Wishing  everyone a Happy New Year :)

From PWP Management and Staff.

Merry Christmas to everyone, and have a great celebration, with family and friends :)

From PWP Management and Staff.

Back To School 2017 Event.

Another year has come to an end, and Parents Without Partners organised its yearly Back To School on 3^rd December 2016, in Dewan Masyarakat Angsana, USJ1.

Back to School event is to render assistant to single parents in preparation for their school going children for the coming year 2017.  In preparation for this event, PWP have received monetary aid, grocery and goodie bags contribution from various group, such as corporations, church community and individuals. The monetary contribution is used to purchase gift vouchers from a hypermarket and given to the recipient on the eventful day.

The event started off with a short game, followed by a short speech by the Co-Founders Sanice Kam, and Social Coordinator, Jayapratha Batumalai. After which, a group of 12 children from Reading Station’s dancing class performed a bollywood dance titled ‘Chamak Chalo’ and a Malay dangdut song for the closing of the event. These children were coached by Operation Manager, Adrian Ong together with a volunteer and rehearsed the entire routine for 3 months.  Indeed it was a lot of hard work and was entertaining. A child from Reading Station also performed by reciting a short story titled “The Mouse deer and The Crocodile” coached by Social Coordinator Jayapratha B.  Many parents were encouraged to witness these children performing, to showcase talents and confidence at the same time.   

Co-Founder Sanice Kam and Lim Lian See together distributed the gift voucher with grocery aid and goodie bags to a total number of 40 families. Single parents and their children were extremely happy and glad that their burden is lifted up, for the coming year. Soon after, all guests partake to an afternoon meal of delicious mushroom spaghetti, aglio olio and hawaiian bun.

Parents Without Partners and Jumble Station are thankful for the overflowing support from all who made this into a successful event this year. This will be great blessings to all the beneficiaries.

Wishing all our Indian friends, Happy Deepavali,
From the Management and Staff of PWP

We were featured in timeout :)


http://www.timeout.com/kuala-lumpur/shopping/jumble-station

Jumble Station in an article

http://cilisos.my/know-a-malaysian-single-mom-who-needs-help-heres-where-she-can-go/

Merdeka  Vintage Car Ride

Car rides are always a hit with young children and the Merdeka Vintage Car ride on August 31^st this year was no exception. Several single parent’s children and children from various orphanages were given an opportunity to participate in a vintage car ride. Michael, a former policeman roped in several vintage car owners to offer a ride to the children starting at  the Spastic Centre in, Petaling Jaya on to Taman Permainan SS15/2E before  ending at Lake View Subang Jaya. 

At the meeting point in the Spastic Centre grounds, the children went through the registration process and each child was given a handheld Malaysia’s flag to wave. Happy yet, nervous and anxious, the children were keen to get going even though there were less cars compared to the year before. Many had hoped they would get a chance to ride on some of the bigger motorbikes, but this was not allowed for safety reasons.

The children were all seated in their respective cars, and the ride kicked off at 10am to Taman Permainan SS15/2E where they were given refreshments, “kuih” and drinks. The children were then grouped in to smaller teams for outdoors activities. It wasn’t  Pokemon Go but simple games such as tossing candies in the pail, running in two’s with a balloon behind their back etc. 

This was followed by simple aerobic exercises, conducted by Taylors University Students. The students started off with cheers of Merdeka! Merdeka! Merdeka! and Malaysia Boleh! before proceeding to a dance called “Char Kuey Teow, Roti Canai and Teh Tarik”, topped off by ever popular A.R Rahman’s number “Jai Ho”.

The children then took the ride to Lake View Subang Jayawhere they shared tables with children from other homes and sang out loud the song made popular by Sudirman, “Tanggal 31” followed by “Jalur Gemilang”.  YB  Hannah Yeoh was there to join in the singing  and  hand over a cheque donation to the various homes as well.

Parents without Partner’s  was among the charities presented with the RM2,500 cheque and Social Coordinator Jayapratha accepted the cheque on behalf of PWP. The donation will be used to aid our single parents in time of need and is greatly appreciated especially in these very trying economic times indeed.

Time Out To Agro Park, Senawang

Parents Without Partners Bhd’s single parents children and underprivileged children from Trinity Homes, Petaling Jaya  was able to enjoy a trip to Starfresh Agro Park, at  Senawang, Negeri Sembilan thanks to Kiwanis Bandaraya, that sponsored the trip.

