When Friends meet Friends....

Mr. Ng Chun Hoe – the Feeding Program Coordinator for The Maha Vihara Brickfields aka The Friends of the Vihara (FoV) contacted Project MADE  in December  2011. In mid Januaray  2012, we met and a plan to feed the Poor & Underprivileged of Mentakab was discussed. After 3 long month and plenty of Emails the Program was carried out.

Above: The various items neatly packed in colour coded plastic bags - denoting different in contents.

The food items were packed on Thursday, 22/ 3/ 2012 by the FoV Team Members.  As early as 6am on Sat. 24/ 3/ 2012 – we congregated at the grounds of the Vihara and loaded the food items into the vehicles, under the strict supervisions of Mr. CH Ng

The Goody Bags were generously filled with:

1. Sundry Goods: Rice 10kg/ Sugar/ Salt/ Cooking Oil/ Wheat Flour / Dhall/ Baked Beans

2. Beverage Bag: MILO/ MILO 3 in 1/ MILO UHT/  Nestum / LNS Wheatgrass drink/ Nespray    Milk Powder/ Lipton Iced Tea

3. Noodle Bag: Maggi Cup Noodles / Biscuits/ Instant Noodles/ Meehoon

4. Toiletries Bag: Shampoo/ Bath Soap/ Tooth Brushes/ Tooth Paste/ Laundry Detergent

5. Stationery Bag: Exercise Books/ Colour Pencils/ Pencils/ Eraser/ Glue/ Rulers/ Socks

For Infants – Infant Formula

For Children – Nutrigen/ MILO/ Sweet Bun/ Sweets

 

Above: The Packing Committee. Mr. Ng (standing extreme right in greyT)

A  contingent consisting of 12 vehicles + 36 devotees & members of The Friends of the Vihara traveled to Mentakab with loads of food items for the Poor & Underprivileged of Mentakab. Under the Mentakab Feeding Program with Friends of the Vihara - a total of 50 families were served.

There were 2 Feeding Venues . ie. Kg. Awak Estate in Temerloh & Taman Bukit Bendera in Mentakab, with 20 and 30 families, respectively.

The atmosphere was one of joyous camaraderie. We were blessed by a warm day.  Check out the emotions  captured by our photographer  in the photos below:

Above: The Children of Kg. Awak Estate were the happiest! They were given MILO, iced cold Nutrigen, sweet buns, candies.

  

Above: Volunteers busy arranging & unloading the goodies much to the amazement of the Kg. Awak Residents!

Above: "Okay - kids & infants, make 1 line please. Kakak has yummy stuffs to give you...."

Above: Pastor Steven - Mentakab Contact Pax making a speech in Tamil under the blazing sun!

Above: Mr. Ng.- FoV Program Coordinator & Team Leader making a speech in BM. Great speech, Mr. Ng!

Above: Bounties to carry home. It aint heavy!

Above: FoV also provided "Porter Service"!

Above: "I live over there......." An elderly woman pointing to her Home.....

Above: A little boy in a daze clutching his yummy package.

 All the pix below were taken at Taman Bukit Bendera.......

Above: The crowd congregating at the low cost flat - Taman Bukit Bendera. Looking and awaiting to collect their Goody Bags.

Above: The children were delighted with the goodies dished out by the Volunteers

Above: Note the atmosphere - its like a Pasar Malam - thicked with joy.. Folks laughing and children running around in excitement! This event was the biggest ever after last year Deepavali Feeding Program....The sleepy hollow of Mentakab came alive with the visit by The Friends of the Vihara.....

Above: Children lining up to collect their packages

Above: A Group Photo at the end of the Program. Note the satisfied & happy faces!

Above: My Favourite Photo!  Hjh. Ainie & Rev. Siri - I learnt a little bit more on Buddhism from the Rev.

To the following who came for the Feeding Program, packed the food items, donated & contributedin kind & otherwise,  and worked so hard to make this Program a success........

Mr. Ng Chun Hoe

Ms. Ann Tan

Mr. Benjamin Tam

Ms. Wynne Tan

Mr. Thomas Tan

Rev Siri

Mr. Roger Tan

YP Chong

Ms. Dinah Lau

Loh Kim Chooi

Ms. Ruby Song

Mr. Al Loh

Ms. Vanessa Lim

Mr. Ronnie Lim

Ms. Violet de Alwis

Ms. Lily Lee

Uncle Lim

Mrs. Lim

Cheng Hoon

Shan

Ms. Sheila

Ms. Santhi

Ms. Sagamany

YC Lai

Ms. Carine Low

Jenny Wong

Leong Zoe Teng

Lee Chin Yao

Mr. Leong

Mr. Lim Kok Keong

Mr. Lee Chee Sng

........Thank You for Making  A Difference. You have touched many, many lives......