**Update as of 20 March**
We are overwhelmed by the support of Malaysians. We have reached our target and the work will be commencing within the next week. As we went over with our target, we will ensure the repairs extend a bit to include: Metal Roofing, Wiring, Ceiling, Truss frame (roof frame) = RM 5000
Any leftover funds will be used to replace essential furniture damaged by the rain. Thank you so much!
This family of 5 need your help. Their 3 children: two daughters (14 and 11 years old) and one son (12 years old), had been placed in an institution due to poverty. But in December, 2017 OrphanCare helped reintegrate the children back with their parents. They have been doing really well, happy being back together, the father works as a seller of chapati at a market.
But their house is unliveable. The roof is mouldy and has leaks everywhere. When it rains outside, it also rains inside. And the wiring has become dangerous due to the humidity and the water. The furniture also gets wet and has mould.
OrphanCare wants this family to stay together. But for that we need to help them making repairs to the house. Your donations will:
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Happy Family
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Wishing all the best for the family
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OrphanCare helps families, like this one, with children in institutions to be reintegrated. But it is often challenging to make sure they stay together and the children are not placed in institutions again.
There are an estimated 64,000 children in Malaysia living in institutions because they are poor, disabled, mentally challenged or for other medical and social reasons. Recent global research on the harm of institutions show that young adults raised in institutions were 10 times more likely to be involved in prostitution as adults, 40 times more likely to have criminal records, and 500 times more likely to commit suicide than youth raised in family environments.
Children growing up in institutions often demonstrate delays in physical and emotional, social and cognitive development. Children cared for by institutions are more likely to suffer poor health, physical underdevelopment, slow brain growth and experience developmental delays and emotional attachment disorders. They are also more exposed to violence and abuse.
Consequently, they have more intellectual, social and behavioural problems than children growing up in a family environment. They also suffer from not having a family support structure and being branded social outcasts; effects that often last a lifetime. With the right support older children can go on to live fairly normal lives. For babies and young children under the age of three the harm is often permanent and irreversible; that no amount of physical or psychological treatment can remedy. Their future is bleak. Children also learn to become victims, and will try to earn the attention of carers or strangers to get food, gifts or affection. When they grow up, this behaviour is replicated in their adult relationships.
We know that almost 90% of children in institutions have at least one living parent, and more than 50% have both parents alive. When orphanages and children’s homes are constantly receiving funding, food, and toys, families living in poverty feel that their children are better off in institutions. This encourages more families to place their children in institutions, and the numbers keep growing.
