January 2009

Youth Cares officially kicked off our very first charity project for the year, this inaugural project of the team was on 17th of January 2009 (Saturday). We started off by travelling at 4pm to the orphanage, where some of us travelled from Kulim, Air Itam. Eventhough, this project was organised by the kids for the kids, our parents chipped in by providing transport. Thank you!!

This orphanage, Rumah Kebajikan Seri Cahaya is situated in Permatang Damar Laut nearby the Penang International Airport, was chosen to get things rolling. By the time we arrived there, it was tea time and we proceeded to see the warden to explain the objective of our visit & the project on the whole. The warden appreciated our visit and invited us to join them for tea. But we took that opportunity to serve the children tea & biscuits. The children were over whelmed when we started serving them , because their daily routine was to q-up and get their food. After serving them, we had one to one time with kids.

In conjunction with our visit, we also bought some goodies for the children - milk, biscuits, rice, cooking oil, beverages, and rice noodles.

The person-in-charge of the orphanage brought us around the orphanage and there he showed us their prayer room. That is where the children pray and meditate. Their prayer room was very inviting and had a sense of peace, you can easily rest your mind by meditating there. After that,we left the orphanage around 5.45pm.

Rpt by,
SHARVIND MOHAN PILLAI & TEAM