The employees of UD Trucks Malaysia gathered for a charity event recently by visiting the children of Rumah K.I.D.S in USJ, Subang Jaya to donate 10 laptops, clothing, toys and groceries as well as to bring goodwill and cheer.
The team spent half a day with close to 30 children where they helped to set up the laptops and held educational and fun activities including awareness about road safety, word puzzle games, coloring competition and a game of musical chairs.
The company’s Managing Director for Hub Malaysia, Steve Hedouin said during the event, “This charitable event for Rumah K.I.D.S themed ‘sharing is caring’ was organised to support the home and encourage the children towards education, increase a positive work culture through community services and share UD Trucks’ corporate purpose of creating better life for people.
“As a truck company, we also feel that it is our responsibility to include road safety awareness into the activities where, through video presentations, our staffs guided the children on the important basics of how to safely cross a road and on being mindful of vehicle blind spots. Overall, it was a gratifying event for us and we look forward to organize similar community outreach activity again in the future.”
Established in 1991, Rumah K.I.D.S is a home for abused, neglected and orphaned children who require the care, guidance and support for a better life and future. In the past 32 years, Rumah K.I.D.S has housed, fed and nurtured over 300 children ranging from as young as one year old to teenagers and young adults.
Rumah K.I.D.S’s senior manager in-charge of fund-raising, partnerships and public relations, David Jansen Nathan shared, “Rumah K.I.D.S’s mission, apart from shielding the children from abuse and neglect they once knew, is to enable them to finish their education and to realize their full potentials. Through education, the children can lead more productive lives in the community. We are truly grateful to UD Trucks for donating the laptops and other necessities and for organising all the activities. I could see how much the children truly enjoyed their visit.”
He added that every child who comes to live in Rumah K.I.D.S will be introduced to a new family where he or she develops friendship with other brothers and sisters in a healthy and safe environment. There is also a healthy routine of study, chores, play and rest where the children find joy and security in.
He further shared that Rumah K.I.D.S remains committed to helping any of its children who has completed secondary school and wants to pursue tertiary education or a desired career path. He shared with pride about one of the children, Manisha, who had come to live in Rumah K.I.D.S in 2006 at the age of four and who is now a recent graduate in Diploma in Early Childhood Education.
Although her path to graduation was not easy but they all persevered together to make it come true. Now, Manisha has her sights set on entering a degree program and in order to continue helping her with it, Rumah K.I.D.S has recently started a tertiary education fund-raising.
