Region 1 Lions Club Community Service Project @ Kampung Mentong Merau

Date : 9th October 2011 (Sunday)

Venue: Kampung Mentong Merau Community Hall

Time : 7.00am-12.00noon

Members attended : Jenny Chu, Siaw Ching

FOL : Lee Eng Eng

Kampung Mentong Merau is a Bidayuh kampung located some 72km away from Kuching and has a population of about 1,000 people.  In the vicinity, there is a primary school with about 30 students from Primary 1-6.  

The Lions in Region 1 assisted by Leos made their way to this kampung on this day for a community service project which includes health screening, dental check and tooth extraction, vision screening, distribution of toothbrushes, toothpastes, multivitamins and deworming tablets, school bags and story books to school children and also tree planting. 

Breakfast fellowship at Serian before departing to the kampung

The community hall where the project was held

Dental check and tooth extraction

Vision screening

Release fish fries

Donation of food items

Distribution of toothbrushes and toothpastes

Region 1 Boleh! ~ RC Peter Ong

Donation to Tebedu Fire Victims

On 27th August 2011, fourteen shopshouses and a wooden house with 55 years of history in Tebedu old bazaar were completely burnt down 30 minutes after the fire started.  The fire was seen coming from the 7th shophouse and the cause is believed to be a short circuit.  The fire victims suffer a loss estimated at RM3 million.  

According to the Kapitan there, the shopowners will have to be located to the new Tebedu township located few kilometres away and the old bazaar will not be rebuilt.

On the morning of 4th September 2011, the Lions in Region 1 led by Region Chairperson Ln Peter Ong made a trip to the old bazaar to hand over the donation for the fire victims to Kapitan Bong, with an amount of RM3,600 where RM2,000 is from District 308-A2 Foundation and the remaining from some Lions Clubs in Region 1.  Our club made a contribution of RM200.

The aftermath

What is left

Burnt down to the ground

Handover of cheque by RC Peter Ong to Kapitan witnessed by Region 1 Lions