UNITED VOICE ANNUAL REPORT 2006 January to December 2006 1. UV Committee President Johari bin Jamali Vice President Lim Kay Huat Secretary Yeow Chor Keen Asst Secretary Cynthia Joann Thomas Raju Treasurer Teoh Hooi Ting Ordinary Com. Members Alexander Tang Weng Cheong Foo Khee Cheoong Aslam bin Sulaiman Moo Shook Leng

Committee Meeting En Johari Jamali President of UV 2. UV Members

1. Aaron Tong Teng Lee 2. Ahmad Ihsan B Ahmad Firdaus (NA) 3. Aida Rahayu Binti Abu Bakar 4. Albert Jayakumar (2006) 5. Alexander Tang Wing Cheong 6. Tam Kok Hoong (NA) 7. Alvin Tan Kang Lin 8. Anthony Tan Chin Huat 9. Anthony Wong Leong Kit 10. Aslam Bin Sulaiman 11. Basri Kamil Bin Wan Bukhari 12. Breiv BenedictA/L Sinasamy 13. Chan Ai Leen

14. Chang Kok Woei 15. Chen Wei Lum (William) (2006) 16. Chin Soon Keong (2006) 17. Christina Yeow Chor Keen 18. Clement Ooi kit Meng 19. Cynthia Joann A/P Thomas Raju 20. Daisy Rohini Daniel 21. David Foo Khee Choong 22. Eleanore D'Orville 23. Elijah Sunderaj Stephen (NA) 24. Esther Moo Shook Leng 25. Eugene Lau Boon Leng 26. Felicia Fang Yann Yann 27. Fiona Yang Hui Mei 28. Gan Yih Nian (NA) 29. Irfan bin Harith 30. Irwan Shah Bin Faizul 31. James Lim Ming Koon 32. Jason Kam Tze King (NA) 33. Jennifer Ooi Phaik Hoon 34. Johari Bin Jamali 35. Jonathan Lim Tee Leong (NA) 36. Jonathan Lee Thien Shui 37. Kee Wai Han 38. Kevin Ong Toon Yew (2006) 39. Kuhanesan A/L Thinagaran 40. Koh Sher Li 41. Lam Ai-Shia 42. Lee Chun Jin 43. Lee Chun Siong 44. Lee Zhi Hui (Eunice) 45. Lim Kay Huat 46. Loh Ngit Sang (NA) 47. Michele Low Chooi Ling (NA) 48. Michelle Yap Wern Shin 49. Michael Lee Kwet Loong 50. Mohd Aidil Bin Zulkafli 51. Mohd Faizael Bin Kamaruzaman (NA) 52. Mohd Farid Bin Zulkifly 53. Mohd Shahir Bin Zulkifli (NA) 54. Mohd Zairin b. Mohd Yusof (2006) 55. Muhd. Zulhilmi B Md. Shahid (NA) 56. Nazmi Bin Kamarulzaman 57. Nor Azuan B Ismail (NA) 58. Nur Ashikin bte Abdul Ghani 59. Ong Ji Aun 60. Pavala Vaani Palakrishnan 61. Peggy Lee Pei San 62. Simon Sin Chuan Heng (2006) 63. Soo Zen Lee

64. Syed Abid Shah Bin Syed Gulzar Ali Shah 65. Tan Seng Kit 66. Teh Choon Heong 67. Teoh Hooi Ting 68. Teoh Soon Huat (NA) 69. Tey Pey Wen (2006) 70. Thong Kong Weng 71. Thomas Yeoh Yee Hoon (2006) 72. Wendy Yeong Sau Kuen 73. Wong Khai Lun 74. Wong Wei Leong 75. Yeong Gua Foeng (NA) 76. Yuwaneshvar D/O Sivalingam (NA) Total Membership: 76 Members 8 New Members 15 Non Active (NA)

UV members and their friends in Penang Butterfly Park

3. UV Staff 1. Coordinator Yeo Swee Lan (M.Ed) 2. Administrator and IT Coordinator Yeong Moh Foong (B.A) 3. Public Relations Officer Eugene Lau Boon Leng

4. Accounts Manager (part-time) Fatimah Mariah bte Rasid (M.Sc) 5. Project & Education Coordinator Norin Lumung King (B.Sc Hon) 6. Project & Marketing Coordinator Chu Shi Wei (B.A) 7. Asst. Project Coordinator Wendy Yeong Sau Kuen 8. Part-time staff assistant Koh Wan Gee

Shahril Azizul bin Leman resigned from UV effective 1st February 2006 after 1&1/2 years service because he is offered a job by the government. Eugene Lau resigned effective 31st December 2006 after 7 years of service for some personal reasons. Eugene Lau is replaced by James Lim Ming Koon effective 1st January 2007.

