64 poor & underprivileged school children. The Back to School Program 2011 with The KB Kidz provided school uniform, shoes, socks, school bags & stationery sets.

During this time - it was the flood season in Kelantan, FRIENDS OF KAPAR donated reference & school books to many children in Kelantan who had lost their books to the flood.

In January 2011, FRIENDS OF KAPAR started The Rawang Feeding Program with Rumah Siraman Kasih, in Rawang. Most of the The Rawang Kidz are orphans, abandoned, poor & underprivileged children. Recently, we contributed PE attire, stationery sets, food & drink containers for the children. A monthly contribution of 50kg rice, 10kg flour, 10kg meehoon, 5kg sugar, 5kg salt, 5kg oil, 5kg potato, 10 tins sardines, 20 loaves bread, 2 jars peanut butter, 4 tins biscuit, 2 tins Horlicks, 10 crate MILO Packet Drink, 60 eggs, 3 carton Maggi Mee, bath soaps & tooth paste. The food items under The Rawang Feeding Program is fully sponsored by a generous foreign benefactor.

In April 2011 - FRIENDS OF KAPAR will be going into Hulu Selangor. The Hulu Selangor Feeding Program aims to feed 50 or more poor & underprivileged families in Batang Kali, Kuala Kubu Baru and Ulu Bernam. There are Malay, Chinese, Indian & Orang Asli families in these areas. The Hulu Selangor Feeding Program is fully sponsored by a grant.

We are currently concentrating our efforts in Kuala Selangor. The Kuala Selangor Feeding Program is currently feeding 30 families in the areas of Kuala Selangor, Tanjong Karang and Batang Berjuntai. The profile of the families in Kuala Selangor are similar to those in Kapar. In the pipeline is another CNC very much like CNC Kapar. CNC Kuala Selangor aims to provide the same services which are being provided in Kapar, to The Kuala Selangor Kidz.

As you can see, FRIENDS OF KAPAR has evolved so much and we have spread our wings far & wide. It is not possible and feasible to call ourselves FRIENDS OF KAPAR any longer and limit our activities to Kapar alone. Hence, we have decided to rebrand our activities around the the tagline "Making A Difference". From now on, we will operate our community activities under a new banner called "Making A Difference Everywhere" in short Project MADE. This name allows us to make a difference in many, many other poor & underprivileged communities - regardless of race, religion, culture & political beliefs.