| BACKGROUND/HISTORY | | | When Established: | 04/1992 | | Description of Charity: | The Children’s Protection Society is a non-profit and non-governmental organization, catering to the needs of neglected and abandoned children. It was officially launched in April 1992 by Puan Sri Chui Kah Peng.
CPS Objectives
The immediate objective of the Society is to provide the children at risk, a
safe and homely environment. They focus on the emotional and
physical development of each individual child, together with the enhancement of their educational, social
and recreational skills. In the long term, they hope to develop alternative option for each child’s future.
The children in CPS come from broken homes, cases of abandoned orphans, some due to illness and poverty. At the moment there are 8 boys, between the ages of 4-13 years. And 23 girls between the ages of 5-17 years.
The shelter is run by a team of 5 full-time and 5 part-time social workers. In addition to that, we are helped by volunteers, offering their services in the form of tuition, and recreational activities. The staff also undertakes home visits which is necessary to develop contact, and understanding, of the children’s original home background, and to provide them with the necessary support.
Many of their children have not been regular school-goers, and most of them are academically weak. With the assistance of the State Education Department, all the children have been re-admitted into schools.
Outreach
Working with families of children in the Shelter;
Continuing to provide support to those who have left the Shelter;
Running a Learning Centre on the mainland for children in a deprived area
Providing opportunities for training and / or work placement for older children, including with Montford and YWCA, and
Developing alternatives, including, beginning a fostering programme, which includes both short-term(less than a year), and long-term fostering. | | Number of Paid Staff: | 5 | | Estimated Monthly Expenditure: | Please contact the Home directly |
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| NEEDS | | | | Any Volunteer Services Needed?: | Yes | | Purpose of Volunteer Needs: | - tutor for Maths, English and Bahasa,
- volunteers to teach basic computer skills,
- trained counselors, | | Description of Needs: | CPS depends on grants and donations to cover their relatively high running costs. Hence, contributions, both in cash and kind, as well as services will be greatly appreciated.
They are planning to build an extension for the boys, who will be above 12 years old. Thus they are having a Fundraising Project for 2005-2006. They are still looking into the building plans and cost of building the new extension. | | Cheques Made Payable to: | Children’s Protection Society, Pulau Pinang | | Tax Exempt?: | Yes | | | |
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