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sentuhan and community_works

Sentuhan outlet at no. 90 Armenian Street is made possible by activities organized by Community_Works Projects, an organization that is currently working with challenged women (and other challenged individuals) who are intent in supporting themselves and their families and are working positively to overcome their situations, such as, illness, abandonment or abuse.

Community_Works is both sponsoring stalls for such women, at Little Penang Market, and designing and purchasing products made by them for the market and other retail outlets. This branch of Community_Works is known as Positive Women ("+Women").

Positive Women sprung from work done by May Support Group. May support group, was the first social organization identified with Community_Works' ‘+ Women’ program.

May Support Group is a member of the Family Planning Association, Penang, and is a voluntary charitable organization registered in 1961.

The group supports women and families infected and affected by HIV, poor single women-headed households, and former drug-users and their families. Currently they run three support-centers, but see the need for a new support centre for their many clients based in Prai and Butterworth.

Besides +Women, Community_Works Projects also assists other organizations such as the inmates of Penang Prison and also the blinds and the visually impaired at St. Nicholas Home to help them market their handicrafts and artwork.

Craft Enhancement Projects

Each social organization comes under the Community_Works Projects craft enhancement banner with the following objectives:

Research and study the existing craft training, design and merchandising for any existing shop
Recognize the strengths, weaknesses and potential of the current system and products.
Explore and develop the creative potential from participants in the craft workshop and retail outlet, their wants, needs and aspirations.
Identify individuals to support as future facilitators and role models for the program.
Promote self-worth and financial independence.

Therefore you can see that Sentuhan is a good example of a success story that (in this case) empowers single mothers.

There are several fund raising events which were organized to help these organizations. One of them was done during the premiere of the film "Red Kebaya" in Penang, whereby RM80 000.00 was collected for the cause.

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