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HOW YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT WAO
Last
year the WAO refuge provided shelter, counselling, and assistance to
120 battered women. The Childcare Centre helped care for over 30 of
their children. Our social workers provided face-to-face and telephone
counseling to a further 1500 needy women. Through the Anak Angkat
(Child Sponsorship) Programme, 40 children were given the opportunity
of a better future.
We
need your help so that we can continue to provide these services to
battered women and their children, to empower them and enable them to
determine their own future, free from violence. We need support so we
can continue our research, public education and advocacy work, to work
towards a society which is free from violence against women.
HOW IS WAO FUNDED
WAO receives operations grants from the Malaysian Government's Welfare Department. We receive donations of money
and donations in kind from companies and the general public. A project
grant from UNIFEM funded the Monitoring of the Domestic Violence Act
Project. The British, Canadian and Australian High Commissions and the
Japanese Embassy also support WAO's work.
Since
WAO was established, we have had support from the corporate community
in terms of monetary donations as well as donations in kind. Lately,
however, the involvement of the corporate sector has moved one step
ahead as they realize that they can play a vital role in terms of
contributing back to the community and that is through public
education. WAO would like to acknowledge some of the support that we
have received throughout these years and we hope that through these
exemplary companies, others will realize that there are many ways in
which they can contribute and will not hesitate to follow suit. More on corporate support.
WAYS YOU CAN HELP
- Make a donation
By
making a monetary donation to WAO you can help us meet the operational
costs of the Refuge and the Childcare Centre. Your money will go
towards the daily living costs, such as food, medical expenses and
transportation. You will also be supporting the counseling services
provided by the social workers to the women and children. Your
contribution will also support WAO's research, advocacy and public
education helping us work towards the eradication Violence Against
Women and the inequality and subordination of women.
- Make a grant
WAO
needs grants to fund specific projects such as our CEDAW, Migrant
Domestic Worker Abuse, and Monitoring of the Domestic Violence Act
projects. We also need grants for capacity-building, and to fund WAO's
on-going research, advocacy and public education work.
- Sponsor a child through the Anak Angkat Programme
By
making a monthly donation RM70 or yearly donation of RM860 (inclusive
of an administrative fee), you can help pay for the school fees for a
needy child. Last year, fifty children of ex-residents of the refuge
were sponsored. We keep you in touch throughout the year on how the
child is doing at school. At Christmas, we hold a party where children
and sponsors can meet. More about the Anak Angkat Appeal.
- Make a donation in kind
Many
of the women and children who come to WAO have had to leave their
family homes, often in secrecy, quickly, and in a state of distress. We
are always looking for donations of groceries and toiletries for the
women and children. Donations
of toys, books and stationery would brighten up a day for a child who
has had to leave everything he/she has behind. Donations of groceries
(for example oil, rice, sardines, tea) and household goods are always
welcome.
Become a member of WAO
WAO
currently has hundred and sixty seven members. You can join WAO for
RM30 for the first year and RM20 for subsequent year's. As a member you
receive our Newsletter, keeping you in touch with WAO's activities and
news.
Download an application form here.
- Organise activities for the children.
- Organise
activities for the women, for example, craft sessions, language
classes, cookery lessons, computer skills, or another idea you have
which you would like to share.
- Spending time and listening to the women and children.
- Provide transport and accompany women who need to make police reports, go the hospital or run errands.
- Help out with administrative work at WAO.
Download an application form here.
- Last but not least, you can help us by telling people about us.
Please contact us if you have any queries about the ways in which you can support WAO. You can email, call, or get in touch with us at the address below. Forms can be sent via email or by normal post to the address below.
You can make a donation by sending a bankers draft or cheque, made payable to 'Women's Aid Organisation'.
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