Starfresh Agro Park founder,  Alex gave a short introduction of the company and the park during a tour of the place.  

The children were introduced to  local fruit trees, including star fruit, durian, ‘duku langsat’, rambutan and many more. The beauty of the tour to the orchard was the fact that, the children were able to harvest the fruit themselves and eat them! Many were ecstatic never having done it before. 11 year old, Hanuthasan gathered a few duku langsat and carefully wrapped it in his handkerchief as a gift to his mom for when he returns home.  He was happy he could pluck them from the tree himself.  Sadly, many of the fruit trees were not in season including the durians and the rambutans but the kids still had a fun time with a jam making session.   

 It was the children’s first effort ever making their very own fruit jam! And what’s more it was also Agro Fresh’s first effort at making jam from star fruit! Guided by their group leaders, each child learnt the art of jam making from the washing of the fruits to slicing and dicing it, blending them, cooking and mixing them with sugar before pouring the finished gooey stuff into a jam jar. Little did they know that, at the end of the session, they were actually allowed to take a bottle of jam home!  Single father’s son, 11 year old, Jack Justin Tan said this was his first time making jam and he really enjoyed the experience very much.

 Famished after the tiring walk in the orchard and jam making activity, it was time for a buffet lunch. The children were so hungry they opted for a second serving of the delicious lunch.

Lunch over, it was paint ball target shooting time! The tour guide shared safety tips, and information on how to handle the paint ball guns. Each child was given 20 pieces of paint ball pellets, placed in the paint ball gun by the guide and given clear instructions on how to aim and shoot the target. The target in this case were aluminium cans tied to strings hanging from a steel bar. Muhammad Iqram, 9 years, was truly having a ball and scored by hitting 3 cans! Like Iqram, the other children had a whale of a time with the paint ball guns! 

Topping off the day’s event was what most rural children loved the most, swimming in a real river! The children could be seen laughing and giggling, busily splashing water and some swimming happily up and down the river itself. Having spent around 45 minutes in the stream, they were mighty reluctant to quit swimming begging for “another 5 more minutes, please”. The outing was a huge success, offering a great opportunity to bond with nature, it was indeed a time of fun, fun, fun and will hopefully add to the many sweet childhood memories of being one with nature.   

Pampering The Single Mums

Parents Without Partners Bhd’s poor single mums were given a creative pampering for the first time in their lives by US based Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Three young girls from YWAM, Courtney, Allison and Melissa had traveled to many of poorer parts of the world assisting the poor and the needy communities where the need was greatest.

This time, they paid a visit to Malaysia and were introduced into the personal lives of poor single mothers living in at government low cost flats at Lembah Subang in Selangor, Malaysia.

Courtney, Allison and Melissa shared a passion to care for the needy while building up their intrinsic worth, value and personal identity.

The three vibrant young women had gone through quite a number of unnerving experiences on their global charitable travels but nothing prepared them for the conditions they saw in what was supposed to be a modern country like Malaysia.

Led by social coordinator, Jayapratha the trio arrived at Lembah Subang, only to discover the elevator had not been functioning for the past two months. For the locals, this was nothing new, it often happens due to poor maintenance and vandalism. We were left with no choice but to walk up the flight of stairs, all the way up to 12th floor! While walking up the stairs, they saw firsthand the pitiful condition of the stairs, it was a veritable eyesore and the urine stench as well as the stench from the rubbish being dumped was nauseating. The safety factor of walking up and down the stairs was shocking due to the lack of metal railings to hold on to, on some flights of stairs. Making the matter worse was that there were no lights at all forcing the team to use their mobile phone torches to light up their way up.

Kalawathy a single mother of one daughter had her front door wide open to welcome the very tired bunch. The visitors were given a very warm greeting and gratefully agreed to be seated while waiting for the other single mums to show up. While waiting for the others to show up, Courtney, Allison and Melissa chatted with Kalawathy to learn more about her plight. When the other single mums arrived, they were given a short introduction to the three Americans and were pleased to be told that they had a treat in store for the single mums - nail polish and henna art pampering!

The 3 single mums were given the opportunity to choose their personal choice of nail polish colour which would be then painted on their nails. Mellissa and Allison begin pampering the single mothers with a hand massage each, something the single mothers had never enjoyed before because such manicure treatment usually costs around RM100 and above in spas. For these single mothers it was offered for free of charge by YWAM girls.

