February Birthday Boys

Four boys celebrated their birthdays in February. A simple celebration was held at Rumah Aman during lunch on the 29^th. day of that month.

Our senior teacher, Ustaz Radzi recited a doa for the boys before the cake was cut. Since some older boys were not in attendance because they were at school, the house mother kept their share to be relished during tea time.

The birthday boys who turned eight years old this year were Waqiuddin Junatal and the twins, Zahiruddin and Zahirulhaq Amdan while Mohamad Ikmal Rashid Yaziz turned seven.

Were they surprised to see Spiderman standing on their cake which was wrapped around a spider’s web. All four of them tried to take Spiderman for themselves but was told to wait until the cake is cut.

When the cake was cut and shared among the boys, you could see on their smiling faces that they were enjoying themselves. And what became of Spiderman? He was soon forgotten, but we will not forget Aunty Aisha Halim for baking the cake for us as a present. Thank you and may Allah bless you and your family.

Rumah Aman Hit by Flood

Rumah Aman was submerged by over a metre of water on Friday, February 29, 2008. This is the sixth time the orphanage was hit by flood since it started operations in June 2005.

Water started rising after a heavy downpour for about an hour. There was nothing much the staff could do except to salvage whatever they can especially files in the office and books in classrooms. Furniture and electrical equipments were moved to higher places. All the children were also shooed upstairs.

Although Rumah Aman is situated in a low area, the situation is worsened because there is no outlet around the area, for water to flow out, even the lake opposite the road is filled up and the Damansara River which is about three kilometers away could not contain the volume of rain water.

After the rain subsided, the staff and some volunteers took four hours to bucket out the remaining water and clean the place finishing about 11.00 o'clock at night. This has been a recurring problem and the staff gets worried every time the sky turns dark...

Overwhelming Support at High Tea

The Muslim Women Bureau of Kelab Golf Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (KGSSAAS), Shah Alam organised a charity high tea in conjunction with
the Muharram 1429 Hijrah celebrations at Kelab Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan.

The event, held on Sunday, January 20, 2008 (11 Muharram 1429 H) received unexpected response therefore, the organiser had to request for additional tables to fit in 550 people. All 55 tables were sold out.

The children and staff of Rumah Aman attended the High Tea as invited guests and upon the request of the organiser, the children also took part in showcasing their talent.

The High Tea started with a doa from Muhammad Redha Yassin,9, followed by a short welcome and thank you note in English by Muhammad Izzat Junaidi, 8. Muhammad Firdan Rahmat, 9, then led his fellow “brothers” in reciting their daily doas in Arabic followed with an English translation.

The boys wrapped up their performance with a Malay song entitled Akrab Persabahatan (True Friendship) and an English song entitled The Wheel of the Bus to the delight of Yang Mulia, Tengku Puteri Arafiah Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah – sister to His Majesty, Sultan of Selangor and other contributors.

A video presentation on Rumah Aman and its activities was also shown followed by a graphic animation of Rumah Aman 2 building, scheduled to be built this year when enough funds have been raised, insya-Allah.

At the High Tea, a talk entitled Hijratur Rasul – Liku Perjalanan Insan Cemerlang (Hijratur Rasul – The Journey of an Excellent Man) was presented in an interactive manner with slide shows by Ustaz Dzulkarnaian Hamzah and Ustaz Haslin Baharin.

The Muslim Women Bureau of KGSSAAS managed to raise about RM30,000.00 from the High Tea, all of which were donated to Rumah Aman.

The children and the staff of Rumah Aman would like to take this opportunity to give a big thank you to the Muslim Women Bureau of KGSSAAS and also to the staff of Kelab Shah Alam who had done their best to ensure the evening was a success.

Radicare Gives Invaluable Contribution

Rumah Aman received a notebook, an LCD projector and a 60 inch white screen from Radicare (M) Sdn. Bhd. which will help enhance the teaching aids for the

education of the children.

The contribution was handed over by the Chairman of Radicare, Dato’ Hj Abdul Latif Abdullah to the founder of Rumah Aman, Abdul Rehman Dakri in a simple ceremony held at Rumah Aman, Monday, January,14, 2008.

Present to witness the handing over were the directors of Radicare, Dato’ Ahmad Nazri Abdullah, Dato’ Dr. Mohd Shahari Ahmad Jabar, Dato’ Azmi Hj. Jaafar, Dato’ Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid and Mohamad Amin Md. Hashim and director of Rumah Aman, Ismail Ahmed Dakri.

Also present were the CEO of Radicare,Mohamed Rafique Merican, General Manager, Group Secretarial & Legal/Company Secretary,Nani Suryani Ahmad Tajudin and Executive, Group Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Siti Hajar Abdul Rahim.

Abdul Rehman in thanking Radicare for their contribution said Radicare had made known their intention to help Rumah Aman when they visited and did iftah together with the children at Rumah Aman last Ramadhan (Oktober 9, 2007).

“The gift we received today is the culmination of that good intention and may Allah reward Radicare, its directors and employees for this good deed and I hope Radicare will continue to support Rumah Aman especially in helping us build Rumah Aman 2 which we hope to start this year.”

Dato’ Haji Abdul Latif in his speech said that he hoped the multimedia kit will help expose the children to the importance of information computer technology (ICT) which is a necessary tool in this era of globalisation.

He also gave his personal undertaking to help gather funds for the building of Rumah Aman 2 and will continue to support Rumah Aman in what ever way the company is able.