Our annual Ipoh charity/religious trip for 2012 was scheduled on 1 - 2 December 2012 to enable BISDS teachers to participate. The trip was fully booked.
Our program was similar to last year except we visited the Bao En Shi Anning Old Folk Home instead of Jelapang Old Folk Home.
On 1/12/2012, our bus couldn't leave for Temoh on time as we were delayed by a participant who couldn't make it to Buddhist Maha Vihara on time. We left without her eventually as we were one hour behind time. As the result of this, we missed the lunch dana offering ceremony. After the lunch dana, we had a very inspiring and educational Dhamma Q&A session with Bhante Hye.
We donated RM1,000 towards the Sangha Fund for Vihara Buddha Gotama.
A dhamma Q&A session with Bhante Hye
After lunch at Kampar, we visited Batu Gajah Handicapped Children Welfare Home and Pusat Jagaan Yayasan Latihan Insan Istimewa in Pasir Putih. We donated RM1,000 each to the these two homes.
Members interacted and showing affection to the children at Pusat Jagaan Yayasan Latihan Insan Istimewa
We were in happy mood after the charity work during the day.After dinner, our happy moods were elevated further by a dhamma talk about happiness by Dato' Ang Choo Hong.
We ended the night with a sing together session with our host. The session was superb in bringing us closer together.
On the following day (2/12/2012), we visited two welfare homes and two monasteries,
(a) Anning Old Folks and Orphanage Home
(b) Pertubuhan Jagaan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Setia
(c) Dhammapiti Forest Monastery
(d) Sukhavana Forest Monastery
We donated RM1,000 each towards the Welfare Homes and RM500 each towards the monasteries.
Annning Old Folks and Orphanage Home is located at Lot 157366, off Jln Ampang Baru 6, Ampang Baru New Village, 31350 Ipoh, Perak. The Old Folks Home was founded by Master Kong Chan (a Mahayanist Buddhist Monk) in 2012 and the orphanage was established in January 2009. The new building for the home was completed in June 2011 and is now known as Bao En Shi (报恩寺). It currently has 49 old folks and 37 children.
The home is well equipped with various nursing care and and physio-therapy equipments.
Photograph with the residents of the old folk home
Distributing stationary to the children at the Anning Orphanage Home.
A scenic view taken from the first floor of Bao En Shi
Group photograph at the entrance of Bao En Shi
Group photograph at the entrance of Dhammapiti Forest Monastery.
