HOPE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTRE
HOPE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTRE
The PHDC of this parish runs a community service centre called the HOPE
Community Service Centre. It is open for all who needs assistance such
as welfare, documentation and education.
This centre is located in the church hall and is operated by a group of volunteers.
2009
Lenten Campaign: Mini Soup kitchen at First Garden Flats
It all began with some sponsors, Catholics and non-Catholics,
who wanted to donate some money to feed the poor. These
sponsors approached the PHDC members of OMPH church, Ipoh,
who later got together with the PHDC members of OLOL, Silibin,
and both groups decided to start a mini soup kitchen to feed the
underprivileged.
A day after Ash Wednesday, both the groups started the first feeding
day in the hall of OLOL church. After two feeding days of poor
response, the group decided to change its feeding venue, and
shifted its little stall to the Buntong roundabout. But this venue did not
work out as well and this group determine with its mission moved on to
another location, the First Garden Flats Park.
On the fourth feeding day in the fourth week of Lent, the
mini soup kitchen finally took off feeding about 50 occupants of
the First Garden flats. Equipped with only one small table, an umbrella
for shade and a few chairs, this mini soup kitchen was set-up facing
the lake in the park and was just a stone’s throw away from the flats.
The OLOL members start setting up the stall at about 12pm and
just a few minutes later, the OMPH members came in a car carrying
two pots of rice, a big pot of chicken curry, a pot of vegetables,
plates and drinking water. All the food was gone in a short while.
The BEC members of this area walked from their homes to this stall
and started to serve the occupants of the flats when they
approached the stall. Women and children were the main ‘clients’
of this stall.
Building on this experience, this mini soup kitchen is opened every
Wednesday and Thursday at 12:30pm at the First Garden flats.
2008
February/March: Lenten Campaign - The Jellybean Programme
Beans are associated with seeds. Therefore, the sunday school children (like BEANs), are well nourished
with water (LOVE) and sun light (Protection by parents and other things eg : money , clothes, food)
However, there are many children out there who are craving for all this.
The Jellybean programme hope to create this awareness to the children of the parish.
By Ann Michelle
February/March: Lenten Campaign - Launch
The Lenten campaign was launched on the 10/02/2008 using 'GONG' and was accompanied
by the 'GAMELAN', for both masses, Tamil - was launched by Fr. John Anandam and
the english mass was lauched by Fr. Edwin Paul .
Prior to that, BEC gathering cum briefing was held on
DON'T COMPLAIN and a workshop on 'COLOUR THEIR LIVES'. This workshop was aimed to deliver
the message that we can play our part in making a difference in the lives of the POOR and the NEEDY,
and we could 'colour' their lives by bringing joy and happiness to their lives in many different ways.
by Ann Michelle
2007
October 14th 2007: Formation on See, Judge, Act Method (Part3)
Venue: Church of OLL, Silibin
Speaker from National Office for Human Development (NOHD), KL Mr Sinnappan
September 16th 2007: Formation on See, Judge, Act Method (Part2)
Venue: Church of OLL, Silibin
Speaker from National Office for Human Development (NOHD), KL Mr Sinnappan
September 2nd & 9th 2007: Coffee morning to raise funds for HOPE
Venue: Church of OLL, Silibin
August 25th 2007: Free Health Screening
Venue: Church of OLL, Silibin
Sponsored by the Community Service Group of Fatimah Hospital, Ipoh
Co-organized with the PHDC of St. Michael, Ipoh
August 19th 2007: Formation on See, Judge, Act Method (Part1)
Venue: Church of OLL, Silibin
Speaker from National Office for Human Development (NOHD), KL Mr Sinnappan
August 19th 2007: Workshop on Migrant Workers & Human Rights
Venue: NUWC Office, Silibin
Speaker from Amnesty International
August 5th 2007: Workshop on Violence Against Women
Venue: YMCA, Ipoh
Speaker from Amnesty International