DMA: An
Cecilia Don’t
Cry Grandma (3Dec11) Grandma
Stopped Crying (29Dec11)
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DESPERATE CRIES OF GRANDMA LEE AI LENG
Lee Ai Leng
(aka Cecilia), single mother born in the year 1960 but looks two decade older
than her age. She was referred to DMA by
our Spiritual Director Fr Vincent Chin who took pity on her. Father Chin appeals to DMA devotees and all
kind-hearted people to help this poor woman. We met with Cecilia on Sat 3rd
and Wed 7th Dec 2011 to find out more.
A rather complicated case of a
grandma who is taking care of two grandchildren.
BACKGROUND
Life has been a real hardship and a heavy cross to carry for this
destitute woman. She has no husband and
her two sons have abandoned her.
Formerly from Sibu, Cecilia had wanted to be a
nun as a young girl but was prevented by her parents. Her eldest son, 33 years old is a
vagabond. Her second son, aged 26 years
has been left with two kids by his former wife and is now an absentee father to
his two young children. The two lovely
children viz. Ting Ting, 5 yrs
old girl and Loong Loong, 4
yrs old boy are now taken care by the destitute
grandma. They roamed the streets and
especially the ground of St Peter’s Church.
She cries to Fr Vincent for help.
Grandma, Lee Ai Leng formerly works as a
cleaner at the KMC flat. She had a
serious accident to her left arm where her bones were shattered. As a result, her left arm is bent and shorter
than her right arm. She is not able to
do heavy task as it is causing her great pain.
She is given a bag of rice every month from some charitable body in
Kuching. She depends on the welfare of the Church organization - they give her
RM80 allowance a month. This amount could barely feed her and her two young
grandchildren. She is literally begging
money from well-wishers.
NOW
On 7 December, a parishioner has taken pity on her and gave her some money
to open a bank account so whoever wishes to help her could bank into her
account.
Account Name: Lee Ai Leng
Account No: 016-504-67171
Bank: Hong Leong
Bank, Khoo Hun Yeang Street, Kuching.
We have referred Cecilia to an employee (who is also our parishioner) at
MBKS on 7 Dec. At 2 p.m. of same day, he brought her to meet the Mayor of
Kuching City South, to see if she could rent a Flat there. Currently, Cecilia
does not have a place of her own, she is staying at a
rented room in Bintawa which she is unable to afford
any longer. She wishes to rent the low
cost KMC flat at Ban Hock Road. This
place is ideal for her because it is close to the Church and possible for her
to do some light jobs near the flat. We
pray that the Mayor will have some sympathy for her plight.
Grandma Cecilia is the bible version of the woman who persistently
pleaded with the judge until
the judge gave in.
She has been crying her heart out for help the past few days. She has
cried bucket of tears in front of DMA people last Saturday (Dec 3, 2011) for
two hours and utilized two rolls of toilet tissue to wipe her tears! At times
she cried out loudly in sadness.
Let us share with her whatever we can this Christmas to ease her
sufferings.
Make a difference and give Jesus the best Christmas gift, by loving the
unlovable in our midst.
For a longer term assistance, we need to refer
her to some welfare bodies.
What matters now is let us do our little bit of charity this Christmas.
WHAT DOES SHE NEED?
OMO, Toilet Papers, Soap, some
cash (on a regular basis.)
DMA Work of Mercy in ACTION
: Don’t Cry Grandma
DMA is calling a 3-week One-Off Campaign
to raise some fund to give to Grandma Cecilia
Lee some hope to start anew.
If you wish
to help her, you can contact her direct (010-963 7035) or any of the DMD
people, or me.
Campaign Starts: 8 Dec 2011.
Campaign Ends: 29 Dec 2011.
Preferably you bank into her account direct or
You may pass the money/cheques care
off me, I will arrange a day after Xmas to hand over
to her.
After the Campaign period, if you wish to
help Cecilia Lee, please contact her direct.
Thank you for your Compassionate HEART.
May God bless you Abundantly
for your GENEROISITY.
Michael
3/12/11, 7/12/11
CONTACT CECILIA HERSELF:
010-963 7035
DIRECT BANK IN / TRANSFER:
Account Name: Lee Ai
Leng
Account No: 016-504-67171
Bank: Hong Leong Bank, Khoo Hun Yeang Street branch, Kuching.
Don’t
Cry Grandma Grandma Stopped Crying