Special Children Society of Ampang (SCSOA)

We are a tax exempt and non-profit charitable organisation, providing a centre for children and adolescents with various disabilities. Our aim is to help them maximise their full potential and achieve an independent, fulfilled life.

Our Centre was established in June 1999 with three students and has now grown to 45 students, their ages ranging from three to thirty-five years. Among some of their disabilities are Down Syndrome, Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Global Delay, Prader Willi Syndrome, Epilepsy and Slow Learners.

Our Mission:

• To provide education which will enable children and adults with learning disabilities to live as an integral part of the society.
• To provide individual education programmes.
• To provide equal opportunities to each individual to maximize his/her potential.
• To help them to be independent and to be useful members of the society.
• To teach, to instil, to inculcate moral values.
• To nurture the understanding of the special children/adults about themselves as valued individuals, and to be fully aware of the environment.
• To provide each one with the ability to master the basics such as:- fine motor skills, gross motor skills, self help, social skills, living and survival skills, creative and play skills.

Our needs

Food, Toiletries, School supplies (uniform,shoes)

Volunteers

Teachers, Medical staff (doctors, nurses, therapists), Swimming coach, physiotherapist, cleaning services, cook, speech therapist

Activities

Our young adults bake every day except Thursdays. We make bread and cookies for sale during festivals i.e: Chinese New Year, Hari Raya. We need butter, high-protein flour, regular flour, sugar, raisins, pineapple jam

Our plans

In 2014, our plans are to make extensions to the existing building to create more space for our very crammed house. We estimate the cost of this project to be RM 300 to 400,000. We are planning a food carnival on June 1st 2014 to raise funds for this project.

We have not got our venue as yet. We hope and need a lot of support for this. For this project, we are looking for anybody who can cook and set up a stall.

We have many children in the centre who require sponsorships especially those from single-parent homes. We also look for any sponsors for our centre’s t-shirts at RM 21 per t-shirt.

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