A little help can make big differences

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.