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Bernama.com
Malaysian National News Agency
Norlina Alawi, Her 16 Children, And 'PERNIM'
General
July 06, 2005 20:24 PM
By Adnan Jahaya
KANGAR, July 6 (Bernama) -- A sage once said, a heart expands as it fills up with love, creating more and morespace for more and more love; this seems to be the maxim for an enterprising young woman, Norlina Alawi, whogives her unconditional love to her own six children as well as her 10 adopted children.
The shadow in their lives is, that some of her adopted children, whom she considers her own, have AIDS and areHIV carriers; others are the children of AIDS patients.
"....No matter what people say, I cannot bear to let these children's lives go to ruin, " she told Bernama
Wednesday.
Norlina, 36, from Ampang, Selangor, has been in Padang Besar since Monday to observe the flagging off of contestants in the 1,000km relay marathon held to collect donations for children of Persatuan Kebajikan Anak
Pesakit HIV-AIDS Nurul Iman Malaysia (PERNIM), of which she is the founder and the president.
Norlina is proud that her husband, Roslan Zakaria, 38, who works for the 12th Brigade of Wardieburn CampKuala Lumpur, as well as her six children, aged between three and 14 years, give their support to her busyschedule.
This Kluang lass is not stopping at 10 adopted children either. She intends to take in more AIDS-HIV kids, to givethem a brighter future.
Even though there are people that sneer and scorn at her good deeds, she is now in the process of planning aPERNIM shelter which will cost RM2.5 million and will be built on land presented by the Selangor stategovernment.
This shelter, when it is completed, will house 100 AIDS-HIV children who would otherwise most likely be giventhe cold shoulder by the majority of the populace.
Norlina is very grateful that her efforts have been getting good support from the government, including theCommunity Welfare Department, and also the private sector.
PERNIM presently rents a terraced house in Taman Melor, Ampang, and this is their shelter and Home SweetHome for now. Norlina said that her involvement in the welfare of these children started in 2001 when she took ina deaf 23-year-old pregnant girl.
Last April saw her succeeding in obtaining temporary custody and the legal right to take care of four children,aged between three and 13, that had been placed in a non-Muslim welfare centre.
When asked exactly how far her personal capabilities could be stretched to run PERNIM, Norlina said she put ona wooden face and ask for aid, but she mostly uses her own resources.
"I love all my children. They need all love and they need to be equipped with tools for their future," she said.
Norlina has been acknowledged by various parties due to her extremely motherly nature that draws people to her and makes things happen. For example, she has been awarded the "Young Humanitarian Award" jointly from theNew Straits Times Press and PricewaterhouseCoopers (NSTP-PwC) last year, as well as the "ASTARHumanitarian Award" organised by Kolej Kediaman Pertama Universiti Malaysia in the same year.
"...God knows best," she said.
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