The KL YMCA was established in 1905 with the aim to serve the needs of the youth in Kuala Lumpur. Programmes were geared towards provision of services in the social, recreational and physical aspects. However in the last one and a half decades, the KL YMCA had seen a shift towards greater praticipation in Community life. One of such participation had been in the area of work with the Deaf

The YMCA Deaf Club of Kuala Lumpur started in March 1973 with the main objectives of Fellowship, Social / Recreational activities and job placement. Many hundreds of Deaf Youth found New Hope for their lives through the various activities organised by the club. These activities met the needs of the club communication gap between the Hearing and the Deaf. The YMCA became a meeting point for the Deaf not only from the Klang Valley but from other states as well.

The National Council of YMCAs, Malaysia, initiated the "original" Pusat Majudiri Y (PMY) in 1981, with the Alberta YMCA in a partnership programme. It's main objective was to provide for much needed vocational training for deaf young people who were not able to gain admission into the Ministry of Education's Vocational Schools as they did not meet the minimum educational requirements. Most of the deaf students sitting for the Sijil Rendah Pelajaran (SRP) then, did not make the grade to gain admission into Form Four or even the Vocational Schools.

The initial vocational training provided through part-time instructors and volunteers were typewriting, tailoring/sewing and draughting. Additional language classes were then added to improve the trainees level of language.

In 1985, the PMY was transferred to the YMCA Kuala Lumpur as a step towards amalgamating the vocational training programmes with the deaf youth activities of the YMCA, namely, the YMCA Deaf Club which was under the work jurisdiction of the YMCA Programme Department. Both the PMY and the YMCA Deaf Club's activities were not progressing as fast as we would have liked them to.

The move to have the PMY as the umbrella unit for all deaf services within the YMCA saw the work come under the supervision of the General Secretary and the Committee jurisdiction of the Development Committee. In 1988, the work had expanded and the Pusat Majudiri Y Management Committee was established. The initial response from the deaf youth was one of apprehension and fear that they would be under the "control" of the then PMY staff which they did not want. The Integrated Deaf Work Programme was then developed by the General Secretary to incorporate the following areas of concern and service :

The basic philosophy that the Integrated Deaf Work Programme was developed upon was that the deaf be given the opportunities to develop their self-confidence and their full potential that they may be truly self-reliant.

With the establishment of the Special Vocational School in Shah Alam for deaf students in 1987, the PMY consciously began to review the areas of concern and services that it should develop and provide. From various feedback and discussions with the deaf community and parents of the deaf and observations at the Alberta School for the Deaf, Edmonton, new activities and services were jointly developed with the deaf community and the parents of the deaf.

The major components of the PMY activities now include :