Mitta For Life Cancer Counselling Centre

There is an increasing number of Cancer cases on the rise in Malaysia.
It is estimated that a total of 30,000 new cases are detected annually.

Mitta For Life Centre is established by Venerable E. Indaratana Maha Thera, Chief Monk of Mahindarama Buddhist Temple to provide free counseling service and other related services to Cancer patients and their loved ones in coping with the illness.

The new community service was officially launched on Vesak Day,
May 2005. All services and activities are provided free-of-charge and
are open to all Cancer patients and their loved ones in the Northern Region regardless of race, religion or creed.

Cancer is a personified enemy that ravages from within. Cancer patients go through a lot of suffering. Accepting the diagnosis itself could be very traumatic. Going through the diagnosis itself is very tedious.

Apart from the physical ailments like nausea, lethargy and , depressing issues like loss of physical features, such as the hair, psychosocial problems can occurred at work or in social circles. Cancer patients may possibly experience great swings of emotions from disbelief to hopelessness and from hope for their future to grief, anger and sadness.

Our Centre will allow these emotions to be expressed and by their sharing with our team of volunteers, we will try to help them to deal with the emotional and psychological effects of Cancer. The emotional turbulence and trauma created in the immediate family is very difficult to be handled by the Cancer patients. They have countless concerns, anxiety, worries and fears about the future.

All these can shatter the Cancer patients into pieces. Thus, Mitta For Life Centre is an arena for them to reach out to, a place for them to relieve their doubts, agony or pain. We want to show them our compassion and loving-kindness and to help them as much as possible. We believe that an act of kindness dispels a thousand disasters.

The maintenance and operation of Mitta For Life Centre will be funded by donations and support from well-wishers. All donations shall be send directly to Mitta For Life Fund, c/o Mitta For Life Centre, No. 19, Solok Trengganu, 10460 Penang.
Donations can be made payable to “Pertubohan Mahindarama Buddhist” either by cash, crossed cheque, money order or bank draft. Fund-raising activities will also be organized and all proceeds received from the donations and fund-raising activities shall be channeled towards welfare support of deserving Cancer patients

Objectives
1 Mitta for Life Centre will be managed by a dedicated team of volunteers comprising specialists, consultants, medical doctors, senior staff nurses, experienced counselors and volunteers from all walks of life to serve the community by helping Cancer patients to cope with their illness.

2 Mitta for Life Centre will maintain a holistic approach by caring, serving and counseling the Cancer patients and providing practical support to them and their loved ones to reduce their suffering in every way possible.

3 Mitta for Life Centre will ensure that professionalism and confidentiality are strictly maintained by all volunteers who are required to adhere to the Code of Ethics for Volunteers when serving the Cancer patients and their loved ones :

Colours of Mitta

1 Blue - signifying loving kindness and peace.
2 Yellow – signifying faith and hope.
3 Red - signifying achievement, wisdom, virtue and fortune.
4 White - signifying purity.5 Orange - signifying strength and dignity.