Hope for five abandoned kids.

Byline: Veena Babulal

IPOH: The five children abandoned without birth certificates in a home in Buntong are a step closer to realising their dreams of attending school. A five-man team from the Welfare Department visited the Arutperam Jothi orphanage yesterday to help S. Velan, K. Tharsini, both 10, and N.

Pandian, 7, Dineshkumar, 6, and Roja, 5, apply for their birth certificates.

State Welfare Department director Chong Phaik Hee and adviser to the Women, Family and Community Development minister, Datuk Shamsiah Abdul Rahman, were also present. An official from the National Registration Department took down the children's particulars to help …