4. UV Employment Project Workers:

1. Aida Rahayu Bte Abu Bakar 2. Anthony Wong Leong Kit 3. Alvin Tan Kang Lin 4. Basri Kamil Bin Wan Bukhari 5. Breiv Benedict A/L Sinasamy 6. Eleanore D'Orville 7. Irfan Bin Harith (resigned September 2006 to work in JKMM) 8. Irwan Shah Bin Faizul (resigned August 2006 to work in father’s business) 9. Jennifer Ooi Phaik Hoon 10. Jonathan Lee Thien Shui 11. Kee Wai Han 12. Koh Sher Li 13. Mohd Aidil Bin Zulkafli 14. Mohd Farid Bin Zulkifly 15. Syed Abid Shah Bin Syed Gulzar Ali Shah 16. Wong Wei Leong 17. Nur Arshikin bte Abdul Ghani Sales of UV Products

Sales of Wedding Cards 760 cards (2 clients) = RM 2,700.00 Sales of Saori Products Key chains, coasters, etc = RM 2,500.00

Sales of General Cards = RM15,744.90 Sales of Festival Cards 25,262 cards = RM40,315.80 _____________ RM61,260.70

Basri Kamil at work in UV UV workers sell their products at UPM Bazaar

A total of 18 companies/organisations purchased UV Seasonal and Greeting cards

Company

1. The Edge Communications Sdn. Bhd. 2. GE Corp. Finance, General Electric International, Inc 3. World Vision Malaysia 4. Jebsen & Jessen (SEA) Pte Ltd c/o Jebsen & Jessen Business Services (M) Sdn Bhd 5. Agrifert Malaysia Sdn Bhd. 6. Dynamic Search Sdn. Bhd. 7. Transmile Group Berhad. 8. Mc Cann Erickson Malaysia Sdn. Bhd 9. American Home Assurance Company 10. KDK Fans (M) Sdn. Bhd. 11. Royal Selangor International Sdn Bhd 12. Syarikat Kemaman Timber Trading Sdn Bhd 13. Integrated Automated Workflow Sdn Bhd 14. Perunding Senikos Sdn Bhd 15. Leong Yeng Kit & Co. Advocates & Solicitors 16. MABECS SDN. BHD. (Malaysian British Education Coorperation Service) 17. ProAir Sdn Bhd 18. FLEISHMAN HILLARD Kuala Lumpur

5. UV Promotion

Date Event/Activity Persons in Charge

5.1 Awareness Events 18 February

KL/PJ School Convention

Swee Lan and EugeneLau

5 March

Corner Stone Doulos Church

Shi Wei, Wendy & Swee Lan

8-12 May

MAKPEN (Majlis Kebajikan dan Pembangunan Masyarakat Kebangsaan Malaysia) Training for CBR Teachers and Practitioners

Wendy & Shi Wei

5 June

FESPIC (Fareast & South Pacific Games) Volunteer Training, UPM

Shi Wei, Eugene Lau, Wendy Yeong

18 June

Outing with 10 University Students (Inter-U)

Norin King & 12 UV members

21 June

HELP University College Social Awareness Day

Shi Wei, Eleanore D’orville, Eugene Lau & Jennifer Ooi

6 August

Awareness on learning disabilities at FESPIC (Fareast & South Pacific Games for Persons with Disabilities) Volunteer Pusat Latihan Perindustrian & Permulihan, Bangi

Johari Jamali, Aslam Sulaiman & Swee Lan

9-12 August

Promote UV at Rumah Bukit Harapan, Kota Kinabalu and also visited Cheshire Home, KK. A programme fully sponsored by General Electric.

Johari Jamali & Swee Lan

13 August

Awareness on learning disabilities at FESPIC

Hooi Ting & Shi Wei

19-20 August

Promote UV at Subang Jaya AOG Church

Esther Moo, Swee Lan, Leong Kit, Shi Wei & Wendy Yeong

21-23 August

Promote UV at Bethany Home Handicamp in Camerons

Aslam Sulaiman, Alex Tang, Chan Aileen, Mohd Aidil, Kay Huat, Chun Jin, Shi Wei

22 August

Promote UV at Rotary Club of Petaling Jaya, Hilton PJ

Eugene Lau & Swee Lan

27 August

Awareness on learning disabilities at FESPIC

Eugene Lau, Wendy Yeong, Leong Kit, Jonathan Lee, Wai Han, Alwin Tan, Guan Leong, Moh Foong & Swee Lan

17 September

Awareness on learning disabilities at FESPIC

Johari Jamali & Norin

4 Oct

Promotion at Rotary Club of Mount Kiara.

Shi Wei & LeongKit

15, 30 Oct

Awareness on Learning disabilities at FESPIC.

Shi Wei & James Lim, Moh Foong & Eugene Lau

18 Dec Promotion at NASOM (National Autistic Society of Malaysia) KL.

Clement Ooi, Aslam Sulaiman, James Lim, Swee Lan, Annie Ooi

(UV reached out to a total of about1500 university students in 6 FESPIC awareness events)

Hooi Ting promoting UV at a school Irfan giving a speech at UM

5.2 Bazaars

5 Nov

Promotion at ABWM (British) Bazaar.

Norin King, Wendy & Cindy

15 Nov

Promotion at AAM (American) Bazaar.

