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StART Sept2010 Issue
StART Sept2010 Issue
We are ONE! In the year that has gone by, we from Dutch Lady! Our new teachers, Jan,
have taken our children from the Community Jessica, Andrew, Tony and Jeremy, moved into
Children Centre to Port Dickson, brought more to the rhythm of things to get the childrenʼs talent
the Zoo with the Rotaract Club and accepted recognised. We hope to give the children every
more homes (Ozanam, Juara, Harvest, Sunbeam possible experience that their circumstances
and Budimas) into our programme. New classes have eluded them thus far. Any support that you
were introduced, in the area of Drama and wish to offer us to help them would be greatly
Creative Writing as well as receiving sponsorship appreciated!
The year thatʼs passed had truly been eventful with Table of Contents
your partnership and with this anniversary issue, we
want to thank you for your patronage and support for Page
the programme! It is indeed a great privilege to take
on the task of producing this newsletter to bring you • Front Cover 1
pieces of good news woven together by individuals
who care to make a difference in the lives of the not-
so-fortunate. You have made it possible with your • Editor's Note 2
contribution, your investment of time to realise
something that has never been done this way before.
In my other profession as a dive instructor, I have • Activity Highlight 3
encountered many individuals who have money but no
time, have time but not much money, have money and
have lots of time. When I told them of this effort, a few • Kids Say... 4-5
of them said, “I want to sponsor a child! How???” And
soon, this gave rise to the need of having regular
updates to highlight each child in our programme! We • Anniversary Event 6 - 10
hope that this effort will be supported by people like
you in forwarding the whole e-newsletter on.
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We are grateful that you are reading this and we
appreciate any assistance we can get The kids got to
experience the thrill of being in fast cars, the hardcore
poor in Kapar gets to learn to dance and the Myanmar
kids get to learn music! Though each effort has its
challenges, we believe it taught us more than what we
were teaching the kids! What better way of giving can
you think of if not for the giving of your time, effort and
a little money? Iʼm sowing into their future, would you
like to join me too?
The Editor.
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Catching the kids at rest was a rare I like to play in a drama I
moment to contest their attention with the also like to dance. I can
showing of a dance video at the recreation move! I like to move here
room. The editor tried to find out what and here....
made them tick in an academy that .............*wiggles!*............
focuses on developing their creative skills.
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StART
William Raj, 10 years old, had been at Rumah Joshua Ho reads well, participates
Juara since he was 5. enthusiastically at role play in Drama Class &
has a swell time with others!
Your contribution in any way is definitely making a difference in the lives of these children who would
otherwise, never be given the chance to express themselves through creative arts.
5
Anniversary
Issue
–
Newsle1er
2008 April
June 1. First
Audi,ons
–
we
were
very
nervous
as
it
really
Josh
Lee
le)
his
posi,on
as
Brand
Director
hit
home
that
we
were
embarking
on
an
at
Naga
DDB
and
came
onboard
as
unchartered
path.
No
other
NGO
in
Asia
have
Programme
Director
at
StART
Society.
really
done
what
we’re
about
to
do.
Clearly,
we
Dra)ing
out
the
blueprint
was
the
first
were
going
to
be
pioneers
in
this
field
and
order
of
important
things
to
do.
Visi,ng
shelter-‐ approach.
And
we
had
to
be
exemplary.
homes
was
next.
Not
having
a
venue
or
anything
in
place,
it
was
a
steep
climb
convincing
supervisors
and
2. First
teachers
–
We
managed
to
lure
a
few
minders
of
shelter-‐homes
that
the
programmes
were
teachers
away
from
their
more
lucra,ve
bona
fide.
A)er
approaching
15
homes,
6
agreed
to
opportuni,es
elsewhere
for
a
worthy
and
unique
get
their
kids
onboard.
cause.
Leroy
(guitar
and
stomp),
Martha
(piano
and
gen
music),
Siew
Foong
(art),
Michelle
(art,
August design
and
cra))
were
the
first
batch
of
teachers.
Recce
for
a
suitable
venue
began
in
earnest.
Loca,on
3. First
homes
–
Kudos
to
these
homes
who
were
(accessibility,
neighbourhood
&
willing
to
grab
the
opportunity
we
had
presented.
centrality)
and
build-‐up
(space,
60
kids
from
Shelter,
T-‐Ratana,
Rumah
Kids,
environment
and
func,onality)
Stepping
Stone,
Agathians
&
Beth
Shalom
came
was
the
main
criteria.
through
our
doors.
