RM6.52 mln allocated for food aid in MCO areas
KUCHING: The state government will provide food aid to households affected by the movement control order (MCO) in Sibu and Kapit divisions. Food Supply Chain Sub-Committee chairman Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the food aid in Sibu Division would cover Sibu, Selangau and Kanowit, while in Kapit Division, it would cover Kapit and […]
Aid lifts burden of 197 fire victims
KUCHING: A total of 197 made homeless in a fire incident that totally destroyed their living quarters today received help from The Salvation Army. Comprising construction workers and families, the victims also lost all their important personal documents and possessions in the blaze. Their seven blocks of living quarters were razed to the ground in […]
NGO lends help to Serian flood victims
KUCHING: Hope Place, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has come to the aid of flood centres in the Serian area, providing necessities for victims affected by the recent floods. Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan said they received information in the late afternoon on Thursday (Feb 4) that Serian area flood centres were in need of help. […]
36,805 Sibu households receive food aid
KUCHING: A total of 36,805 households under the implementation of movement control order (MCO) in Sibu were given food assistance on Tuesday (Feb 2), said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. He said this amounted to about half or 51 percent of the identified recipients of the assistance. “The Sibu Divisional Disaster […]
Total of 61 families receive food aid
SIMANGGANG: Simanggang assemblyman Datuk Francis Harden Hollis presented food aid to 49 families at Rh Ayai in Kpg Putat here last Saturday (Jan 30). The food aid in the form of fresh meat and dry food donated by Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Lingga Branch was presented by Francis to Tr Ayai Jabu in a […]
Food aid for 39 households in Satok
KUCHING: A total of 39 households from Kampung No 6 Patingan Satok who were recently affected by the flood here received food aid. According to Sarawak Public Communications Unit’s (Ukas) report, the assistance was donated by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. The food aid […]
Hope Place delivers food aid to flood victims
KUCHING: A total of 43 families in Kampung Jugan who were affected by the recent floods received food aid and other necessities. Hope Place, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) provided basic food aid, face masks, hand sanitisers, and soaps totalling RM5,000 to the villagers. The aid was delivered by a lorry from Hope Place to the […]
Food aid for villagers
KUCHING: Concerned for the welfare of villagers placed under lockdown, Dalat assemblywoman Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah recently distributed food aid to villagers of Kampung Sungai Ud and Kampung Sungai Ud Hilir in Dalat. She joined the Dalat District Office, Social Welfare Department, volunteers from her constituency service centre, and other frontliners to distribute the food […]
Residents under TMCO to receive food aid
DALAT: Kampung Sungai Ud and Kampung Sungai Ud Hilir which was recently placed under tightened movement control order (TMCO) will be receiving food aid today. Dalat assemblywoman Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the food supplies will be handed out today, operating from Dalat Community Hall. “2,714 residents from the affected two longhouses will receive food […]
Food aid for 90 families in lockdown
SIMANGGANG: Concerned over the welfare of residents in longhouses placed under lockdown, Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis handed over food aid to about 90 affected families here. His visit was also to give moral support to the people living in the longhouses as their movement have been restricted in an effort to […]
