The Children with hope…
8Sep2008 Filed under: Uncategorized Author: henrygolding
Sunday the 7th of september 2008… not a likely day i will forget so quickly. The Quickie team went to the Pernim orphanage in Cheras, to give the children presents and funding that we had raised.
I had arrived to a swamp of smiling faces, alot of them barely reached my knee! the children were all dressed in identical clothing to teach them that everybody is equal and looked so cute running around extremley excited to see us. The children ranged from the ages of 6 months to 14, there were around 50 and 8 of those had HIV.
The most shocking thing i found was how worn down and sickly the children who had the virus looked, but it didnt stop them from smiling like there wasn’t a fault in the world, they were so innocent.
Some of the childrens so called “parents” had abandoned them from birth due to financial problems or when they have found out t
hat the baby has a health problem. the youngest was 7 months old and had a swollen heart, she was left on a doorstep in the night.
The whole experience really drilled into me on how irrealevent petty day to day problems are. There are Innocent children out there who have only hope and dreams to hold on to, and would die to have a glimmer of what were gifted with.
I hope that you could have an experience to open your eyes, to just make you aware of whats happening to those less fortunate…
The little girl im holding will sadly die before she reaches her 20’s, but with the help of the home she lives as much of an ordinary life as she can…
Henry
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About Henry Golding
Henry is freelance presenter, host, and Emcee based out of Kuala Lumpur and features as a co-presenter on 8TV's "The Quickie", a popular live variety show in Malaysia. He is also a talent in a variety of disciplines from modeling to acting. This blog is a running account of his life in the entertainment industry.
Abe
September 9th, 2008 at 1:44 am
Hello Henry. I managed to watch you on quickie only one time. You’re doing great with everything tho you’ve been here only a couple of months. I know you’re surrounded by many great and talented people. And this entry in particular, is very special, I think. Being able to experience all this at (I’ll say) an early stage of your life, hopefully would make you a greater person. I hope you’d be able to bring something new to the industry, and be true to yourself. I hope you’d still try and find some time, months later, and see how the kids are doing.
You are young, talented and irreplaceable, and I envy you because of that.
Have a great time ya Henry.
minah
September 9th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
The girl who caught your eyes must be lucky to have you. If i have a child of my own one day, i would brought him up the way your parents brought you up. you are what every malaysian should be like. God bless you in every day of your routine.God bless.
smallfeet
September 10th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Smallfeet here! One word : AMAZING!
btw, i like the picture of you with the baby gal… awwww…so sweet!
Wendy
October 1st, 2008 at 10:02 pm
hello Henry. Well this is the 1st time i saw you in 8tv program~ Quickie on 1st of Oct. You did a great job… well done!