KUCHING : Hope Place founder, Kelvin Wan and his staff recently handed over rice, cooking oil, Milo, biscuits, noodles, salt, sugar, milk powder and baby’s diapers to housewife, Zalina Binti Pon and her children.
Zalina’s husband, is currently in coma at the Sarawak General Hospital. Zalina has three childen.
One of them, Qhaira Elfira is over one year old, has a hole in her heart and needs an operation. She cannot go for the operation yet because she is underweight. Qhaira currently weighs only 6 kgs and she can only go for the operation when she weighs at least 10 kgs.
Zalina’s other children are four and ten years old. So far, the housewife’s only income is from Baitumal; every 2-3 months, Zalina says she will receive RM700 from the organisation.
Qhaira needs milk powder and M-size baby’s diapers.
Currently, Zalina and her children are staying at the children’s grandmother’s house; it is a small wooden house which accommodates four families of about 20 people.
Hope Place is an non-governmental organisation that visits the poor and less fortunate families to contribute some essential food items like rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, biscuits, and noodles.
Hope Place supports more than 170 families. For more information on how you can help, Hope Place can be reached at hotline: 013-567 2775 from 8.30am -12pm and 2pm– 5pm from Mondays to Fridays and on Saturday from 9am to 12pm only.
If you wish to donate, do request for a receipt from the staff at Hope Place.
