Founder’s death casts pall over children’s home

Teary goodbye: Mary (right) holding back tears while sending Steven on his final journey together with the children and staff of Shammah home in Jalan Nilam, Bagan Ajam, Butterworth. —MUSTAFA AHMAD/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: For the past 13 years, the Shammah Children Home in Bagan Ajam has been providing shelter to more than 60 underprivileged children.

With the passing of the home’s founder Steven Joseph, his wife Mary Josephine Augustine, 44, will now manage the home full-time with the help from volunteers and three staff members.