In the spirits of Christmas & Chinese New Year

While we look forward in anticipation for Christmas and Chinese New Year, please give some thoughts to those who are not so fortunate. Allocate a little bit of your spendings to charities. If you are not able to decide which charitable organizations to donate, the followings are some suggestions :

Shepherd’s Centre Foundation

(home for orphans and the terminally ill)
Address: 23 Jln Besar, Tmn Hiew Piew, Semenyih (main foster home)
Contact person: Founders Pastor Jacop and Pastor Bridget, 03-8723 1213/6770
Needs: 120 sets of bed sheets, blankets, pillowcases; cutlery, crockery; refrigerator, washing machine (10kg).

Rumah Sayangan

(home for underprivileged, abused and orphaned children)
Address: 14 & 16 Jalan Siput 3, Taman Billion, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
Contact person: Susan Looi, 03-9131 4339 or 019-258 3747.
The home, set up in 1989, has six girls and 11 boys between five and 21 years old.
Needs: A small car or van to send the children to school, fruit blender, water filter, food freezer, wall or table fans, schoolbags, writing materials and exercise books, sandals and slippers as well as milk and canned food.

Phillys Caring Home

(home for the old folks)
Address: 19 Jalan 12/12, 46200 Petaling Jaya.
Contact person: Home founder and manager Phyllis Nathan, 03-7956 0799.
Needs: Mosquito netting for its rooms, cushion covers, curtains, stove, adult diapers and daily provisions like rice, sugar and foodstuff.

Terlipok Hostel, Sabah

Run by the Good Sheperd Sisters for poor students from the interior. Needs donations of 10 beds costing RM5,000 and a RM800 dining table. Interested donors please contact Sister Sandra at 019-811 1673.

( source : the Star December 19, 2005 )