Charity NGO Hope Place welcomes student volunteers
KUCHING: Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place opened its doors to four students from a higher learning institution to do volunteering and community work. The four from SEGi College Sarawak will be required to fulfil 20 hours of community service. “These college students are studying Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology and one of their subjects, Curriculum […]
Hope Place hands over food aid to Lingga villages
KUCHING: Hope Place’s charity expedition called ‘Giving Hope, Sharing Love’ visited four villages in Lingga to hand over food aid worth over RM34,000 recently. About 60 volunteers and 18 units of 4×4 modified trucks were involved in the expedition. Sixty-four families in Kampung Langgir Ulu, Kampung Linggir Illi, Kampung Menuang Ulu and Kampung Menuang Illi […]
20 needy families benefit from help
KUCHING: Twenty needy families and individuals here were given contributions worth RM150 each by Ming Dynasty. The online direct sale businessman Alvin Chong Chun Min from Ming Dynasty, came together with his team came to Hope Place to hand over the contributions to needy families on Tuesday (Sep 14) as part of their corporate social […]
Hope Place grateful for donations
KUCHING: Harbour Music KTV donated food items to Hope Place which include boxes of biscuits, as well as packets of milk powder and Milo. “Hope Place is always grateful and thankful for local businesses for their support. “The assistance received will help the underprivileged in Kuching,” it said in a statement issued on Monday. For […]
Homeless mom, kids given help
KUCHING: A homeless mother and her three young children approached Anjung Singgah for help recently. Subsequently Anjung Singgah contacted Hope Place Kuching requesting assistance for these four persons in need, said a statement issued on Friday (Sept 11). “The 29 year-old mother ran away from her rented home, with all her children in tow, as […]
Hope Place comes to the aid of homeless man
KUCHING: A homeless man was robbed last week while he was sleeping on the pavement at Padungan in the middle of the night. “His backpack — in which he kept his wallet, identity card and handphone — was stolen. “The victim, Alvin Chee, 40, has fallen into hard times and is looking for employment, not […]
Hope Place helps paraplegic
KUCHING: A paraplegic received donations in the form of food aid and a wheelchair from Hope Place on Thursday (Sept 3). A concerned member of the public asked the non-governmental organisation (NGO) to help a neighbour who was living alone in Kampung Chupak, Jalan Kuching-Serian. Based on the information received, a team from Hope Place […]
Vegetable vendor gets second chance
KUCHING: Hope Place got a call recently from one of the families under its care, asking for further assistance. Ayai Tom, 67, used to work as a security guard, but in 2016, he was involved in a motorcycle accident and suffered serious injuries to his back and leg. Since then, he is wheelchair-bound and in […]
Entrepreneurs hold joint charity sale
TOWARDS HELPING THE NEEDY KUCHING: A group of local Kuching entrepreneurs are collaborating together to contribute to the needy community through Hope Place by organising a charity sale. These business owners will contribute RM2 for every sale they make from a box of face masks, and they target to sell 8,000 boxes of face masks […]
Hope Place receives RM10k to help more
KUCHING: Food Aid Foundation (FAF) contributed RM10,000 to assist Hope Place Kuching in lending a helping hand to those who need it. According to Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan, Hope Place has started distributing the contributions to needy families. “The contribution from FAF is a corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative with MetLife Foundation, and FAF […]
