Category: Updates

In 2023, BeCause transitioned from fundraising to providing healthcare for the needy, guided by positive responses from doctors and volunteers. The initiative included outreach to old folks’ homes, centres for the disabled, and orphanages. While identifying a crucial need for sustainable healthcare, challenges emerged in serving residents with severe conditions. The healthcare programme concentrated on general health and eye care, featuring a diverse team of specialists and dedicated volunteers. Two successful programmes were conducted in 2023, with plans for ongoing sessions in 2024.

In June 2016, BeCause members were invited to attend a Guan Yin holy day at Bodhi Homecare Cheras (“Bodhi Home”). Besides the usual making of offerings and seeking of blessings by devotees, friends and supporters of the centre, Bodhi Home also distributed ang pows to the less fortunate and needy who form the majority in the neighbourhood of Kampung Ikan Mas.

Following up from our Listen, Think and Do Workshop #1, one of our participants, Sanali, who is a dedicated and passionate teacher hailing all the way from Sri Lanka (she is currently focused on integrating children with autism into standard school system in Malaysia) offered to help Hilla come up with a lesson plan development system. Here is what she wrote to us after a day with Hilla…