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About this cause

Name: Send the Sinompuru Kids to School
Location: Kampung Tinangol, Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia
Funds needed: USD 2,500.00
Created: 31 May 2008

About field partner

Name: Soning Craft

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Malina (creator)

Send the Sinompuru Kids to School

Tuesday
30 Dec 2008
Soning Craft’s first Christmas with the Sinompuru Children

Note: The following article have been translated by Sze Ning. The original write-up in Bahasa Malaysia written by Malina Soning is posted further down below.

Photo gallery of the event in Kg Tinanggol, Sabah

Introduction

Every year, Christmas time will come around whether we want it or not. How we celebrate it – grandly, moderately or minimally depends on the financial capabilities of each respective family. Normally for families who can afford it, Christmas is a celebration which they look forward to celebrating in full flourish.

In Kg Tinangol, this is the time when we’ll see a colorful parade of themed costumes or fashionable clothes worn by children from well to do families.

What about the children from poor families? It must be sad to imagine…

For the children from poor families, like all the years before they would not get new clothes nor presents from their parents. They will just hope that one of their relatives would invite them to their Christmas feast so that they can taste some delicious Christmas treats.


"The most important things taken into consideration were presents which will be primarily used in school, that are beautiful and something which the children have never seen or owned. "

-Malina Soning-



The Real Story

This year, 2008, Christmas was quite different from all the other years. Through sales on Elevyn, Soning Craft managed to raise funds to purchase some Christmas presents and have a small tea party for the Sinompuru children. Although the children did not have pretty clothes or new shoes, they got the opportunity to experience receiving presents from the Send the Sinompuru Kids to School Cause - a fund which was raised by supporters (Santa Clauses of the world!) who bought the crafts of the Sinompuru craftmakers through Soning Craft on Elevyn.

To select the presents and wrap them – for us (Soning Craft), the most important things taken into consideration were “presents which will be primarily used in school, that are beautiful and something which they (the children) have never seen or owned. With adequate budget and through Soning Craft team’s discretion – we bought exercise books, stationeries and double decker pencil boxes (this is something which the kids never owned before). With the help of Anna, Fani and Coney (my husband), the presents were wrapped with colorful wrapping paper. They were wrapped with great care so that each present looked very special.

On the night of Christmas eve, we arrived at the village and the Sinompuru children were already gathered – eager to find out the schedule of the program. Because Kg Tinangol is busy with many activies such as prayers and sports activities, we decided that our Christmas program will go on the evening of the 25th after all the church activites. We can tell that many of them can’t wait to receive their presents.

At 4pm on Christmas day, the mother and children of Sinompuru already gathered at the Block B long house. The program started with a feast of coffee, chocolate drink and biscuits. This year’s Christmas tea was generously sponsored by Reita Rahim, the founder and coordinator of Gerai OA – a strong supporter of the Sinompuru group.

While the mothers had tea, the children were busy drawing a poster which says “Send the Sinompuru kids to school” - a poster done specially for the sponsors and supporters who contributed to their very first Christmas. Their main message is to “wish many many thanks to the sponsors and supporters who made our first Christmas possible – because we not only get stationeries for school but the most important thing is that we got the opportunity to experience this sweet experience of receiving presents from our ‘Santa Claus’ ”.

"I am so happy up to a point I am not sure what I should say"

-Malina Soning-



Their parents are very thankful because they have always wanted to give presents and buy new clothes for their children but could never afford it. Now with the funds from the Cause – the children not only get presents but as well as a complete stationery set for school for the coming year. “We pray that our economic status will improve over the years with more buyers of our crafts. Now our children have school stationeries but we are still very much in need of funds to pay for their school fees as well as their transportation fees to get to school”.

As the coordinator of this project (Sinompuru) – I am so happy up to a point I am not sure what I should say. The most important thing is that these children from poor families feel as if their Christmas was complete and joyful. From my own experience growing up – we never ever had a Christmas party and our parents never gave us presents or new clothes because we were too poor for that. Now, Soning Craft can afford to give these children this wonderful experience which we hope they will remember – and something we hope we’ll be able to keep organizing year after year.

To put in words how we feel – all that we can say is thank you to Elevyn for the support and connecting us to sponsors and supporters from all over the world who bought our (Soning Craft/ Sinompuru) crafts.

We hope the photos shown will enable everyone to share our joy and experience.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Malina Soning,
Project Coordinator


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Here's the original, unedited article written by Malina Soning.


Xmas Pertama Soningcraft bersama-sama dengan anak-anak SINOMPURU

Pembuka cerita

Setiap tahun perayaan krismas pasti akan tiba samada kita mengingininya ataupun tidak. Samada kita akan menyambut krismas dalam suasana yang meriah, sederhana atau ala kadar bergantung kepada kemampuan sesebuah keluarga tersebut. Tetapi, biasanya bagi keluarga yang mampu, pasti musim perayaan krismas merupakan masa yang dinanti-nantikan untuk menyambut perayaan ini secara meriah dan penuh warna-warni. Kadang-kala, jika diperhati suasana krismas setiap tahun di Kampung Tinangol, pada waktu inilah kita boleh melihat suasana krismas seperti “pesta pakaian beragam atau pakaian berfesyen, apabila melihat kanak-kanak yang datang dari keluarga yang mampu berpakaian sangat cantik dan pelbagai fesyen”. Bagaimana dengan kanak-kanak yang berasal dari keluarga yang tidak mampu? Pasti sedih untuk dibayangkan.