Nanthini, a single mother of 4 kids, said she had never had the thrill of pampering her hands, “This is my first,” she said. . Even her 4 year old daughter was given a manicure treatment, and like her mother, was thrilled to bits to have her nails painted! Kalawathy and her 13 year old daughter as well as her niece grabbed the opportunity to be pampered by Melissa and Allison while the henna art was carried out by Courtney. Kala, Nanthini and the other single mum were flabbergasted by Courtney’s artistic henna art work, and praised her talent in this skill which originates from Indians rather than a Westerner!

A very pleased Kala, prepared a simple lunch for everyone, offering fried chicken sambal, simple salad, rice and coffee. Everyone found the simple spicy meal, enjoyable time.

When asked, what they enjoyed the most from the pampering of single mums’ session, Courtney, who heads the YWAM team, shared that she was happy she could bring a refreshing and enjoyable talent to PWP’s single mums. Allison on the other hand enjoyed making people laugh and loves to hang out and casually chat with them. Mellissa shared that she loves to connect with different people, hear first hand their struggles and their challenges as well as how they are able to overcome such difficulties.

The trio, Courtney, Mellissa and Allison were delighted that they together with PWP could be a real blessing to these hardworking single mothers and families. Truly though, it was only a couple of hours, it was still a great time of bonding , a time of fun , a time of pampering and personal sharing , all of which was worth their weight in gold.

Jumble Station Hari Raya Celebration.

Jumble Station had the Hari Raya celebration with its Muslim staffs on Tuesday, 21st July held at Reading Station. We had a Pot Bless dinner with each staff contributing a dish or two. From ‘ketupat’ , succulent mutton ‘rendang’, chicken cooked in coconut with chilies and turmeric, mixed vegetables, spaghetti and many more.
The table was filled with lots of home cooked food, local desserts, kuih nyonya and cordial drinks.
The celebration was filled with love, joy and laughter. The kids were blessed with "Duit Raya" by Mdm Lian See Lim.

Jumble Station wishes all "Selamat Hari Raya"

A volunteer shares her Reading Station experience.

Reading Station (RS) is a place with great potential. Every child who walks through the door is bursting with potential that’s just waiting to be nurtured. Many of them lack the learning environment and the opportunity that some of us possess but that can change, not overnight, not even over a period of a year but over a long period of prayer, hard work and Godly faith. That was the essence of what I felt when I first visited Reading Station recently.

What is really amazing is to see children both so obedient yet extremely hungry to learn. In my first session with them, they courageously overcome their innate shyness and showed great improvements by the end of the class session. Of course, we had fun. I know I did and I know my four year old son did. He told me in the car on our way back home, ‘mommy, I like it when you are the teacher’ – that was music to my ears.

My second session was different but equally interesting and encouraging. I was asked to bring props for a drama class and being the least imaginative person you can think of, I thought of balloon sculpture as a way to reach out to the kids at RS. I used to do that for other disadvantaged communities so balloon sculpture it would have to be and it was my hope that the children at RS would be as interested in learning about balloon sculpturing as the children elsewhere.

However since I’m pretty terrible at it, I roped in my hubby to help out and he willingly agreed to assist. Since it was also Father’s Day we thought it would be a good opportunity to show our two boys that we can be spiritual parents to other children, some whom may be fatherless.

So there we were at RS complete with balloons, pumps, pens and all…and lo and behold, no one was there. It was the fasting month and many children had to help out their family at the daily food bazaar. Only two new students finally turned up but we wanted the previous batch of students to also attend and enjoy this second session. So armed with balloon sculptures, we went to a couple of flats and knocked on doors. The earlier batch of kids all could not make it for various reasons but we met a few new children along the way and they were really excited to see the balloon animals and the flowers. I was praying for at least 10 students and 15 of them would be great and mercifully we finally drew in 15 children. At one point, we literally had children following us to the Reading Station and it was very encouraging. Needless to say, my boys and my hubby too had great fun that day and I had a lot of exercise so that was a nice bonus. All in all, it was a great day.

Challenges? I am not quite in a position to share on challenges since I’ve just started volunteering. But, something else, more challenging comes to mind. As we went knocking on doors looking for students, I was reminded about the poor living conditions of the place. Lifts were broken down (and waiting for lifts took a long time), doors have fallen apart, graffiti filled the walls, rubbish even faeces decorated the stairwells – all these were not exactly the most conducive of living conditions.

