My greatest fear as a child was becoming and orphan (and my parents getting divorced -yea my happiness was very closely tied to my parents haha).

My greatest fear as a mother is – besides my children dying on me CHOI CHOI CHOI – is us passing and leaving them orphans.

(I wanna say that I would die before I’d let Fighter or Penny become an orphan but that is just a horrible pun.)

Every child deserves a loving family.

If there is no family, they deserve to be loved and cared for anyway.

Every child deserves a roof over their heads.

Every child deserves to not go hungry.

Every child deserves to be educated.

Every child deserves to grow up in a stable environment, safe from harm and abuse.

Every child deserves a chance to be secure and happy.

And every child deserves a chance to grow up into good adults who will perhaps do the same for the children in their future.

It’s common for people to feel for orphans; after all humans are predisposed to want to care for the young of our species. But ever since becoming a mom, the cause of underprivileged children has never been more significant.

Years ago when I started working I registered for a monthly credit off my bank account under UNICEF for underprivileged kids in Malaysia but to be honest, I rarely gave a thought to it since then. There is still so much more we can do. So I was very happy to hear that McDonald’s a brand I genuinely love, and have worked with consistently recently organized a charity initiative for some children’s homes.

Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) – yep, the same clear plastic box for loose change sitting on any McDs counter – arranged for a special outing for the children of ten orphanage homes …. to watch the Angry Birds movie!

I was invited to come join them!  Kids were asked too but I don’t think they can last a movie yet and I don’t want them to disrupt other people’s experience hahaha.

This is the best Ronald McDonald EVER.  He was so committed to his job – greeting the kids and joking and making them feel at ease, and gathering everyone expertly for photos!

With the kids from one of the orphanage homes.

Another home!

Erm we also wanna fit in by taking pics with Ronald hahaha.  Red and Chuck of the Angry Birds showed up and joined us! 😀

As part of the initiative, RMHC also donated RM5,000 each to the ten children’s orphanage homes they worked with. 🙂

Sat in on the screening for about an hour with Fiona, Michelle, Kathy and Kathy’s little girl before I had to rush back to resume mommy duties.

…to this critter and his sister.  I honestly can’t imagine them being on their own without us to care for them. 🙁  Underprivileged children need all the help we can give. I’m glad Ronald McDonald House Charities is doing their part to contribute and it’s a gentle reminder for us to do the same. 🙂

If you would like to know more about what RMHC is doing to help the children, please visit http://www.rmhc.org/

This post was written in collaboration with McDonald’s