Steps to Achieving the Goal
Initial Phase: Train the children to learn to ride unicycles and master basic skills within three months.
Mid-term Phase: Gradually increase the training to challenge distances of 5 km, 10 km, and 50 km.
Final Phase: Challenge distances of 100 to 200 km.


Ultimate Challenge --- Approximately "2,000 km" around Peninsular Malaysia
Date: 2012 (Scheduled for July to August, with a total duration of 45 to 50 days)
"For the children, this is a rare experience and an immense challenge to their physical endurance and willpower." Our four main "Circumnavigation Goals" are:
1. To embody the spirit of "1Malaysia"
2. To promote an environmentally-friendly lifestyle and love for our environment and the Earth.
3. To raise awareness for the underprivileged in society
4. To publicize the "Green Smile Nature Farm Project" project

Through the unicycle activity, we aim to train the children to face setbacks with courage, to stand up again after falling, to foster independence, confidence, and a spirit of perseverance in facing difficulties, to enhance their balance, intelligence, and physical fitness.

The children at Care Haven are like "solo fliers," without parents by their side for support. The unicycle is much the same, with only one wheel and no handlebars to rely on, so they must depend on themselves to create a world of their own. This is why friends are so important to them, learning to be emotionally independent and strong is essential, and learning to support one another is equally important. This is precisely the greatest life gift that Pastor Tham Ah King wants to give to the children.

Care Haven Children's Home Promotes Unicycle Sports

The Japanese discovered early on that unicycle sports could bring numerous benefits to their children. As a result, unicycle riding has long been included as one of the mandatory options in Japanese elementary school physical education classes. In fact, most children in Japan start learning to ride unicycles in kindergarten. However, in Europe and the United States, unicycles are not only used for leisure, off-road activities, and entertainment but also as a means of transportation. So, why do we want the children at our centre to learn to ride unicycles? What is the significance behind this?

  1. 如何达成的步骤

    1. 购买独轮车
    2. 购买安全配备，如：安全帽，运动装，脚车专用鞋，护手与护膝垫，零件等等
    3. 训练孩子们好好掌握骑独轮车的技巧
    4. 拟定一个训练时间表
     

    起初阶段：三个月内训练孩子们学会骑独轮车并掌握基本技术

    中期阶段：训练孩子们挑战五公里，十公里至五十公里的路程

    后期阶段：挑战一百共公里

  2. 中心的孩子们为什么都要学习独轮车？

    中心的孩子都是失亲失养，或是孤儿甚至有些是被遗弃的，他们都是需要被关爱的一群。为了培养他们的自信心及对未来有盼望，我们将采用实际的方法去引导他们，让他们勇于面对过去和心灵的创伤，并持有积极正面的态度。因此，我们将训练孩子们学习骑独轮车。

    1. 独轮车是个很特殊的工具，骑法也很特殊，需要经过可能无数次的摔倒及面对别人的耻笑才能掌握其窍门。运用这个运动器材，我们可以培养孩子们的忍受力和耐力，让孩子们在挫折与失败的过程中不断地受鼓励及勇于再尝试，在这样的学习过程中，他们更能深刻地体会失败中的挫折悲伤与成功带来的欢愉。
    2. 学习骑独轮车能够让孩子们建立信心。让他们知道别人能做到的，他们自己也能做到。甚至能够比别人更好，让他们勇于尝试不畏惧也不退缩。将来，面对再大的困难与挑战孩子们都会更有信心与毅力地一一尝试去克服与解决，而不是先采取消极的逃避态度。

  3. 挑战最高极限-环马来西亚半岛约两千公里。

    我们将计划用将近一年的时间训练孩子们学习骑独轮车，并在2012年（预定于七月至八月三十一日，共45日至50日的时间）环马来西亚半岛，约近两千公里的路程。对孩子们来说这是难得的体验，也是非常巨大的体能及意志力的挑战。