My thoughts were that many who live there either don’t have much of a choice in the matter or they themselves contributed to the terrible condition because they are bitter with life. The challenge I realise is that we need to do something about it. Not at once, maybe not in the very near future but there has to be a long term plan to transform the entire community and improving its environment. Of course that’s easier said than done but we have a powerful God of the impossible and with His help we can make an impact on the children we serve and also in the process make an impact on their parents, their friends, relatives and the entire community. It may take years of hard work but I believe that God has a purpose for this community, a purpose that is far beyond the reading classes and interesting activities we now hold. What we are presently doing is opening a door to this community who really needs support.

My message is, if you are already volunteering and serving the disadvantaged, continue your amazing work. If you are not, do consider giving a little of your time to Reading station and see how God works. I’m starting small myself due to my other commitments but I believe as we each bring something small to those at Reading Station, God will perform his great miracle of impactful change.

Wishing all our Muslim friends, Selamat Hari Raya.
From the Management and Staff of PWP.

Wishing all fathers, a Happy Father's Day

 

From the Management & Staff of PWP

Volunteering for a charity can be a hit or miss affair as some of us have discovered but a group of UM students who recently volunteered at Reading Station have found the experience both enlightening and unforgettable.

Nur Ashikin Abdullah Sani said that the experience she gained from participating in the volunteer process was "indescribable". "It was eye opening for me to see the hope and happiness shining through the children's eyes when they saw us, that was truly beautiful. It made me realize how fortunate I am to be raised in an environment where my families supported me and there was no barriers between me and my dreams." She added that RS' program helps poor children understand that it's okay to be children, it's okay to have fun and discover the beautiful world of knowledge. I hope that this program will attract more support and volunteers to help out these children and families in need. PWP initiated it, it's up to us to see it through."

Aneesa Aldous Mohamed found the experience at Reading Station, USJ 1 on the 8th of May 2016 a truly rewarding one. Nervous at first, she expected the children to be playful and might not be able to focus on the activities planned. "Surprisingly, they exceeded my expectations, they were cooperative and very eager to participate in the activities planned. I feel RS is a great opportunity for them to gain more knowledge as well as train them to become active in a community." It was a great opportunity for me to help inspire them to read and learn English.

I am thankful for this experience as it made me realise different people with different backgrounds have less opportunities to study and although I grew up in Subang Jaya, I never knew there were really poor people in this area. I was shocked that the children had to live in such conditions.

I'm amazed with PWP and it's social coordinator Ms. Jaya determination to educate the children and encourage them to attend classes. I also realize the importance and responsibilities of the community to step out to help educate and guide these children by volunteering. I hope that the activities we did had an impact and would help the children in the long run," she added.

Anyone keen to help out at Reading Station do contact Jaya at 019 - 233 1730 (9am - 5pm) for inquiries .

Promoting Reading Station

Reading Station, a community corner designed to reach out to poor kids in Angsana low cost flats Subang Mewah Subang Jaya is now a reality.

Here is a place where kids can come to learn to read and communicate in English, share their views, and most importantly grow in the love of the language.

Since December 2015 the Reading Station opened its doors to the youngsters every (Tuesday) for reading purposes only . Despite the small numberof volunteers in the Reading Station, the kids are beginning to embrace the concept, the environment and , the culture designed to inculcate a love for reading.

Their keenness induced PWP open the premises on Sundays too where the kids can discover the joys of reading, drama, music and songs, /dance, as well as arts and crafts.

PWP Social Coordinator, Jayapratha together with Operations Manager, Adrian Ong stepped up the exposure by giving out flyers to the many residents at Angsana Flats in hopes of encouraging them to turn up for Sunday classes. In the process, PWP discovered that the parents are excited. They expressed their desire for their kids to learn ,to achieve their fullest potential and not waste time watching TV or grow wild on the streets.

Since many of these parents can’t afford to send their children for tuition or to the public library. Reading Station is now the nearest community library for them.

On Sundays the hours are from 2pm – 3pm for the Singing /Dancing/Drama/Story Telling, followed by Arts and Crafts from 3pm to 4pm. When the children were asked what they really liked on the first day of orientation, one kid said “lukis!” (drawing) another said “menari” (dancing). When asked what they want to be when they grow up , one said “fashion designer!” another “teacher!” “engineer!”so on. What it shows is that these kids have the same big dreams as their urban counterparts.

