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Kamakshi association has been actively involve in numerous activities to help the underprivileged children, orphans, abused children, single mothers and the public in general. The association has successfully planned and executed the programs which have benefited the community by improving their livelihood, by increasing the literacy rate among the rural children and improving their social status in the community.
The activities that are being carried out now are:-
1. The Slow Learning Program
2. Kamakshi Child Home ( Orphanage)
3. Providing temporary shelter for abused children and single mothers
4. Medical Camps.( Providing medical screening and treatment for the rural population)
5. Supervising and Operating a Nursery and a Kindergarten in Victoria Estate, Padang Serai
6. Cultivating Entrepreneurship among the Association members and single mothers
8. Other activities
on an ad-hoc basis providing school fees, uniforms, books and monthly
provisions for poor families
SLOW LEARNING PROGRAM
There is an increasing number of students who are lagging in the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic (3R’s). This increasing phenomena, if not addressed promptly will lead to more dropouts when they reach adolescence. This phenomenon is particularly worse in the rural schools. There are various contributing factors ; too many students in a class, lack of special rehabilitation classes, inadequate number of teachers and children from broken families.
The association has employed and paid retired teachers to teach slow learners in the selected rural schools on weekends. Twenty students were selected from standard 4 ,5 and 6 from each school . They were taught for 4 hours a week, in small groups in the respective school. Break fast is also provided for them. These children are not only taught the basic 3R’s but are also instilled with social skills, social mores and spiritual values.
KAMAKSHI CHILD HOME (ORPHANAGE)
The Kamakshi Child Home has been established to house the increasing number of orphans, children from broken families and children from underprivileged homes. The home is temporarily operating from No 150, Taman Tiram, Kulim with 10 children in collaboration with CCI Foundation, Kuala Lumpur.
We accommodate them and provide all the basic necessities and all expense paid schooling and tuition opportunities. We also provide counseling, motivation and career guidance. We encourage their parents to visit their children in the home to foster the parental-child bonding. We also encourage the members of the association to be foster parents and mentors for these unfortunate children The association has employed one administrator( honorary) , one warden and a cook to supervise and maintain the home.
SHELTER FOR ABUSED CHILDREN AND SINGLE MOTHERS
To help the abused children and single mothers, we have set up a temporary shelter in Taman Bayam to provide accommodation, food, guidance and assistance. We have also set up businesses in order to create more job opportunities for them. This will help and encourage them to venture into small businesses and become financially stable and independent.
SUPERVISING AND OPERATING A NURSERY AND A KINDERGARTEN IN VICTORIA ESTATE.
Kamakshi Association together with CHILD Malaysia are operating and supervising a nursery and a kindergarten with the help of three paid teachers. A total of 80 children are benefiting from this program.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Other activities like regular medical camps in remote areas, milk supplements for children, monthly provision for very poor families and financial-social support for single mothers have been carried out from time to time. We also carry out activities in an ad-hoc basis for school children by paying their school fees, providing uniforms, shoes and books.
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MEDICAL CAMP IN MALAU, BALING .KEDAH. |
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