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Pusat Penjagaan
Kanak Kanak Nur Salam, Chow Kit
Rumah Nur Salam and
PAKK Chow Kit programs are primarily run by volunteers,
who come to the center on a regular basis and
funded through donations and services provided
by other NGOs, corporations, organizations, as
well as individuals. The Welfare Department (
Wilayah) and Yayasan Salam see a desperate need
to provide all children who come to the center,
with their basic needs first, as well as providing
them with educational, health and recreational
activities.
There are
4 major areas under which the different programs
run:
1. PAKK, Chow Kit
(10am to 5pm) and Rumah Nur Salam, which runs
programs from 5pm till 11pm, every day of the
week. We have educational activities and have
started with health and recreational programs
too, but are short of volunteers to help children
with homework supervision ( from 5pm -11pm) and
other programs and activities within and outside
of the center, on a weekly basis.
2. The Pantry Program,
which intends to open from 5pm to 7pm every day
of the week. We intend to provide all children
who come to the center with at least one hot meal
a day, for now. Currently, the Pantry program
only runs on Saturdays and Sundays, where we provide
dinner meals for 70 children. We are looking for
sponsors and donors who can provide dinner for
the children during the weekdays.
3. The Overnight
'Guest' Program, will house the first 40 children,
under the age of 12 with shelter and a bed if
they have no where to sleep for the night or if
their parents cannot pick them up before 11pm.
The program is strictly on a' first come, first
serve' basis because we cannot accommodate more
than 20 boys and 20 girls each night. There are
wardens for both boys and girls on each floor,
to ensure the safety of the children.
4. The Outreach
Program is where we work with the Chow Kit community
to assist with children in need or at risk and
bring them to the center or refer them to the
appropriate authorities or NGO bodies who can
better assist these children. Among the cases
brought to our attention are abandoned children,
children of neglect and abuse, teenage pregnancies,
sex workers who are also drug addicts with infants
and children, runways, children in extreme cases
of poverty and danger. We have, currently, 1 staff
worker, who is overworked and underpaid
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