Bagi kanak-kanak dari keluarga tidak mampu, seperti juga tahun-tahun yang lalu dimana mereka tidak mempunyai baju baru, tiada bungkusan hadiah dari ibubapa. Mereka hanya mengharap jika ada saudara mara yang akan menjemput mereka untuk merasa makanan yang sedap sepanjang perayaan krismas.


Cerita Sebenar

Krismas tahun 2008, pada kali ini agak berbeza dari tahun-tahun yang lalu. Kini Soningcraft, melalui hasil jualan kraftangan melalui website Elevyn, kami mampu memberi sedikit hadiah krismas dan sedikit hidangan kuih-muih kepada anak-anak SINOMPURU. Walaupun anak-anak tidak mempunyai pakaian yang cantik atau kasut baru tetapi mereka masih mendapat peluang dan pengalaman manis untuk menerima hadiah dari semua penyumbang dana (Santa Claus dari seluruh dunia) dengan membeli kraftangan hasil kerja ahli SINOMPURU melalui kedai Soningcraft di Elevyn.

Pemilihan dan penyediaan hadiah – bagi Soningcraft, perkara yang paling penting diambil kira ialah “hadiah yang kita beri ialah kegunaan utama disekolah, cantik dan belum pernah mereka nampak/miliki” . “Budget yang kami ada mencukupi”. Melalui pertimbangan itu, kami telah membeli buku latihan, alat-alat tulis dan pencil boxes bertingkat (alat sekolah ni mereka belum pernah miliki). Dengan bantuan Anna dan Fani dan Coney (suami kakak), hadiah siap balut dengan kertas pembalut hadiah. Hadiah ini harus di balut dengan kemas dan cantik supaya kelihatan satu bungkusan hadiah sebenar serta istemewa.

Pada malam 24hb December, kami sudah tiba di kampung dan kanak-kanak SINOMPURU sudah berkumpul untuk mengetahui jadual sebenar acara krismas berlangsung. Oleh sebab kampung mempunyai beberapa aktiviti seperti sembahyang dan sukan, kami telah membuat keputusan acara krismas ini akan dijalankan pada petang 25hb December sesudah semua acara di gereja selesai. Kami tahu, ada di kalangan kanak-kanak yang tidak sabar untuk menerima hadiah.

Jam 4pm 25hb December, semua ibu dan kanak-kanak SINOMPURU sudah berkumpul di Rumah Panjang Blok . Acara dimulakan dengan minum kopi, milo dan makan biskut. Hidangan makanan krismas pada kali ini ialah sumbangan ikhlas dari Reita Rahim iaitu pengasas Gerai Orang Asal, penyokong kuat Kumpulan SINOMPURU.

Sementara ibu-ibu minum dan makan biskut, kanak-kanak telah membuat aktviti melukis perkataan “SEND SINOMPURU TO KIDS SCHOOL” tulisan ini kanak-kanak tujukan khas kepada semua penderma/penyumbang dana hadiah krismas pertama mereka. Mesej utama anak-anak SINOMPURU ialah “ucapan setinggi-tinggi terima kasih yang tidak terhingga kepada semua penyumbang danar pada krismas pertama mereka kerana kanak-kanak bukan saja dapat menerima peralatan sekolah yang boleh digunakan semasa persekolahan, juga perkara yang paling penting ialah memberi peluang yang sangat manis dengan memberi pengalaman menerima hadiah dari “Santa Claus” mereka”.

Perasaan ibubapa - “Kami berterima kasih kerana memang selama ini kami mahu memberi hadiah dan membeli baju baru kepada anak-anak kami tetapi tidak ada kemampuan. Dengan adanya danar ini, mendapat peluang menerima hadiah krismas dan secara tidak langsung anak-anak kami mendapat peralatan sekolah yang lengkap, ia memang keperluan bila mereka memulakan sekolah pada tahun depan” “ mereka berdoa semoga pada tahun-tahun hadapan rezeki mereka akan bertambah dengan adanya pembeli hasil kraftangan yang mereka buat.” “kini, anak-anak kami sudah mempunyai peralatan sekolah tetapi kami sangat memerlukan danar untuk membayar yuran pendaftaran dan sewa kereta anak-anak kami”.

Perasaan penyelaras projek “saya sangat gembira sehingga saya tidak tau apa yang harus saya katakana. Kerana perkara yang paling utama ialah memberi peluang kepada kanak-kanak yang kurang mampu supaya mereka dapat merasakan bahawa krismas mereka juga lengkap dan meriah” “pengalaman saya semasa kecil sehingga bersekolah menengah, keluarga kami tidak pernah mengadakan parti krismas, atau ibubapa kami memberi hadiah atau membeli baju baru kerana hidup terlalu miskin untuk semua ini” “kini, bila SONINGCRAFT mampu memberi peluang seumpama ini kepada kanak-kanak yang kurang mampu, ini merupakan perkara yang sangat manis untuk di ingat dan dibuat berulang kali” “harapan kami, tahun depan dan tahun-tahun akan dating kami masih boleh teruskan aktiviti seperti ini”.

Jika diceritakan secara mendalam apakah yang kami rasa semuanya hanya kami boleh katakan “terima kasih kepada pihak elevyn yang banyak memyokong, memberi kami hubungan jambatan kepada penyumbang danar di seluruh dunia dengan membeli hasil kraftangan yang kami jual di kedai Soningcraft.

Kami harap gambar-gambar yang kami paparkan boleh mewakili perasaan kami kepada semua pihak.

Merry Krismas dan Tahun Baru 2009!


Malina Soning
Penyelaras Projek