Baiduri Charity Golf presents toys for special needs kids
By Dk Suria Rina PHA

Baiduri Bank General Manager Pierre Imhof (centre) and Senior Deputy General Manager Philippe Henri Petitier (left) during the presentation at Pusat Ehsan

Special toys and equipment donated to the Child Development Centre

Baiduri Bank Group Charity Golf Tournament presented special toys and equipment for special needs children yesterday afternoon at the Pusat Ehsan in Bengkurong. Guest of honour was Dr Hj Affendy Bin Dato Paduka Hj Abidin, the Director General of Medical Services, Ministry of Health and Pierre Imhof, the General Manager of Baiduri Bank.

"I would like to convey my heartfelt gratitude to the General Manager of Baiduri Bank for his continued support of the child development centre, CDC. CDC has started the "early Intervention Programme for Children with special needs with the collaboration of 'Pusat Ehsan'.

"CDC is responsible in preparing a structured programme for the early intervention programme whilst "Pusat Ehsan" is providing the venue and teachers to implement the programme" said Dr Hj Affendy.

The main objective of this programme is to prepare the children with special needs for inclusion in normal school stream, he said.

Until this time, the CDC has been involved only as an assessment and referral centre and this year another original concept has been proposed by the CDC with the support of Baiduri Bank.

Imhof said the objective of Baiduri Bank Charity Golf is to contribute directly to the needs of these children by providing them with educational toys and books, special equipment, wheel chairs and specially constructed chairs.

The bank also sponsors conferences and bring into the country specialist doctors who, in their chosen area of expertise, are able to impart the knowledge and skills toward the care, understanding and support of these children.

The Baiduri Bank Charity Golf sponsor select cases of children for overseas medical attention.

The Baiduri Bank Charity Golf praised the effort of SMARTER, an organisation supported entirely by parents helping autistic children.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin