In a nutshell ...
Rumah Ozanam is a charity home wich welcomes women (and children) afflicted by AIDS. This house was established to accomplish several goals : the foremost one is, obviously, for a medical purpose, here we do our best to treat our residents and make sure they are appropriately followed up by competent hospital personnel. Our second goal is to help our residents to overcome their problems they face, to teach them how to cope with their affliction as well as to help them reintegrate into society. Finally, our third goal is to create a friendly and affectionate environment during the length of their stay, where they will be loved, as a family would do. Currently our facilities can accomodate 12 residents. Presently taking care of 11 : six women and four children, all orphans.
The staff
Raj
President
Director of his own firm, Mr Raj is also the president of SSVP Selangor State Council.
Sinnappan
Director
He takes care of our centre, managing the staff as well as the many problems we encounter at the centre.
Rosely
House mother
One of the central figures of the house, she was here when the first stone of the house was cast. She is in charge of cooking, cleaning, and other daily tasks in Rumah.
Ruth
Care giver
Ruth helps the patients in their daily treatments when their state demands them (tetraplegia, hemiplegia,…) and takes care of them during the day or the night.
Yolaine
Nurse
French volunteer, the center’s nurse takes care of the medical and psychological monitoring of the patients.
Rayan
Driver
Also present in the center for a long time, he is in charge of taking the patients to the hospital and back, when necessary.