Welfare

Special children enjoyed a fun-filled day of activities and interaction at the annual Service Civil International (SCI) Penang Chapter’s Family Day.

WeCareJourney was formed to enable better lives for those living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) and to educate the public on the importance of an inclusive society through activities and events. It operates as two legal entities – one as a non-profit organisation and the other as a social enterprise.

The Lunar New Year was especially good to Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled in Kampar as they received a generous donation from Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong.

The Perak Community Specialist Hospital, one of the oldest multi-disciplinary community hospitals, brought a little love and joy to residents from some welfare homes in conjunction of Chinese New Year.

Two welfare bodies and a school here benefitted from a corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme mooted by the charitable arm of a Seremban-based developer.

The underprivileged among the Chinese community in Shah Alam received a helping hand from Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) in conjunction with the lunar new year.

Production operator Darmaraja Marimuthu, 22, went missing in George Town on Feb 9 when he failed to take the factory van at 8pm to work.

A welfare association in Klang that provides shelter for 80 special children and adults is in dire need of help in cash or kind.

DEN Social Welfare Foundation Taiwan plans to present 100 free wheelchairs to deserving recipients in Malaysia through its “Love Without Borders” Wheelchair Donation 2018 campaign. The offer is open from now until March 1 and applications should be sent to the Eden Handicap Service Centre Penang branch.

Goh Hann Kheng was filled with euphoria at an early Chinese New Year celebration at the Taman Lip Sin Community Welfare Association in Penang. “I feel happy getting to dance to Chinese New Year music,” he said.