have been involving their college youth group (from church) in visiting the Childrens’ Protection Society (CPS) once a month. My brother is in the group so he goes too. They go one Friday evening every month to read and do art and craft work with the children. My mom creates little bead works with the girls and my dad usually teaches them how to draw and color with oil pastels. The college youth assist my parents and help mentor and play with the children.
My parents and the college group have been consistently visiting the CPS for two years now. I’ve gone with them twice when I was home. It’s so heartwarming to see how attached the children are to my parents and brother especially. The little boys just swarm my brother, asking him to carry them or show them how to play with his handphone.
The children in the CPS come from broken homes. Some are orphans but most have been abused and/or neglected and so now they live in a small single-storey bungalow with about 20-plus other children. They have house mothers who are exceptionally caring and self-sacrificing. They run on charitable funding.
There are children of all sorts of races. Chinese, Indian, Malay and even those of mixed heritage. I helped my mom teach them how to make beaded crocodile keychains out of beads and thin wire. Was pretty overwhelming at first, having to pay attention to so many children all shouting out “Sister Sister!”. But as they began to get the hang of the process, I was able to really go around and pay individual attention to each child, encouraging them when they got it right and reassuring them when they got frustrated and confused.
Poster made by Mom & Dad for CPS children
Mom with CPS poster
It’s such an honor to be able to love others. It almost feels so fulfilling that it makes you wonder if we weren’t created (or exist) for this one purpose: to do what we can to make the lives of others better. Loving others by doing what is best for them.
Why am I blogging about all this in my FYP blog? Well, cos’ my FYP is part of my life now; it’s personal. And as such, it’s an opportunity for me to figure out some things I’m curious about, things which mean a lot to me.
I’ll explain further in the upcoming entries. 
