TLC for animals

At Hati.my, we often receive requests to adopt and care for animals.  Owners who migrate may not be able to take their loved pets with them while some other requests involve suggestions for Hati to 'rescue' abandoned animals or ones that may be living in abusive conditions.

As a pet lover myself, I would love to adopt and care for these animals, but unfortunately Hati does not have the facilities or resources to do so. Often, we advise owners to give them up to other pet loving friends, or an animal shelter.  The latter option may not be the most suitable as shelters are run on public donations, and may be overcrowded.  I've spoken to other animal shelter volunteers who sometimes share that it is better to leave street cats alone rather than to gather them and lock them up in a shelter. Street cats appear to be more resilient and independent.  It is important though to have them neutered, so if volunteers can spend some energy to get this done, it will help in controlling the street cat population in the city.

It's not that simple with dogs, I feel reluctant to recommend that dogs be given up in shelters as they require different attention.  All I can say is that, if there is no choice but to give up your pet, try persuading other animal loving friends, neighbours and families if they can care for your animal.

Hati.org.my rebrand

One year after my last post, it's been an exciting year! Apologies for 'disappearing', we've been busy at Hati, refreshing it to work for you, our donors and partners.

Finally after much paperwork, Hati is now registered as a portal under the Touching Hearts Welfare Society Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.  It took us some (uncountable) months and lots of printing of documents to put this together, but we could not have done it without the help of members of our founding team, our families and Tandemic.:)

As we make our transition into a society, I realise our responsibility has grown.  Being governed by a strict constitution and accounting regulations, I realise Hati's now 'grown up'.  As our volunteer pool grows, so does our reach and we're humbled by the support we've received over the last few years.

Personally, I hope to be able to serve our audiences well, we do our best, amidst the crazy projects and full time work we get ourselves into.:)

Looking forward to another exciting year with the new Hati! Stay tuned, for updates.

Rumah Victory needs your help!
Home in need of funds for monthly expenses

Ruman Victory runs several centres to cater for youth, senior citizens and underpriviledged communities.

The centres' monthly expenses run up to about RM70,000.

Rumah Victory welcomes donations to help in running of these centres, finances will go to paying utility bills, buying food supplies, books and clothes, among others.

Bungalow for Sale
Premise to be used for children's home
Rumah Victory is welcoming interested parties to purchase a bungalow (see photo below), with plans to lease it to the organisation.

The organisation plans to turn it into a home to care for underpriviledged children

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If you're interested in helping Rumah Victory, contact
Grace Gan
No: 2, Jalan 8, Taman Bukit Kuchai, Batu 8, Jalan Puchong, 47100 Puchong, Selangor
Phone: +603-80751660
Fax: +603-80750626
Email: rumahvictory@yahoo.com, victory7@streamyx.com
Website: http://www.rumah-victory.com

Hope for Autism Society needs your help!

Hope for Autism Society fundraiser dinner
Organisation needs your help for autistic children

HOPE FOR AUTISM SOCIETY IPOH are raising funds to set up HOPE ACTIVITY CENTRE to run special programmes and activities for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) from underprivileged families.  On 23rd of December 2011, HOPE FOR AUTISM SOCIETY IPOH is holding HOPE FOR AUTISM CHARITY DINNER at Hillcity Hotel, Ipoh.

The objective of the Charity Dinner is as below:

    * ·         Fund raising to set up Hope Activity Centre for children & teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
    * ·         Equip premise with items and needs to run special programmes & activities for ASD children & teenagers
    * ·         To fund special programmes & activities for children & teenagers with ASD
    * ·         To provide free services for ASD children from underprivileged families
    * ·         To sponsor academic programmes for ASD children and teenagers at My Star Academy, Ipoh.

During the Charity Dinner, we will be having booths for charity sales whereby we sell items and products donated by interested corporate sectors.

Volunteers needed
We are still looking  for donors as many has not confirmed their contributions and the occasion is drawing near.  We are also looking for volunteers to help us on the day of the Charity Dinner as there will be approximately 30 children with special needs involved in performances and receiving awards.  Special children needs a lot of monitoring and guidance especially in crowded places.

Contact
ANDREA DE ROZARIO
Vice-President, HOPE FOR AUTISM SOCIETY IPOH
No. 88, Jalan Bulan, Taman Westpool,
Ipoh, Perak.
Mobile: 016-5401862
Email: andrea.liew@yahoo.com

Food and fun fair for Praise Emmanuel Children's Home

Praise Emmanuel Children's Home (PECH) is calling for volunteers and sponsors to their Food and Fun Fair:

Details:
Venue: MBPJ Hall/MPPJ Hall, SS3/14, Petaling Jaya (near Bestari restaurant)
Time: 10am - 3pm
Date: Oct 23,2010 (Saturday)

The fair will comprise of 12 food and games stall, PECH is keen to have volunteers help with cleaning, logistics and manning the booths.

PECH is also interested in getting sponsorship for the stalls, at RM500 each. If you are keen to prepare food or games for this fair to help PECH, please get in touch with Mr. Christopher (details below).

All proceeds from the funds will go to PECH - consist of 3 shelters for 36 boys and girls in Petaling Jaya and Ipoh.

PECH also urgently needs school uniforms to prepare for the school year ahead, if you're interested in donating, please get in touch with Mr. Christopher.


Contact:
Christopher Michael
Manager
012 630 3672
03-5630 1398/56301411
pech@praise-emmanuel.com
www.praise-emmanuel.com

We hope you will be able to volunteer at this event!

Help Hospis Malaysia

Hospis Malaysia is calling out for public support. If you have good condition used items, please donate it to us for our upcoming jumble sale. Send your items to Hospis Malaysia in Taman Sri Bahtera, Cheras. Our working hour is from 8 am – 5 pm. Call us at 03 91333936 or log on to www.hospismalaysia.org for further information.

Quit the jargon

Back from Brussels in stormy and warm Kuala Lumpur.

A big thank you to our hosts and friends in Brussels and from all around the world. Good to have met new faces and made reconnections.

My take on Millennium Development Goals - quit the jargon.

As a journalist, and more of a communicator, we're used to stripping down rhetoric messages for the "layman", not to assume our readers or viewers are less educated, but to keep it simple, so the message is clear and understood.

No criticism at agencies that do good work towards the achieving the MDGs - just to keep it straightforward and ensure that we are on the same page.

My point is that good work by communities, agencies and individuals get drowned in jargon and terminology used by politicians, policymakers and sometimes ourselves.

For me, a place to start? Avoid big words to tell stories with big meanings.