ABOUT US

At the time when people are racing for success, luxury and wealth in life, there are still people who are unable to improve their life. And at the moment when other people are living happily with their beloved families, there are people who are loveless. Verily BADAN AMAL NUR ZAHARAH (BANZ) has been formed with multi objectives, among others are to help the poor people, to give new hope to the orphans, to give education and better standard of living to those in need.

HISTORY OF FORMATION

It was formed on 1 May 2005, and officially opened on 1 December 2005. The home has been founded by YBhg Datin Norjan Noor. The fact is, residents of BANZ consist of various kinds of background such as orphan, poor child, victim of child abuse, raped victim etc. Mostly accepted cases are from State and District Welfare Department�s and also individual�s reports. We have many cases from various districts and states like Raub, Bentong, Karak, Kuala Lipis, Temerloh, Kuala Lumpur, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan, Johor, Perlis and etc.

TOTAL OF RESIDENTS AND STAFF

As of to date that have been updated by a blogger of Nur Zaharah Welfare Home there are 51 residents i.e. 15 male and 36 female aged from 5 to 20 year old and managed by 8 permanent staff that are from the nearest village here. Staff also from their family.

SEGREGATION BASED ON BACKGROUND

Below is the list of residents segregation according to case:

  • 1. Orphans 16
  • 2. Poor children 27
  • 3. Victim of divorce 3
  • 4. Raped child 1
  • 5. Abused child 4
  • Total 51

    TRAGEDY

  • On 23/04/2007, there was a fire at Rumah Kebajikan Nur Zaharah, believed to be caused by a short circuit due to lightning that striked during a very bad weather. This has resulted in the orphanage being burned down to the ground. It was reported that the fire started from a room when all the residents were having their dinner. The patrons of the orphanage are YBhg Dato� Nik Mahmud and his wife YBhg Datin Norjan

    Elektrisola�s FFRS is the first to arrive at the location, unfortunately the fire engine could not go closer to the house because of the very narrow bridge. They have to use portable pump to put the fire off. Unfortunately, the fire spread very fast and destroyed everything within less than 10 minutes. The victims were left with nothing, but we were grateful that there was no lost of life reported. There are 16 residents of the orphanage from the age of 8 months to 16 years old, together with a number of staff who manage the home. They have been placed temporarily at Puan Ainon Mohamad�s place.

    KSSE therefore, launched an emergency fund collection to help ease the burden of the orphans. We managed to collect RM2,019.00 and Mr. Thilo J. Westerhausen, EM�s Managing Director was thoughtful to top up the amount to become RM5,000.00 in total as a contribution from KSSE and EM. Besides the cash, contribution in the form of clothes and other goods for daily use were also collected. We thank all the EM community for your kindness and concern. May God bless you for all your kind contributions.