Aug 20 2009
Children sized wheelchair needed for Kartik!
Lotus Planet has been in existence since 17th April 2008. Todate, it has fed and helped thousands of the hungry in the rural & urban poor of KL. It is without doubt the ONLY organisation in KL which is non racial and non religious in its approach. Apart from this weekly street feeding, Lotus Planet has also extended its mission to the poor villagers in Kapar. Apart from basic food supplies, the villagers are also in need of medical support. One child in particular is Kartik.
STORY OF KARTIK
Kartik is a 10 year old boy. He is a paraplegic. He was born normal but sometimes last year he suffered a high fever. He was taken to Klang General Hospital. He had two bouts of such high fever. However, after he recovered from his fever, he became a paraplegic. It is suspected that he could have contacted meningitis. Now, Kartik is not able to use his limbs. He is not able to walk or talk.
Kartik’s parents are drug addicts. They had abandoned him with his paternal aunt, Letchumy, ever since he was very young. His parents whereabouts are not known. Kartik’s birth was not registered, hence he has no legal documentation.
Kartik is not able to control his bowel movements. As a result, he is put on disposable diapers. He uses 10 pieces a week. Apart from that, he is also fitted with a pacemaker. He needs to go to the Hospital at least once a month for physiotheraphy etc. Each visit costs about RM200, which Letchumy is not able afford. There are times when these visits had to be skipped because of lack of funds.
Kartik needs a wheelchair in order to be mobile. On a weekly basis he needs a pack of disposable diapers. He has been advised to drink Junior Plus Milk to strengthen his bones. Kartik needs long term care and assistance.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
We need a new or used CHILD-SIZED WHEELCHAIR urgently specifically for Kartik. Kartik also needs disposable diapers, Junior Plus Milk, and cash to relieve his hospital visits.
For other children, We need donations of food supplies, medical, diapers, supplements, toiletries, clothes (particularly children’s clothing), shoes, toys and books.
We also need volunteers to help collection from donors, buying and visiting this village.
For cash donations, you can bank in to:
Maybank account: 114879026152
And please contact me to let me know your name, transaction amount, and reference number.
For goods donations and volunteers, for now please contact Ms Yeap: yeapkimsee (at) hotmail (dot) com; and/or Ms Ainie: lotus (dot) planet (at) yahoo (dot) com. If I get more volunteers to collect donations, I will update to let you know.
I will also update in the comment when I receive your donations.
Any bloggers who write about this, please send me your post URL, I will link here.
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The visit to Kapar village is once a month, with the next one scheduled for 5 Sept, 1 Oct and 16 Oct (special Deepavali visit).
If you are unable to help the villagers in Kapar, but if you run a blog, please can you help spread out the words?
On behalf of the villagers in Kapar, we thank you very much in advance!
THE STREET FEEDING PROGRAM
For the street feeding program, we need volunteers to pack and distribute the packs – we do this at 3pm every Sat at a shoplot in Damansara Uptown. We also need donation of ready to eat food/drinks for the street feeding. We usually feed around 500 people, but donations of any amount is welcomed.
A PERSONAL NOTE
My ex-boss has been actively involved in this program. I think this is a very great and warm/meaningful project, particularly on the Kapar mission. This is what she told me:
“You see real poverty! The living conditions are really terrible. Women struggling to feed and keep the family alive. Most have many children, some do not go to school. They are so grateful for our support and look forward to our monthly visit.”
She said, what touches her most in the village, are the smiling faces of the children and the hope in the mothers’ eyes.
Please help spread the words. Let us bloggers do something to help this poor village.
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Other blogs mentioning this story:
Help the poor villagers in Kapar – by Smelly Butt’s mommy
Freedom Friday – by Lilian Chan
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With Smelly Butt’s mommy’s help, we found a child-size wheelchair for Kartik. So this item is solved.
She is also donating some new and used clothes, as well as toiletries.
We still need supplies of:
- Shoes
- Books
- Food (rice, oil, etc)
- Supplements
- Milk powder (for all age)
- Junior Plus Milk (for Kartik)
- Disposable diapers
- Volunteers
- Toys
[...] I crap more, please visit Suzette’s blog and read her appeal for a childsize wheelchair by some Christian group. If you think you wish to help, please contact her. Probably they should [...]
Updated Donations so far:
Smelly Butt’s mommy (Pei Wei) – used & new clothes, disposable diapers for Kartik (adult size M), and Junior Plus Milk.
Msau – RM50 cash.
hope more to see more helping hands!
[...] I had this loads of donations from Pei Wei – 8 sets of brand new baby clothes, some used-yet-still-new adult clothes, some toiletries, and many packs of milk powder for Kartik (check out this post on what happened to Kartik). [...]
[...] After leaving our ex job, Kim has been involved in social works in Kapar (stories can be read here, here, and here), and later formed this non profit organization – The Little [...]