Sally Lim & Eleanore D’Orville

19 Nov

Promotion at Austrian- German-Swiss Bazaar

Swee Lan, Johari Jamali, Chor Keen

18-19 Nov

Promotion at Ananda Mada Fair.

Jennifer Ooi, Mrs Ooi, Moh Foong, Kay Huat &, Mohd Aidil.

18-19 Nov Promotion at Subang Parade, SJ.

Clement Ooi, Mrs Annie Ooi, Seng Kit, Mrs Jenny Than, Eugene Lau, Mr & Mrs Koh, Fatimah Mariah and family.

1 Dec

Promotion at Alice Smith School Bazaar Shi Wei, Eugene Lau, Norin King, Cynthia Thomas.

6. Visitors

Date Visitors

PIC

17 January

10 Malaysian CARE staff and trainees

EP staff

26 February

30 Lion’s Club members of Pantai Valley

UV Committee

12 April

10 teachers and parents from CBR (Community Rehab Centre) Selayang

Shi Wei

13 April Staffs from the MIND Eugene & Swee Lan 4

16 August 4 students from University Of Malaya Eugene & Swee Lan 5 Oct Lenore Manderson of Monash University ugene E

9 Oct

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Swee Lan 4 JICA Volunteers visited UJ

12 Oct

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20 Oct journalists from The STAR Eugene 4

26 Oct 3 visitors from Cambodia wee Lan S

30 Oct Director and staff of KDK wee Lan S

1 Nov Parent: Mrs Vimala Swee Lan 7 Nov 8 students from HELP Uni College hi Wei & Eugene S

15 Nov 3 staff from Seri Mengasih Sabah orin

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UV members having a friendly match with some UM students

7. Training & Workshop

Events Date Persons in Charge

24-26 Feb

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18-20 Nov

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hi Wei & Norin King

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sponsored by Vijayashanker Foundation.

Shi Wei registered for Master in Educatio(major in Special Education) – part-time course at University of Malaya, KL. Her course is fully

8. Self-Advocacy & Advocacy Events

Date Events Persons in Charge

10 February

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Promotion at Bethany Self-Advocacy GrouTeluk Intan. They are tryinth

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10 June

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Advocate for persons with learning disabilities at a conference organized by POCAM (Persatuan M

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10 August

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warded the card through this event.

UV wrote two letters to Ms Katherine Cheof RAPID KL to appeal for OKU (Orang Kurang Upaya) privilege card to be given to persons with learning disabilities who wereexcluded because they do not have visible disabilities. After two persuasive letters anseveral phone calls Katherine decided to visit UV and considered our appeal. January6th 2007 was fixed by RAPID KL tand register persons with learning disabilities in the Klang Valley for this privilege card at United Voice. About 1persons with learning disabilities wera

20 Oct

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it Whei & Swee Lan

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National Seminar on Self-Advocacy. UV jointly organized this event with University of Malaya, Japan International CooperatioAgency (JICA), Malaysia Social Welfare Department, Malaysia Special Education Department. This event was held at Facultyof Education, UM. Guest Speaker was DrDan Goodley from Sheffield University, UK. Abe

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Self-Advocacy Forum organized by MutiVoice Club. Other self-advocacy groups involved were Friendship Club, Dragon Club and United Voice. Topic discussed wmainly on employment and future plans. A

UV president, Johari meeting with other NGO leaders to discuss disability issues. 9. Special Olympics

Date Events Persons in Charge

2 April

SOS (Special Olympics Selangor) AGM was held at UV office.

Shi Wei and Swee Lan were nominated to be in the committee.

10 April

Selangor Alps Input Council training programme. Swee Lan was invited as a trainer and Shi Wei a facilitator.

Eugene Lau, Swee Lan and Shi Wei

9-11 Nov SO National Input Council Training. Swee Lan was invited as a trainer and Shi Wei as facilitator.

Johari Jamali, Eugene Lau, Wendy Yeong, Mohd Aidil, Swee Lan and Shi Wei

Kay Huat, vice president of UV was selected for SO International Games in New Zealand 10. Other Events

Date Events

22 April

UV Committee visited Senior Citizen Home, Grace Villa, PJ – A social concern programme.

15 July

UV 1st Anniversary Dinner: about 500 people attended

15-17 Dec Penang trip and Dinner & Dance 2006. 26 UV members, 3 volunteers, 4 mothers and 5 staffs participated in this event. It was a successful event and enjoyable trip.

11. Regular Volunteers

1. Mr Ee Guan Leong 2. Mr Daniel Wong 3. Ms Khor Hooi Hean 4. Mrs Yoshie Liew 5. Ms Sally Lim 6. Mrs Wong Li Fu 7. Mr & Mrs Takashi 8. Ms Theresa Wong 9. Mrs Ung Hui Fern 10. Mr Teo Bee Guan 11. Mrs Priscilla Chan 12. Mr Heng Guan Haw

12. Financial Report (refer audited Accounts) Prepared by: Yeo Swee Lan Coordinator of United Voice