November March
We
shortlisted
our
choice
of
venue
to
2
houses
(along
4. Early
Classes
–
based
on
some
Q&A’s
with
the
Jalan
Gasing
and
behind
EPF).
With
a
discount
we
kids,
the
most
popular
art
subjects
were
art,
could
not
refuse,
we
decided
on
the
9
room,
7,789sq
piano,
drums,
guitar
and
dance.
And
so,
those
)
bungalow
behind
EPF,
Petaling
Jaya.
prefy
much
became
our
first
offerings.
11.11.08
was
also
the
day
were
officially
registered
as
May
a
society
at
the
ROS
(Registrar
of
Society) 5. Community
Children’s
Centre
–
We
were
introduced
to
the
Community
Children
Center
(CCC),
Puchong
where
the
Myanmar
children
learnt
English,
Science
and
Math.
We
fell
in
love
with
these
kids
and
so
began
our
first
outreach
project.
As
a
result,
an
addi,onal
60
kids
were
added
to
our
roster
which
bumped
our
number
up
to
120.
2009
January
Rachel
Yeow,
dance
teacher
extraordinaire
came
in
full
,me
as
Programme
Coordinator
6
July
6. Thanks
to
Milk
PR,
the
kids
were
given
a
Rumah
Kids,
Rumah
Ozanam,
Agathians,
Beth
backstage
exclusive
with
the
dancers,
Shalom
and
Shelter
came
out
full
force
to
support
choreographers
and
coaches
from
“Merchant
of
us.
Bollywood”
who
were
at
Istana
Budaya
doing
a
2-‐
week
show.
9. MWM
‘09
100
children
from
StART’s
chorus
group
were
August invited
to
grace
the
Miss
World
Malaysia
Finals
7. Holiday
Booster
camp
–
As
icing
is
to
the
cake,
we
Gala
Night
at
Sunway
Pyramid.
Host/emcee
Asha
had
to
have
something
above
and
beyond
our
Gill
was
moved
to
tears
as
were
many
others
in
weekly
programmes
and
classes,
and
so
the
the
crowd
when
the
kids
sang
“You
Raise
Me
Up”
“Holiday
Booster
Camp”
was
birthed.
The
4-‐day
and
“Aren’t
They
All
Our
Children
A)er
All.”
camp
saw
some
140
enthusias,c
kids
who
were
treated
to
a
host
of
great
speakers,
ac,vi,es
October
including
jungle
tracking
at
the
adjacent
Bukit
10. Milk
+
Co.
Paint
a
Wall
Gasing
trail
and
lots
of
new
friends.
To
top
it
all,
Adver,sing
agency
which
gives
30%
of
its
profits
Nikon
(M)
sponsored
digital
cameras
for
the
to
StART
Society
invited
the
art
students
of
StART
“Point-‐and-‐Shoot”
workshop.
3
shelter-‐homes
to
“Sis,ne-‐ize”
its
walls
with
paint
sponsored
by
with
the
winning
shots
got
to
take
home
a
digital
Nippon.
The
result?
A
potpourri
of
crea,vity
and
camera
plus
pictures
with
Soo
Wincci,
Miss
enthusiasm
that
Mr.
Angelo
would
have
been
Malaysia
‘08/’09.
proud
of.
September
8. Official
Launch
–
6
months
later,
we
were
ready
to
tell
the
whole
world
we
exist
and
are
gaining
trac,on.
So
we
got
Dato’
Meme
from
Welfare
Malaysia
as
the
officia,ng
guest
of
honour
and
Toh
Puan
Ena
Ling
as
the
guest
of
honour
along
with
Da,n
Josephine
Lee
and
Datuk
Vincent
Lee
to
officially
launch
StART
Society.
7
November
11. Christmas
Journey
CD educa,on
and
outdoor
ac,vi,es
were
in
order.
Sponsored
by
Foetus
Interna,onal,
New
Life
Teacher
Leroy
organized
a
football
evening
for
the
Sanctuary
and
Ark
Studios,
StART
Society
captured
boys
and
suffice
to
say,
they
had
some
serious
the
singing
prowess
of
the
Myanmar
kids
of
the
fun.
EPL!
Eat
your
heart
out!
Community
Children’s
Centre
(CCC)
onto
a
Christmas
album.
It
took
only
7
days
and
nights
to
14. PD
Visit
complete
the
album.
The
album
raised
some
In
the
same
spirit,
the
volunteer
teachers
of
CCC
RM85k
for
the
CCC. (Andrew
Hoo,
Robert
Lee,
Mary
Tan,
Gladys,
Gina
and
Thompson)
realized
they
had
never
been
12. New
classes
and
teacher
–
Vocals
and
Stephen exposed
to
the
sea.