What Reading Station needs now are truly dedicated and keen volunteers willing to share their time and skills on Sundays. What’s lovely is the PWP has started to receive callsand queries from some folks and this is a positive sign indeed. Nevertheless we need people willing to commit their Sundays and be rostered to help out as helpers to break the vicious cycle of poverty by inspiring a whole new generation of English language and creative youngsters of the future. Together we can make Reading Station a catalyst for success in Malaysia.

For more info call:Jaya.B @ 019 - 233 1730 (9am - 5pm)

Volunteers Needed!

Volunteers needed to share your love of the English language and the joy of reading stories to poor kids within the poor communities of Subang Jaya. Do you have a skill in art, music, skits or drama, we welcome you to share your skills, to coach, to mentor young lives to improve and better their lives. We have the place for you to reach out and inspire young lives at Reading Station, USJ1 Subang Jaya. Call...if you care to partner us in making a big difference in the lives of poor youngsters.

Contact Jaya.B for details at 
019 - 233 1730 (9am - 5pm) or email : jayapratha.batumalai@gmail.com

Rockwills rock with timely donation

Rockwills rock with timely donation

Rockwills Corporation Sdn Bhd has a singular focus on folks being properly prepared for any dire eventuality in terms of the proper handling of their monies, assets and their last wishes. Yet when it comes to charity, this esteemed organisation has zeroed in on the here and now and Parents Without Partners Bhd (PWP) was recently the focus of its attention. 

Realising that single parents in Malaysia do need a helping hand now and not tomorrow, the group got together its vast teams of supporters and during a blood donation drive in conjunction with its anniversary celebration last year, they decided to do their bit to make life better for poor single parents under the care of PWP. Like PWP’s fundraising arm Jumble Station, Rockwills got its members to bring their unwanted stuff during the blood donation drive in late 2015 and the response to the donation drive was overwhelming, they opted to do it again during the Lunar New Year 2016, resulting in unprecedented sales of most the items that had been donated. 

A total of RM1,669.65 was raised from the twin events and the cheque was handed last week over to PWP Social Coordinator Jayapratha and Jumble Station Operations Manager Adrian Ong by Rockwills CEO and Group Advisor Low Wan Gem accompanied by Rockwills Assistant General Manager Tan Mei Yin and Public Relations Manager Cecilia Ng at PWP’s sales outlet at Jaya1, Selangor. 

When asked what inspired Rockwills to come alongside PWP and Jumble Station to assist poor single parents, the Assistant Manager Tan shared the fact that the CEO is himself a single parent and could easily relate to the difficulties faced in bringing up children in these trying times. They also felt that there is a need to help poor single parents because the stereotyped thinking is that single parents can still survive on one income but the reality is totally different in view of the rising costs of living. 

“The team felt that there was a need to create more awareness of PWP’s cause especially considering PWP extends its help to all races and there are single parents who genuinely are in need of help, Tan said.

Low himself said Rockwills will continue this donation drive with PWP from time to time by selling used items donated by its agents and contacts and donating the money to fund PWP’s worthwhile cause. “Certainly Rockwills looks forward to working with hand in hand with PWP for a cause that is meeting this special community so well,” he said.

On PWP’s part, the cash donation will be utilised to meet single parents’ more dire needs, such as paying their overdue rental payments, school transport fees or medical needs. Funds will also be utilised to buy computers, simple musical instruments, teaching equipment for school holidays classes etc for its newly launched Reading Station which aims to introduce English to the poor children in USJ1 Subang Jaya.

Hardship

Esther Punitha Subramaniam, 28 a single mother of 3 from Mantin Negri Semiblan has only known pain and rejection during her stormy relationship with her extremely abusive husband, Siva. Yet she was determined to be a good mother to Puvaneswari, 11yrs, Dinesh 10yrs and Abraham 2yrs old even as she struggled with her job as cleaner at KLIA, that brought in only a pitiful RM900 a month which was barely enough to keep the family alive. 

