We have Chinese (9), Malays (9) and Indians (3) with each child having multiple disabilities. We are a centre with 33 mentally and very severely disabled children who come from very poor backgrounds, or from single parent homes or who are abandoned. We have Chinese (17), Malays (11) and Indians (5) with each child having multiple disabilities. You can also view them at our website:www.happinesscentre.org.my. Due to their severity, we have to have enough care-givers to attend to them, as they are totally dependent on someone for their most basic needs. Almost all of them wear diapers and because of their conditions we need special cots, special milk, medications and other facilities to make sure that these children enjoy a fairly good quality of life. We employ 10 care-givers and a physiotherapist, and we provide air-conditioning for our inmates so that they would not suffer bed-sores etc. As such we depend on public funds and contributions to sustain us every month. Our monthly expenditure is about RM22,000.00 and sometimes we cannot generate enough funds to sustain us for the month. This centre has been in operation since 2000 and we have survived all these years on our own, and the general public, but it is getting more and more difficult to maintain our center .We can proudly say that this centre always maintains a clean environment and we get a lots of praise for keeping the place free from smell. This centre was established mainly for the poor families who cannot pay a monthly fee to someone to take care of their children who need 24 hour care, so we do not charge a fee as most of my patients are from single parents, orphans or from poor backgrounds. I opened this centre mainly for the poor families who cannot afford to pay a monthly fee to someone to take care of their children who need 24 hour care, so I do not charge a fee as most of my patients are from single parents, orphans or from poor backgrounds. I hope you can understand our predicament, and if I was not desperate I would still try to manage on my own, but the financial situation is really desperate. I try my best to take care and provide for these special individuals in our society, and I hope our caring society can also help me continue to provide a good place for the marginalized in society