Hence,
a
short
trip
to
Port
With
singing
gesng
popular,
StART
was
ready
to
Dickson.
For
many,
salty
buoyant
water
that
stung
add
more
programmes,
and
Stephen
Tok
was
the
eyes
and
so)
sand
under
the
feet
was
a
first
invited
to
teach
vocals. experience.
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16. New
homes
–
It
was
like
star,ng
all
over
again
as
were
Thanuja
Ananthan,
Miss
World
Malaysia
new
faces
from
new
shelter-‐homes
like
Ozanam,
‘09/’10;
Mourhna
Reddy,
finalist
of
Miss
World
Juara,
Harvest,
Sunbeam
and
Budimas
joint
us.
Malaysia
‘09/’10;
Shehara
DeSilva,
Group
That
took
our
number
up
to
220
students. Strategic
Director
of
Foetus
Group
and
her
team
from
Milk+Co.,
Carolynn
Thaw,
Jackson
Ng,
April mo,va,onal
speaker
and
learning
guru;
Greg
17. New
classes
–
Drama
and
wri,ng Cheng,
fitness
instructor
and
Tony
Roy,
musician
Keeping
to
our
master
plan,
we
expanded
our
extraordinaire.
programme
offerings
to
include
drama
for
the
aspiring
actors
and
actresses
and
for
the
thinning
August
pool
of
writers.
And
for
that
we
got
Jessica
and
21. Ferrari
Visit
Jane
for
drama
while
ex
Crea,ve
Director,
Jeremy
Inspired
by
the
Agathian
boys,
a
horde
of
Chin
spearheaded
the
wri,ng. supercharged
engines
rumbled
into
StART
It
wasn’t
another
‘mat
rempit’
episode.
It
was
12
18. Dutch
Lady
Sponsorship
owners
of
supercars
with
big
hearts
who
decided
Coming
along
side
us
to
provide
the
best
of
to
inspire
the
kids
at
StART
Society.
As
aptly
put
beverage,
Dutch
Lady
came
onboard
to
supply
by
one
of
their
minders,
“the
supercars
were
wholesome
nutri,on
to
the
kids.
Dutch
Lady
has
their
‘sunrise.”
“Since
‘excellence’
was
our
theme
pledged
milk
and
beverage
supply
,ll
the
end
of
this
year,
plus
the
fact
that
these
supercars
the
year.
inspired
them
so
deeply,
we
decided
to
invite
a
few
owners
to
showcase
their
machines
for
a
good
cause,
and
Peter
Lee
(one
of
the
owners)
responded
and
got
the
ball
rolling.
September
22. Workshop
–
Scuba
Scuba
instructors
Pam
Lim,
Lynefe
Yee
and
Doreen
came
onboard
to
give
the
kids
a
whole
new
dimension
to
the
learning
experience.
The
first
swim
session
had
the
kids
in
shrills
as
they
frolic
about.
They
were
taught
the
fundamentals
in
breathing
and
‘bobbing’
in
order
to
learn
coordina,on
of
the
limbs
later.
Most
of
them
were
either
distracted
by
their
float-‐away
shirts
or
the
loose
pants
that
they
had
on.
None
of
May them
had
any
swimming
suit/trunks.
Seeing
that
19. Harvest
Center
and
RUNNAT it’s
a
need,
we
wrote
to
a
swimwear
StART
absorbed
another
50
students
onto
its
manufacturer
and
we
are
wai,ng
for
a
reply.
A
roster.
This
was
StART’s
2nd
outreach
programme
good
Samaritan
has
agreed
to
sponsor
RM1,000
for
the
purchase
in
case
we
not
be
able
to
get
a
and
our
immediate
project
was
to
prepare
a
swimwear
dance
and
choir
group
to
dance
and
sing
for
sponsor!
RUNNAT!
Amazing
kindness
June
shown
to
20. StART
Workshop
2010
them
by
Industry
pros
came
and
inspired
the
kids.
The
this
great
workshop
was
led
by
a
panel
of
notable
speakers
soul!
that
was
nothing
short
of
amazing.
Amongst
them
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23. Friends
of
Kapar
StART
Society
extended
its
influence
by
bringing
music
and
dance
into
the
sleepy
town
of
Kapar,
Klang
to
some
40
excited
kids.
In
the
spirit
of
Raya
and
1Malaysia,
StART
teamed
up
with
Friends
of
Kapar
and
Dancepoint
to
make
this
happen.
This
is
StART’s
third
outreach
programme
a)er
Community
Children’s
Centre
and
Harvest
Centre.
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