St. Nicholas’ Home Information & Resource Centre organized the Braille Competition annually. The Braille Competition is organized in Bahasa Malaysia and English language. It is open to school children and any BVI participants interested in taking part with cash prizes to be won. We had three secondary schools, trainees and ex-trainees who participated this year.

In conjunction with Helen Keller week, an “Awareness Programme on Deaf-Blindness” was held at St. Nicholas’s Home on 28th June 2019 organized by DBMH team with different stimulation activities provided for all staff and trainees.

The German ambassador Nikolaus Graf Lambsdorff and his wife visited the home on 29th of April 2019. Our German volunteer Ms. Thuy Duong and board members greeted them with warm welcome tours. Ms. Thuy Duong shared her precious volunteering memories.

Chief Minister of Penang YB Chow Kon Yeow made an official visit to the home today. Our trainees greeted him with a warm welcome music performance. The Chief Minister was impressed with our Arts, Culture and Music Programme.

Sports Day is an annual sport event to build teamwork between the blindness and visual impairment and staff. It is held on 6th of April 2019. Sunken treasure, mermaids and sea creatures were some of the backdrops created for the theme of ‘Underwater World’ this year. More than 100 participants, staff, trainees, residents and volunteers took part in this much anticipated annual event.

A run and ride for sight were organized on the 30th of March 2019. 25 visually impaired residents enjoyed a breezy bicycle ride during the 18km “Ride for Sight” event in Penang with guidance by sighted pilots from the home to Esplanade, Karpal Singh Drive, Komtar and several other places.

St. Nicholas’ Home today welcomed about 100 bikers and their family members to this special event to create awareness among the superbikers from all over peninsular Malaysia as well as Singapore on the work of St. Nicholas’ Home Penang.

Today we welcomed the Molex Malaysia delegation to our Home. Although the visit was short but meaningful, we managed to conduct some interesting activities such as blindfold games as well as a short tour to Low Vision Centre, Toy Library, and Braille Production among others with the hope that the visitors would be able to understand about the various programs of the Home.