Your Pusat Rakyat LoyarBurok is changing

And we need your help.

Throughout January and February, the MCCHR team will be working on revamping the community space to serve you better. The new community centre will feature a café, a library and an activity space.

The café will not only serve good coffee, but will also offer a cosy space for you to meet friends and other like-minded people. We are also adding a study area to complement the library, where you can do your work. In the future, you can expect more events and activities at the community centre, including #UndiMsiaChats, film screenings, forums, seminars and workshops.

You can follow the project on its Facebook group, where we also crowdsource furniture, equipment, books and miscellaneous items. You can also help by volunteering your time and by donating money plants or money.

Read on to help us grow.

• Give reusable furniture & equipment (F&E)
• Give labour of love
• Give books to the New Malaysia Collection
• Give money plants
• Give money

Give reusable F&E ↑

If you have any of the following items, in good condition, that you are willing to give away, please take a picture of it and post it on Revamping Pusat Rakyat Facebook group.

• Chiller with glass door
• Cutlery, plates and cups (white, minimum 10 units)
• Coffee table (dark, solid wood)
• TV (LED, 47-60”)
• Plants (indoor, see 4 below)
• Pendant lights (white or black, metal)
• Floor or table lamps (any size, black or white)
• Ladder (solid wood)
• Bean bag (water resistant, machine washable)
• Chairs (dark, solid wood)
• Speaker system (reputable brand)
• Mirror (framed, minimum 30″ long)
• Hoover/vacuum cleaner (wet & dry)
• Photo frames (any size, white)
• Board/card games (classic, eg Monopoly, Uno or alternative, POLITKO)

If suitable, we will arrange the logistics for your item(s).

Give labour of love ↑

We are looking for volunteers to help us on site. In particular, we are looking for:

• Interior designers
• Muralists
• Painters
• Carpenters
• Electricians
• Plumbers
• Truck drivers
• Movers

If you would like to enlist yourself as a volunteer, please provide your details online.

Give books to the New Malaysia Collection ↑

We are expanding the MCCHR collections to include Malaysian literature and creative writing. We are looking for books that match the following criteria to add to the New Malaysia Collection:

• work of fiction in any language;
• in good condition (without any missing pages);
• first published in 2004 or later; and
• either,
  • written by at least one Malaysian or Malaysia-born author, or
  • published by an independent Malaysian publisher.

If you have books matching the above criteria to be given away, please give the book information online.

Give money plants ↑

We want to make the new space green and beautiful. But we are no gardenistas and we can only take care of money plants. If you want to give some money plants, just come over to our place to drop them off. More information getting to there at mcchr.org/space.

Give money ↑

You are most welcome to donate money to fund this project. The money raised will go towards sourcing the much needed furniture and equipment as well as upkeep of the community space.

Donate online by Paypal: RM20 · RM50 · RM100 · RM500 · RM1,000
(Excluding payment processing fee of RM2 + 4.4%)

Alternatively, please email us at spac[email protected] to donate by cash/cheque/bank transfer.

Please join Revamping Pusat Pusat Rakyat Facebook group. If you have questions, please get in touch with us at the above email.

Photo by Khairil Zhafri/Flickr

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Malaysian Centre for Constitutionalism and Human Rights (MCCHR) is a non-profit based in Kuala Lumpur with the mission of promoting active democratic participation and human rights awareness.

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