RM20,000 for Rumah Aman 2

Our efforts to raise funds for the construction of Rumah Aman 2 (see posting in May) received a great boost last week when the Association of Pakistani Women in Malaysia presented a cheque for RM20,000.

The president of the association, Mrs. Shameem Faiz, presented the cheque to Brother Abdul Rehman Dakri, the founder of Rumah Aman, witnessed by the Deputy Higher Commissioner of Pakistan, Mr Jamshaid Iftikhar, and committee members of the association. The money was raised through a Food and Handicraft Charity Bazaar organised by the association on September 8, 2007 at Mont Kiara Plaza, Kuala Lumpur. Brother Abdul Rehman thanked the association for their most generous contribution.

At the ceremony, a model of Rumah Aman 2 was unveiled followed by a presentation and a briefing on the progress of the project.

The association was launched on April 3, 1998 with the primary objective of providing for the needs of women and children who are victims of violence and abuse, underprivileged children and the handicapped.