Petpositive Reaches Out To Homeless Elderly and Disabled in Kuala Selangor

PETPOSITIVE NEWS!

DATELINE KUALA SELANGOR: (Pictures by ILTC, Malaysians in Motion, Alison Murugesu-Ghani & Petpositive.)

It was roughly a little over a month ago when an urgent SOS message rang out on PETPOSITIVE's Facebook called PETPOSITIVE EMPOWERMENT.

As many as 11-homeless Malaysians were in trouble somewhere in Kuala Selangor. 

To make matters worse, they were elderly and disabled too.


It was Petpositive members Stanislaus Anthony and Francis Siva who came across their hapless situation during a routine visitation programme conducted by the Independent Living and Training Centre (ILTC) in Rawang, Selangor.

Siva, incidentally, is President of the ILTC.

They alerted Our Society to their troubles.

Because Petpositive is a Society for the elderly and the disabled, we decided to respond to their needs. 

Membership to our Society for all elderly and disabled persons is automatic. 

There is no payment for memberships.  

No sooner had our message gone out on our Facebook page when who else, but our beloved Captain Isyak Ghani and his lovely wife Alison Murugesu, came rushing to our assistance.

Ghani and Alison are no strangers to PETPOSITIVE. 

The couple, together with their son Adrian (now five years of age) conducted a round-the-world 4X4 expedition from May 2008 until 19 August in 2009. 

Their journey took them more than 60,000 miles through 43 countries and over four continents.

During their expedition called, "Malaysians in Motion" they raised awareness about PETPOSITIVE. They also managed to bring in some funds for our cause.   

The homeless folk in Kuala Selangor who were being looked after in an abandoned warehouse were in need of cooking utensils, electrical fans and other basic items. 

However, most important of all was a wheelchair commode so that they could attend to the calls of nature in comfort and safety. 

The poor folks only had a squatting toilet to use. Quite a few of them used walkers for mobility.

The Ghanis donated the commode chair and a table fan by delivering the items personally to PETPOSITIVE at our Therapy Centre (PTC) in Petaling Jaya.

This was done in the morning on February 19, last month. 

Committee member S Gopalasingam was also at the PTC to receive the items.

The Ghanis gifts to the 11-old folks were presented on the 11th of this month at Kuala Selangor. 

But not before the ILTC dropping by at the Welfare Department in the area to get them all registered so that each of them can get some financial aid from the government.

We managed to get a top ranking officer to follow us there and then to visit the home. 

The ILTC and PETPOSITIVE through Stanilaus Anthony is currently seeing to it that the arrangements proceed successfully.   

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PETPOSITIVE Looking For A Worker Who Loves Animals, The Disabled & The Elderly

PETPOSITIVE NEWS:

As you probably know, Our Society has been making appeals for donations recently. 

This is to help pay for the monthly rentals of Our Office and Therapy Centre in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

(Picture top right: Grab bars in Petpositive Therapy Centre for people with walking difficulties according to international standards.)


We need RM1,500 each month to keep Our Centre, which is the only one of its kind, going. 

As many of you know the Petpositive Therapy Centre is a place where we conduct our official meetings. 

It is also a base that we use to meet disabled and elderly persons who may be interested in taking part in animal-assisted therapy activities.

(Picture left: Feeding a homeless kitten as part of animal-assisted therapy)

Our Centre is fully equipped with wheelchair-friendly accessibility. 

It also serves as a model Centre for other disabled and elderly centres to come and visit in order to check out our facilities.  

We were delighted recently to receive a lovely cheque of RM2,500 in support of our Centre.


The kind donor, a Yang Berhormat , has requested to remain anonymous although PET+BLOGSPOT was more than keen to write about him today. 

All we can tell you now is that the YB, who is an animal-lover himself, has visited our Centre on several occasions.

We are also told that he is no stranger to working with disabled and elderly persons in the past. 

The YB's contribution is very much appreciated by all of us here in Petpositive. His kind act will go towards helping to pay for our rentals for at least a couple of months or so.

We hope that more people will come forward to pledge to meet our rental needs so that more handicapped and senior Malaysians will be helped through our Society. 


Meanwhile, Petpositive is still looking for a worker to join our Centre. 

He must be an animal lover and enjoy working with disabled and elderly persons. He must also be able to drive. We are looking for a young man from the age of 20 until 35.
 
If you know of someone who fits the description, please call us at 012 220 3146.

Thank you and please don't forget to hug your pet today.  

PET+BLOGSPOT


PET+BLOGSPOT is the official online blog of the Malaysian Animal-Assisted Therapy for the Disabled and Elderly Association (Petpositive).


We take pride in the fact that everything you read in our blog is ACCURATE, RELIABLE and THE LATEST.


Our blog which was first established in October 2007 currently has more than 35,000 hits. PET+BLOGSPOT is updated frequently.


Kindly take note that views expressed in this blog are not necessarily those of Petpositive.


You may also visit our Webpage by browsing: www.petpositive.com.my