KUCHING: Over the past eight years, Hope Place Kuching has helped more than 700 underprivileged people in Sarawak.
The non-governmental organisation (NGO) is no stranger to the local scene in helping the underprivileged community, regardless of race, religion or background since 2013.
“We would like to express our utmost appreciation to all donors, volunteers and media for supporting Hope Place in the past eight years.
“It is amazing to see more people, especially the younger generation who are actively involved in community work,” said its operations manager Heidi Law.
“We are truly grateful to those who believe in what we do and fight for. We have helped more than 700 families ranging from single parents with schooling children, families with low incomes, people with disabilities and people who are terminally ill,” she said.
She added generous contributions from donors had enabled the NGO to supply food aid and special needs items to the needy once every three months.
She pointed out that Hope Place had become part of the frontline volunteers who helped the Sarawak General Hospital to transport and distribute aid during the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We have provided one-off food aid to more than 250 families since the first movement control order (MCO) was imposed last year. We also went to Lundu to give food aid to 148 families living in two villages under lockdown this week.
“Besides giving assistance to the local community, we have annual charity projects that help villages in the interiors of Sarawak. We also conduct social awareness talks with educational institutions, private companies as well as government agencies,” she said.
