Seems like it was only yesterday when Universal Foundation held its first fasting break event with the orphanage. Now a year has passed since that very first time. This year, we have two main Ramadan events. The first event was held in McDonald's Pondok Indah with a small group of 25 children from Majelis Ta'lim Darussalam, age 5 to 13. The reason why we wanted to take the children to break their fast at McDonald's was because most of the children haven't had their chance to have a visit to the fast food restaurant. We had an idea that it would be nice to take the children to eat in the restaurant and to feel the ambiance themselves. We were right. When we opened the event and asked the children whether they have been to McDonald's before, all of the answered "No, we haven't". Therefore, it was the very first time for them to actually eat in McDonald's. We were so happy to have been able to take them there.
A moment before the event started. On the right corner was Ibu Ita, the caretaker of the orphanage.
The various parts of the event, introduction, singing,
Mesza, telling a story to the children while waiting for the time for the fasting break. The story was about a monkey that tends to think only about the short term instead of the longer term. The moral of the story was about how we have to think about what will happen next when we do something. It's like a 'look before you leap'.
It was our happiness to see the children smiling. On this event, we were lucky to gain a support from Dettol - an antiseptic soap. We were given a support in terms of small package of Dettol for the children and also bigger package for the guests and the caretakers.
Marlow, being a host of the event. In this picture, we were trying to make interaction with the children as to introduce themselves one by one to us and also to the guests. Not just introducing their name but also to say what they want to be when they grow up. Most of the girls want to be a teacher and most of the boys want to be a soccer layer and police men. 
