Tuesday, February 23, 2010

OrphanCARE

OrphanCARE is a non-profit non-governmental organization whose objective is to give orphans and abandoned babies in Malaysia the love, care and security of a family in line with their tagline ‘Every Child Needs a Family'. Registered on April 28th 2008, OrphanCARE was launched a year later on April 25th, 2009 by its Patron HRH Sultanah Pahang Sultanah Hajjah Kalsom. OrphanCARE aims to help change society's mindset towards orphans, recognizing that children should not be left permanently in orphanages which should really only be 'transit points' before they are placed with families who can bring them up in a proper family structure.

OrphanCARE aims to work with the government to expedite the adoption process whereby abandoned and orphaned babies are placed with suitable parents. They plan to set up a Baby Hatch on OrphanCARE’s premises where mothers must be allowed to leave their babies without fear of prosecution.

OrphanCARE has the support of the Ministry of Women, Family & Community Development and is in fact working closely with the Ministry. The Ministry will shortly establish a Task Force to review and update the Adoption Acts, Registration Act etc and has invited OrphanCARE to be part of the task force. OrphanCARE also intends to work with other Government departments, NGOs, the media and members of the public towards achieving the above-mentioned objectives.

One of their main events were accompaning Jermaine Jackson, the famous pop singer and his wife during his visit to Asrama Damai Anak-Anak Yatim Kuang in Rawang, Selangor. They spent a few hours chatting heartily to the children.

In conclusion, OrphanCARE is not an orphanage but it is a transit centre for orphans and abandoned children before their adoption. They have about 100 volunteers and would like more. Anybody is able to donate. Their headquarters are situated at 6, Lorong SS1/24A, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.This is a map to their location - http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6+lorong+ss+1+%2F+24a&sll=3.104906,101.616669&sspn=0.008613,0.016512&ie=UTF8&ll=3.104746,101.617259&spn=0.008613,0.016512&z=17&iwloc=A You can contact them at contact@orphancare.org.my or visit their website http://www.orphancare.org.my Their contact number is 0378761900, 0378751900 and 0123938337.

Pictures
Baby Hatch.
Jermaine Jackson with his wife.

Group members:
Haezell Alison Claudius.
Leong Pui Ling.
Nicole Cheong.
Samantha Chong Jia Yi.

4 comments:

  1. You need to throw out another one or two photos. And still shorten a bit more.

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  2. Hi, just to let you know that the mobile number that you have listed up there is no longer in use for OrphanCARE. However, they do have a 24 Hour Emergency Number, which is +6 010 2830 528. I'd appreciate it if you could change that as the stated mobile number is now a personal line.

    Thank you.

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