We can't do everything but we can do something

Sunday trip pusing-pusing di Setapak Garden.
More pictures are available here
Che Dah, Hasnah, Hasnita, Elin (fm Subang2) and me make a quick decision on Saturday to drive jalan-jalan cari ABNI on Sunday. We need to deliver the collections from Saturday Readaloud sessions ASAP. Alhamdullilah, ada kelapangan on Sunday so we decided to settle this business :)

ABNI, is a house that accomodate orphans, children fm single parent homes who needed extra help as well as Orang Asli children who need additional care. The house is managed by Sarimah Ali (Sarimah Ali 03-40222404 / 019-2519082).
There are 50+ kids in the schooling age, boys and girls. Previously their "house" is at Kampung Bandar Dalam, Sentul, Kuala Lumpur.
To be more organized they are in the process of moving the children to a "better" location. The girls are now housed at a single storey corner house at AQ1, Jalan Bakubang, Setapak Garden. In fact Sunday when we visited, is the 2nd day of moving. The house is a rented house at RM1500/month.


The trip for us has not been smooth sailing. Since they are also new to the area, the direction given by Ustazah Sarimah is a bit blurr blurr ... dekat Pej Pos Gombak, ada pasaraya Ong Tiang Kin, ada Sek Agama ... anyway, with Yong's help (Elin's cousin) we managed to find the house. Nita coming from Setiawangsa had a better luck since she used the Roadmap and found the house easily :)




In the mean time, the boys are still staying at Kampung Bandar Dalam. They are hoping to get a better "location" as well for the boys.




What do we manage to collect ?
> Cash RM1900 : donations (BJresidents, Latifah Subang Bestari collection, Yeanti's, zakat), proceeds fm charity sales of Lempuk Durian (Yeanti), Kid's towel (Shafinaz), serunding daging (Elly) , cool t-shirts (Mama Nita) and books (Shaiful Azhar))
> a few CarreFour bags of "new undergarments for the girls" *quick thinking of Mama Nita*
> a few CarreFour bags of munchies
> 2 Oddesey medium loading of used clothes, shoes and books
> a pack of meehoon



Special thanks to my virtual UKS friend Farah, who stayed back after the Readaloud&Storytelling sessions and helped to do the donations sorting, she came alllll the way from Meru, Klang.
Not much comparing to the huge need taking care of 50+ kids, but hopefully it is the beginning and many more kind hearts and souls will offer their care continously. Alternatively you can donate directly via AM Finance no. 2272021000327 .


Mama Nita reading "The Cruncher" this month :)


The generous contributions for the refreshment during the Saturday RAIST sessions also worth a mention, Suzana (Umi Sihabudin) for the donut, Ina of Jln Serambi for the satay and drinks :)

Mama Rusiah also read a book about Orphan this month ...


May we meet again soooon for the next month sessions.