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PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2009

Time is quickly passing and another year is upon us. It gives me great pleasure to present you with Annual Report for the year 2009. I wish to report that the Association had a very successful year. During the period the cerebral palsied children were invited to many social activities hosted by leading Hotels and factories. Most of the children participated in the Annual School Sports in the presence of TYT the Governor of Penang as well as in the concert on
Parents’ Day.

Building Extension Project
Owing to space constraints the Association had to expand to build another storey to the building to accommodate the increasing number of children seeking admission to the Association’s Spastic Centre. It was estimated that another half a million or more would have to be raised for this project.

Koperasi Cerebral Palsy (Spastik) Pulau Pinang Berhad
The Co-operative Society for the Cerebral Palsy was first inaugurated in July to help the cerebral palsied children to be independent and self sufficient lives of their own. We now have a convenience store selling sundry goods. A grant of RM29, 888.00 had been received from the Pembangunan Koperasi Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur to start Self Help Laundry Project to train the cerebral palsied children to be self employed and become independent. During the year the
Co-operative Society was also involved in a project of Recycling Used Computers. Anyone with old computers to discard can bring them to the Spastic Centre, Penang for recycling.

Upgrading the Quality of Services
The quality of our services to the children depends critically on the quality of our staff that plans the rehabilitative services for the children. Regular reviews on performances were being carried out to ensure the programmes were effective before delivery. In order to maintain our quality staff, they would be sent for professional courses at home or abroad.

Future Directions
We are moving into a new decade where the trend of rehabilitation programmes is towards multi-sectorial approach for an inclusive barrier-free and rights based society which puts emphasis on early intervention, training and employment, access to built environment and independent living. All these programmes would empower the disabled to be self reliant in them.

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