PETPOSITIVE BREAKING NEWS!
SUHAKAM COMMISSIONER TO LAUNCH ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY FOR THE DISABLED AND ELDERLY IN FRIM.
SUHAKAM COMMISSIONER TO LAUNCH ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY FOR THE DISABLED AND ELDERLY IN FRIM.
(Picture left: Dato' Siva Subramaniam to do the honours)
Dateline: Kepong, Selangor, Tuesday, 30/10/2007:
LOCAL HISTORY WILL BE WRITTEN DOWN next week when Malaysia's first-ever animal-assisted therapy [AAT] session for the disabled and the elderly session gets official - and underway - at the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia [FRIM] in Kepong.
The VIP who will be assisting Petpositive to mark this epoch-making event for hundreds of lonely and unempowered disabled and elderly Malaysians' lives who currently don't own pets is Suhakam Commissioner Dato' Siva Subramaniam.
The former National Union of the Teaching Profession (NUTP) Executive Secretary and current Adviser to CUEPACS (Congress Of Unions Of Employees In The Public And Civil Services, Malaysia) very kindly consented to oblige us when our Society approached Dato' Siva for support.
In a simple ceremony at approximately 9.30am, which has never been witnessed before in my living memory, the highly esteemed Official from the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia will kick off the Valentina Project (VP).
VP is Petpositive's pet-mission to promote AAT for all disabled and elderly persons in our nation in order to live positive and a high quality of life.
The launch by Dato' Siva will play a pivotal part in bursting open the doors of opportunities for people with all types of handicaps and senior citizens to enjoy keeping pets.
Through the non judgemental and fully accepting nature of animals, be they the furry, feathered or finned kind, Petpositive hopes that through the bonding of special companions, our target groups will find comfort and strength in coping with disabilities and old age.
THANK YOU DATO' SIVA FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SUPPORT IN HELPING TO BRING SPECIAL COMPANIONS INTO OUR LIVES!
The Valentina Project includes a never-before attempted nature walk of people with varying types of handicaps in the forest.
Jungle-trekkers with disabilities, using wheelchairs, white canes and walkers - including the blind and the Deaf - will be led through a special pathway for wheelchairs on Tuesday.
Two FRIM experts will tell this blogger why they thought of including the disabled in their special project.
Two FRIM experts will tell this blogger why they thought of including the disabled in their special project.
You can read about it in this blog, TOMORROW!
For further information about Petpositive, please contact us.
KINDLY NOTE THAT TUESDAY'S EVENT IS ONLY FOR THE 70-ODD PARTICIPANTS WHO HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED WITH PETPOSITIVE AND FRIM.
WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT UNREGISTERED PERSONS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE AREA.
SO PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
Thanks,
Petpositive
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