    “环岛目标” 能够；

    1. 提倡环保，爱护我们的环境，地球。
    2. 为了响应我们的首相纳吉“一个马来西亚”的精神。宣扬各族人民享有平等，公平的待遇，各族和谐共处，藉此提升国际竞争力。
    3. 让孩子们尝试挑战极限及自我突破；
    4. 为了要让更多人认识我们，让大家关注在这个社会上还有一群软弱的孩子需要大家的帮助！

  4. 学习骑独轮车的好处：

    1. 可以迅速提高平衡能力
    2. 更有效地促进小脑发育，藉次提高人的智能。因此，独轮车运动也被称为“益智运动”
    3. 促进全身肌肉筋脉的协调，增强韧带组织的强健性和柔韧性。
    4. 能培养我们敢于创新，勇于进取的优良品质
    5. 增强我们挑战困难、对战胜困难的信心有着极大的益处
    6. 它的运动量也绝不亚于游泳或竞走，且是老少咸宜的最佳运动
    7. 可以使人产生强烈的心理愉悦效果，深刻的刺激我们的律动神经，从而达到陶冶性情、健康身心的目的
    8. 无论在马路，公园，林间小道，庭院或室内均可使用，可骑性几乎是全天候

Unicycle sports will bring many benefits to the children. It not only helps with their physical health but also has a significant impact on their mental well-being. Through the tool of the unicycle, we can help the children rediscover themselves, learn independence, and let go of the shadows of their past. Learning to ride a unicycle is quite challenging; it requires continuous effort to gradually master the skill. Through this powerful experience, the children will learn that their greatest reliance in life is not on their parents or others but on the successful experiences they have gained throughout their journey!

Where you fall is where you stand back up

This November, when the kind-hearted Uncle Calvin Teoh agreed to Rev. Thhm Ah King's request and donated 39 unicycles to the Care Haven family, you could see wheels spinning around the children's home every evening.

The unicycle has only one wheel and no handlebars, much like the children at Care Haven and the Youth Academy, who have no relatives by their side to support them. Everything depends on their own ability to stand up on their own.

Mastering the skill of riding a unicycle requires facing the challenge of falling more than a hundred times. You must courageously confront the same wound again, even before the bleeding wound has healed. Do you have the courage to endure falling? Do you have the strength to embrace the courage to stand back up where you fell?

  • 感谢牧师、美珍老师、丽娜老师、谭老师及支持我们的人。感谢老师给我们这个学习骑独轮车的机会。

    - 许慈恩

  • 学独轮车也让我了解到“在哪里跌倒就从哪里爬起来”！失败了就重新再来！

    - 李源福

  • 我第一次骑独轮车，感觉到很兴奋又紧张。我害怕跌倒，但是我又希望快点学会。因为牧师说能骑上独轮车后，会带我们一起去环岛游，所以我希望自己能学会！虽然每天学独轮车只是那短短几个小时，但我很高兴，因为我可以和我的朋友一起学习和谈天。

    - 候靖雯

  • 当我开始学习独轮车的时候我很害怕，因为我怕跌倒。牧师说骑独轮车也是一种运动，因为可以减肥，所以我要快点学会，我们一起努力吧！哈哈哈。。。

    - 何诗婷

  • 我觉得我可以学独轮车是一件很开心的事，因为可以自我挑战。在学独轮车的过程中，我虽然跌倒了许多次、也放弃了许多次，但在朋友的鼓励之下，我又站起来了。看着大家骑上独轮车飞来飞去，我就告诉我自己--他们能做到，我就一定能做到。

    - 张爱婷

  • 开始学骑的时候，很感兴趣。但跌倒了、痛了、流血了，我就起了想放弃的念头，因为我总是会告诉自己--“你一定学不会的！”，所以我也常发自己的脾气。但学久了慢慢的就摸到了一下窍门，跌倒的次数开始少了，对骑上独轮车开始有了信心，放弃的念头也跟着没了。现在终于学会了！能骑上独轮车的感觉真的很棒，因为我终于学会了。如果现在的我还带着想放弃的念头，或许我到今天都还学不会呢！所以我很喜欢学独轮车。

    - 林经薇