Food baskets for 500 poor families
KUCHING: Five hundred underprivileged families in Kuching, Samarahan and Sri Aman received food baskets worth RM100 each from Sarawak Volunteers on Monday (May 24). Sarawak Volunteers, a non-profit volunteering platform run by trained and experienced youth volunteers, said the programme was carried out under its “My Gawai & My Ramadhan” annual charity programme launched in […]
Early Gawai cheer for 50 longhouses
KABONG: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Kabong spent two days distributing 996 food baskets to 50 longhouses as gifts for Hari Gawai which will be celebrated on June 1. Special duty officer to Kabong assemblyman Nur Elffi Amir said today the programme was an initiative by Kabong assemblyman Mohd Chee Kadir to cheer up the celebration. […]
Rep presents food baskets to 2,450 homes
KABONG: Kabong assemblyman Mohd Chee Kadir presented food baskets to 2,450 homes in 25 villages in conjunction with the MCK 2021 Aidilfitri Touch programme. Deputy chief of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Kabong branch Alwie Sapalie said the programme aimed to express Chee’s gratitude to the people in the Kabong constituency. “This is also a […]
Ramadan aid brings cheer to 45 poor families
MIRI: State Transport Minister and Senadin assemblyman Datuk Lee Kim Shin presented food baskets and RM350 cash aid to 45 lower income families of SK Senadin students here. These families received the gifts when celebrating Hari Raya festive season at a programme organised by the school’s Islamic Studies Committee and its Muslim teachers and staff […]
Association spreads Ramadan cheer
KUCHING: A total of 32 baskets of dried food and 400 packs of bubur lambuk (savoury porridge) were presented to the residents of Kampung Paya Mebi in conjunction with the month of Ramadan. The donation was presented by the Sarawak Bumiputera Amateur Golf Association (PGABS) in a brief ceremony at the Al-Muhajirin Mosque, Kampung Paya […]
Needy families get food aid
KUCHING: Habitat for Indigenous and Urban Programme (Hidup) president George Young Si Ricord Jr and his team delivered food baskets to a group of six families in Kampung Quop and Kampung Siderud today. These families consist of daily-paid earners and construction workers with school-going children under house quarantine for the next 14 days. Most of […]
15 PUS in Mukah get food baskets
MUKAH: The Dalat Service Centre distributed food baskets to 15 persons-under-surveillance (PUS) at the Kingwood Resort quarantine centre, 15km from town, on Thursday (Feb 18). Parti Pesaka Bumipuetra Bersatu (PBB) Dalat Women head Hatiah Spawi handed over the contributions. She reminded all PUS, who are from Dalat, to always adhere to the instructions given by […]
RM1.6 mln in food aid for villagers during lockdown
DALAT: Up till Monday, a total of RM1,616,176 was spent on 5,428 food baskets for 2,714 villagers from 603 families and cooked food for frontliners during lockdown in two villages here. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said Mukah Division Community Welfare Department had channelled baskets of dry […]
Food baskets distributed to flood victims
MUKAH: Some 160 food baskets were delivered to residents in Kampung Sitieng in the upper reaches of Batang Mukah who were affected by the recent floods. Balingian assemblyman Abdul Yakub Arbi was present to hand over the food aid to the villagers. “I hope the assistance would lessen the burden faced by the affected residents,” […]
Expedite aids to the disabled
KUCHING: Food baskets and other assistance from the government and Social Welfare Department (JKM) should be expedited to ensure there is sufficient food for the needy with disabilities, said Persatuan Anak Istimewa Sarawak (Perais) president Rapelson Richard Hamit. “Many people with disabilities (OKU) who are employed have had their income affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. […]
