Friday, September 17, 2010

GOLD's Visit To The Vallalar Orphanage On 16.9.10


The Arutjyothi Vallalar Mandram Orphanage, situated at Taman Sutera, Sg. Petani, was founded by Mr. S.M. Rengasamy in 1975. The orphanage is now managed by Mr. and Mrs. R.V. Krishnan and has 58 boys and 22 girls aged 2-18 years, under its care. It receives no funding from the government or agencies other than donation from the public. For more details, you can log onto its website at www.vallalarorphanage.org.my For your information, all proceeds from the 3rd Seberang Perai Line Dance Carnival will be donated to this orphanage. GOLD say thank-you to those line dancers who have already registered for the carnival in November 2010 "Thank-you for supporting us to help them and charity begins at home".



The AVM Orphanage has a 3 storey building which houses its office and a prayer hall at its ground floor and a dormitory for the boys and girls at its upper floors. The place is kept very clean by its residents themselves.



Members of the GOLD team are having breakfast with the orphans. The breakfast is sponsored by GOLD.



The boys are studying or doing homework under the watchful eyes of the staff and tutors while the girls are learning their lessons in an adjacent room.



After lessons and homework, the boys and girls were treated to two line dance performances by the Flaming Line Dancers - Ah Si and Mei Gui Mei Gui Wo Ai Ni.