Penang Old Folks Home Visit - Feb 2009

Feb 21, 2009 (Sat), Jireh Unlimited CG visited Penang Old Folks Home to do community work. It's also a join effort with Euwing's caring team. As Pooi Teng mentioned that our presence is to talk, communicate and also to listen to them. We have visited this same group previously at the converted bungalow; and now they are relocated to a better place. As there's no more high steps and it has larger compound.

Madam Liau, the chief nurse took us to meet them. Unknowingly, we were given an opportunity to entertain them. How? We dance and we sing. In fact, there's a great potential in this CG as we have a number of good dancer (Jason and Raymond). The senior citizens enjoy very much and the move and dance along.

I managed to interview some of them as how they are doing right now and whether they love this new location. From their reply, I can feel and see thru their eyes that they are much happier and love this place. Main reason is because they can move freely and the pavement are flat. Accessing to public phone and canteen is so much easier too. We also understand that the Ah Pek also help out in gardening, which is consider a good exercise.

In my personal view, Ah Pek and Ah Mah are very lonely people. Our presence really cheer them up and make their day. People always think that visiting old folks is a very difficult thing to do, but it isn't that bad at all. All they need is someone to talk and listen. Of course any helps given in terms of money or love gifts will lessen the care-taker's burden as they depends wholly on cheerful and generous givers - just like Jesus too.

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