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Food aid for 73,000 households in Sibu

KUCHING: The Sarawak government has decided to provide food aid to 73,000 households throughout Sibu Division effective Wednesday, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. The distribution will be done in stages and in compliance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the movement control order (MCO). Awang Tengah, who is the […]

UiTM gives food aid to staff

KUCHING: Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) Sarawak Tun Abdul Razak Library (PTAR) Welfare and Recreational Club on Thursday distributed food aid to its PTAR staff affected by the recent floods. According to a statement from PTAR today (Jan 15), they hope the contribution would help ease the burden of their staff who live around Kuching and […]

Department holds Kembara Prihatin Negara programme in Dalat

DALAT: A Kembara Prihatin Negara 2020 programme was held here today. It was organised by a group of people from the Mukah division Welfare Department and volunteers for Dalat and Oya areas. Led by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, they visited Kampung Baharu Cina and Kampung Sungai […]

Food aid for 22 households

MUKAH: Some 22 households in Kampung Judan here whose family members are on quarantine at Mukah Youth Camp here have received the food aid from Tellian State constituency Service Centre on Thursday (Dec 17). Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo said the heads of the affected households were on quarantine because they were in close contact with […]

Food aid for 22 households

MUKAH: Some 22 households, whose family members were being quarantined, received food aid from Tellian State constituency Service Centre here today. Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo said the aid was chanelled through three local organisations — Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Youth Tellian branch, Saberkas Tellian branch, and Mukah Parliament Youth Organisation (PBPM). He added that […]

1,345 families get food aid from council

KUCHING: A total of 1,345 families in Kuching received food aid from the Women and Family Council under its ‘Love is Kind’ programme from Nov 29 until Dec 12. Today, 106 families from Kuching South City Council (MBKS) flats, Kampung Selipar Putus, Kampung Kudei and Sri Wangi Flat received the food aid. The programme was […]

Food baskets for 25 visually impaired people

KUCHING: Twenty-five visually impaired people with disabilities received food baskets from corporate bodies through the Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development today. Each food basket contains two bags of rice, eggs, cooking oil, sugar, tea, coffee, biscuits, canned food, milk, noodles, flour and vegetables. The food was collected by the Sarawak […]

Blind masseurs receive food aid

KUCHING: Twenty-six blind masseurs of the Society of the Blind in Malaysia (SBM) Sarawak received food assistance from corporate bodies through the Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) yesterday (Nov 9). Present to hand out the assistance to the recipients was KWKPK Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. Fatimah said the […]

260 PMU students receive food aid

MUKAH: Some 260 Politeknik Mukah (PMU) students from B40 families received food under the Food Bank programme here recently. The food was contributed by YaPEIM 2.0 (Musaadah Khas Siswa) 2020. YaPEIM community officers Fazli Nasulun, Mohd Fadli Saili and Fadlie Zamuri handed over the contribution at a simple handover ceremony at PMU lobby here. Head […]

Single mum gets help from Hope Place

BY ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP KUCHING: A struggling single mother has reached out to Hope Place, a local charity body for help. Norhayati Abdullah, 58, lives in a rundown wooden house at Kampung Kemayau, Serian with her two children who are still studying, namely one in Form 2 and another is studying for her diploma. “I am […]