Potable Water Project
The Potable Water Project seeks to provide approximately 500 kindergarten-aged children studying in the Chilbong-ri area, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with clean potable water to reduce cases of chronic diarrhea and malnutrition. The children are able to enjoy clean drinking water in school and also at home. The Project is also extended to the health clinic that serves 1,000 patients, including pregnant women. Doctors and nurses will have clean water to use when treating patients, reducing unnecessary infections caused by dirty water.

Build-A-Latrine Project & Health Education
In Laos and India, proper sanitation facilities are not readily available, resulting in indiscriminate deposition of human waste. By educating the communities on the importance of hygienic practices and providing them with proper sanitation facilities, World Vision aims to improve children’s health and reduce unnecessary deaths caused by preventable diseases.

Health Services & Support Programme
It is important for health workers to be trained and equipped with the right knowledge and equipment. In Indonesia, Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, World Vision works with local health workers and councils to provide them with integrated medical equipment and train them in the basic knowledge of food science and nutritional balance so that they are able to serve the communities, particularly pregnant mothers and children under five years old, better.
Regular educational and health awareness programmes are conducted for pregnant women, lactating mothers and caregivers on how to prepare nutritious, balanced and interesting meals for children and their families. Children are also taught the basic rigors of healthy practices, provided with health checks and, if necessary, given supplements.
Seasonal health campaigns and dialogues are organised to further raise awareness levels on topics such as immunization, ante and post-natal care, breastfeeding, infectious diseases prevention, HIV/AIDs, and substance abuse.

Early Childhood Care & Development
Immunisation and nutrition are important to the long-term well-being of infants and young children. The Early Childhood Care & Development Programme implemented in countries such as Myanmar, Laos, Indonesia and Thailand, seeks to raise awareness on the need for immunization, educate mothers and caregivers on nutrition and balanced food preparation, provide malnourished children with supplementary food and vitamins, and ensure infants and children are given proper medical care in their crucial years.
World Vision Malaysia Emergency Relief & Rehabilitation Fund
Disaster can strike any time, any where. The World Vision Malaysia Emergency Relief & Rehabilitation Fund is used to help global communities affected by natural and/or man-induced calamities.
This year, part of the monies from the Fund will be used to help survivors of the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami which struck in March 2011. The quake and tsunami rendered hundreds of thousands dead and homeless. World Vision is working to help those affected to rebuild their lives and communities, a process that is expected to span several years.


Yayasan Sin Chew Retirement Village
The Yayasan Sin Chew Retirement Village is the first such community that offers senior citizens a lifestyle that combines healthy living with a culturally- stimulating environment. The aim is to provide seniors access to quality and productive life in their twilight years – enabling them to continue to enjoy a culturally enriching and healthy life. The Retirement Village is open to homeless seniors and self-sponsored seniors. For the former, expenses will be met via donations from the public.

Shemariah Foster Home for Children
The Shemariah Foster Home for Children provides care and a home environment for children who have been orphaned, abandoned, abused or simply neglected by their own families. Children staying at the home are fed, clothed and given medical attention. Those of school-going age are given the opportunity attend school while the older ones are encouraged to take up vocational skills training to increase their chances of self sustenance. The aim of the Home is to bring hope and meaning to the lives of children in need, giving them the opportunity to become useful citizens of the country.

Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled
The Beautiful Gate Foundation for the Disabled was set up with the primary goal of enhancing the quality of life of people with disabilities, and assist in their total integration into mainstream Malaysian society.
Established in 2003, the Foundation currently runs seven centres throughout Malaysia – Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Kepong (Kuala Lumpur), Kampar and Sitiawan (Perak), Seremban (Negeri Sembilan), Batu Barendam (Melaka), and Klang (Selangor). Among the services provided are Skills Training Services, Social Work Services, Educational Services, Mobile Therapy Services and Awareness Activities. Concepts of Independent Living are used to train the physically-challenged to live independently.

The Methodist Children’s Home (Sibu, Sarawak)
The Methodist Children’s Home in Sibu, Sarawak, currently houses 76 children (boys and girls) between the ages of five to 20 years old. These children are from broken backgrounds – single parent households, abused and/or orphaned. Some were placed in the Home by the state’s welfare department. The aim of the Home is to take care of the physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of the children, helping them to overcome the emotional and physical scars and abuses they experienced. The Home also seeks to train the children in life and vocational skills so that they can be independent and self-sufficient when the time comes. Monies from the World Vision 30-Hour Famine will be used to fund the building of a sleeping quarters for girls in the Home.