“My dream is that one day, there’ll be no OrphanCARE. There’ll be nomore abandoned babies and nomore children in orphanages”

To place orphans into loving homes, as an orphanagecan never replace a family

To provide a refuge for unwed mothers and a safe haven for babies who may otherwise be abandoned

FEATURED GALLERY

OUR MISSION IS :

-Tan Sri Faizah Mohd Tahir-

FEATURED STORIES

JUNE 2015, ISSUE : 4

OrphanCARE’s Adoptive Parents and Childrens tea party was held on 12th April 2015 at Bukit BandarayaCommunity Centre, Bangsar.

The objective of the tea party is to bring togethercouples who have adopted through OrphanCARE,and their babies and children since the establishment of our baby hatch in 2010.

Also present at the gathering were OrphanCARE’sCounsellor, Adoption and Foster Care Therapist,Consultant and Trainer, Ms Lari Baty Cannon who

Adoptive Parents with useful talks on parenting and ‘The Life Book’ session which helps children place adoption in the

The Alien’ who conducted a session on story telling for OrphanCARE’s Adoptive Parents. The parents and their children were later entertained with games, craft sessions and clowns during the event.

context of their lifeexperience. Ms Lari Baty Cannon emphasized that theLifebook helps a younger child understand how she/he became part of the family.

OrphanCARE also invited Ms Melanie Lee,author of the book‘Adventure of Squirky

“If you look at their faces, they look like their

a child, you bring up the child with love, somehow, ‘sama’ ”-Tan Sri Faizah Mohd Tahir-

provides OrphanCARE’s

Kuala Lumpur, 23 March 2015 – Three years ago,

left in the baby hatch at OrphanCARE Foundation’s (OrphanCARE) Petaling Jaya Centre without any documents. She was about 18 months old, with a cleft lip and only one arm.

Despite her condition, she was adopted by a loving family within a month. Thanks to OrphanCARE, Aleysha now lives happily with her adoptive parents and three other siblings. The family also plans for Aleysha to undergo a cleft lip corrective surgery and

Aleysha’s successful adoption is one of many heartwarming achievements of OrphanCARE which have not only made it possible for orphans and abandoned babies to grow up in a family, but also bring joy to the families intending to adopt the children.

In line with its Community & Health pillar to support sustainable initiatives that promote the wellbeing and welfare of vulnerable children and women,

owned by OrphanCARE will include salaries for seven social workers, rental of its headquarters in Petaling Jaya and expenses to organise outreach activities, community awareness programmes on baby abandonment and reproductive health talks at various locations within and outside of Klang valley area.

The two other baby hatches are currently operating in Johor Bahru and Kota Bharu.YSD Governing Council member Datin Paduka Zaitoon Dato’ Othman said YSD’s collaboration with OrphanCARE will reduce the number of abandoned babies and enable education as well as counselling support to be provided to women with unwanted pregnancies. Sharing the same passion and belief inOrphanCARE’s cruscade, Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD), a strong advocate for marginalised communities has committed a RM1.05 million allocation for OrphanCARE for a three year period starting November last year.

“With the increasing number of

social workers funded by YSD, the public is better informed of the risks

and consequences of abandoned babies. More women with unwanted pregnancies know

where to go if they want to put up their children for

adoption, instead of making decisions out of fear,”

The SEKATA Programme (Keselamatan Keluarga Tanggung-jawab Kita) or Family Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility is partof OrphanCARE’s Advocacy initiative to inculcate awareness about family values and Reproductive Health amongst target groups mainly comprisingyoung people.

A total of 20 talks were succesfullyconducted throughout year 2014 and 2015 to selected institutions including 11 Kolej Komuniti and 9institutions under Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat.

31 October 2014 - YB Senator Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun paid a visit to KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital to view the baby hatch located in the hospital compound and to gain some knowledge on the objective and procedure of the baby hatch, and the Memorandum Of Collaboration (MOC) between the international medical heavyweight, KPJ Group of Hospitals and OrphanCARE Foundation. Also present at the event were Tan Sri Faizah Mohd Tahir, OrphanCARE Chairman, Dato’ Dr. Musa Mohd Nordin (Advisor of KPJ Baby Hatch Committee)and Trustees from OrphanCARE.

DATIN PADUKA CHEW MEI FUN’S VISIT TO KPJ DAMANSARA BABY HATCH

“Thank youfor coming

Orphancare”

Students from Kolej Komuniti Kuala Langat

Students from Kolej Komuniti Masjid TanahStudents from Kolej Komuniti Kok Lanas

Sekolah Tunas Bakti, Marang Terengganu

“Saya rasa program ini

harusmenjelajahke seluruh Malaysia”

“Saya mendapat banyak info

yang sebelum initidak pernah saya

ketahui”

“Saya rasa program sebeginipenting kepada remaja dan

harus diperluaskan lagi agar semua remaja

tahu menjaga diri”

“Saya rasaberuntung

terpilih untuk

mengikuti program ini”

SMK Dato’ Harun

“We want to spread the message of love and care for children all over the world“

objectives and agree on our future direction.It has resulted in a more structured approach and greater clarity in planning programmes and activities to achieve these objectives, and started the thinking process on resources required to plan and implement these programmes. It has also been very helpful in giving a better understanding of the expectations of one of OC’s major corporate sponsors.

Charting the Way Forward’on 10-11 November 2014 was facilitated by a representative from one of OrphanCARE’s key donors. The workshop gave an opportunity for OC Trustees, Commitee members and sta� to re-examine OC’s

Jermaine Jackson accompanying Sultanah Pahang Sultanah Kalsom paid a visit to OrphanCare Foundation in Kampung Tunku on March 28th. It was his third to the centre after previous visits in April 2009 and December 2012, which gave him an opportunity to get the latest update on the organization. Jermaine sang "Daddys Home" a cappella and cradled a one-week-old baby at the Foundation, waiting to be adopted. Meanwhile,

- Jermaine Jackson -

KPJ BABY HATCH INITIATIVES

ORPHANCARE ACHIEVEMENTS15 older children from various orphanages were adopted via OC

123 “ abandoned” babies have been adopted between 2010 - now70 babies were placed with biological mother after counselling2849 parents have registered as prospective adoptive parents

708 couples have successfully undergone the screening processand placed in the waiting list for babies

Damai Specialist Hospital

KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital

KPJ Ipoh Specialist Hospital

KPJ Johor Specialist Hospital

KPJ Seremban Specialist Hospital

KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital

Kuantan Specialist Hospital

Kuching Specialist Hospital

KPJ Perdana Specialist Hospital

KPJ Tawakkal Specialist Hospital

The collaboration between Kumpulan Perubatan Johor (KPJ) and OrphanCARE will help to support mothers unprepared to cope with a newborn baby and ensure these babies are

adopted by loving families. Since OrphanCARE’s baby hatch was established in 2010, we have worked hard to accomplish this task and

now we look forward to the support of international medical heavyweight, KPJ. At the signing ceremony, KPJ announced that the Baby Hatch initiative will be

implemented at eight of their hospitals in Peninsular Malaysia