Her dire situation eased a little when her husband suddenly abandoned the family and disappeared from their lives. Still the worry over his strange disappearance added to her stress and Esther found herself battling financial and psychological worries while trying her best to keep her children safe and well fed.
Being uneducated, she found it extremely difficult and eventually her debts increased. First off was the rental, finding RM500 a month to pay for the three bedroom flat in Mantin was not easy, finding the money to pay the children’s school fees, buying petrol for her motorbike and not forgetting having enough cash left over to feed the ever hungry mouths.
Esther’s struggle to pay her rent and school fees drew the attention of her church pastor who stepped in to help out while PWP chipped in with monthly groceries and additional cash donation monthly to make life a little easier for this plucky single mum. She is also trying her hand at starting her own small food business to generate the funds she needs each month and PWP hopes to guide and assist her in making a success of this fledgling business.

Jumble Station CNY 2016 Dinner

JS had a Chinese New Year dinner at Shogun Japanese Restaurant located in Sunway Pyramid for its staffs on 18th February 2016 with an attendance of 11 people.

Present for the dinner were our Co-Founders, Sanice and Lian See, Operation Manager , Adrian Ong, Social Coordinator , Jayapratha B. with her 3 kids, and staffs Yun, Mala, Sue, and Ann. Most of them were in red a outfit that goes along with the occasion. 

We started off with the buffet dinner, and then followed by tossing “Yee Sang”! Some cheered blessings and some well wishes for JS. There were varieties of food choices on the buffet table, including local cuisines as well, such as lamb, prawns, some were baked and some stir fried, sushi’s soups , etc.. there were so much food.

One of the staffs, Yun, was happy that the dinner was in Shogun as it offers buffet style dinner.
We had a great sumptuous dinner and a memorable bonding time. Sanice our Co-Founder gathered us around the table and shared her thoughts on JS and the current economy which is impacting every sector, and how we in JS are blessed to be able to pull through this difficult and tough times. Sanice gave angpows to everyone and all were thankful to receive it. We are indeed the Muhibah Family of Jumble Station. 

Happy Chinese New Year from us at PWP / Jumble Station!

Have a great holiday and safe journey everyone!

A joyous Back-to-School party to say goodbye to 2015

Christmas is the season to bless others and at Jumble Station we believe in bringing joy to the hearts of poor single parents in the best and most practical way possible. We gifted them with shopping vouchers worth RM150 for each school-going child so that the child can have a new uniform, new pair of shoes and possibly even a school bag is there’s enough money left over.

This year, the back to school party was held on December 5, within the premises and the surrounding area of the Reading Station located just next door to Jumble Station’s second hand shop at Angsana Flats, Subang Mewah, USJ1. The heavy rains almost derailed the event but thankfully the skies cleared by 4pm as a total of 118 single parents and their kids showed up for the occasion.

Kicking off the fun mood for the party was emcee Adrian Ong and the 8 youngsters he trained, who danced a lively number to the tune of a Malay song  followed immediately by a speech from PWP co-founder Sanice Kam who also officially launched the start of the spanking new Reading Station. 

Social co-ordinator Jayapratha shared about the vision and mission of Reading Station, to encourage the love of the English language and spark the love of reading among the poor kids in Angsana Flats.

The Christmas spirit was then infused in the crowd with the lively and joyful rendition of familiar Christmas carols by Dunamis Cellgroup while balloonist Elsie Phang surprised both adults and kids alike with her adroit skill at turning an ordinary balloon into cute little shapes. While each child was presented with a Giant shopping voucher of RM150, each parent was presented with a shopping voucher of RM100 together with a goodie bag of toiletries, cookies and stationery and to round off the evening, each parent and child were given a KFC finger-licking good treat.

For the poor single parents who have never had a chance to attend our back to school party until this year, it was an eye-opening and fabulous event.  New single mum Shamala with 3 school going children was so thankful she said ‘thank you’ several times to PWP. Her joy was palpable in her eyes, her appreciation for the shopping vouchers each of her child received which would help her as she shopped for items for the new school term was evident from her tear filled eyes.

Haliza, another single parent with one school going child, was ecstatic upon receiving the voucher and later sent a sms stating “ thank you very much for everything. I really appreciate it.” Old timers like single mum Annie, who rushed from her hawker stall despite being drenched in the heavy rain as well as single father Tan Chee Boon was just as delighted to continue to receive a helping hand with the shopping vouchers this time around as well.

Their obvious delight would not have been possible if not for the many individuals who came forward to donate the cash needed to purchase the shopping vouchers and to these folks who stepped up to the plate despite the poor if not challenging business environment , we from Parents Without Partners and Jumble Station say a very very sincere “Terima Kasih!”