Stroke patient receives aid
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently provided relief to a stroke patient longing for assistance. The charitable non-governmental organisation (NGO) said Ting Keong Sieng had a stroke in April this year which left half of his body paralyzed and rendering him unable to support his family. The 38-year-old is living in Batu Kawa with his wife, […]
NGO comes to needy families’ aid
KUCHING: A needy family, whose plight was alerted by a concerned member of the public, has received food aid from Hope Place Kuching yesterday. A statement issued by the non-governmental organisation (NG0) said it recently provided food aid to the family of 32-year-old Tan Chiao Lee and her husband Au Boon Leong. Au, a former […]
Struggling family asks for help
KUCHING: Hope Place is helping a family after their patriarch was involved in a terrible accident. Usebee Jinal, a 47-year-old painter, fell down from a scaffolding while on a job in June this year. His accident left him with a severe haemorrhage in his head and after surgery, he remained in the Intensive Care Unit […]
Ailing elderly couple gets help
KUCHING: A sick elderly couple who lived at Jalan Stephen Yong received immediate assistance from Hope Place with essential supplies. The NGO received a call to help the elderly couple, Muniyandi Naransamy, 68, and his wife Rajeslosana, 63, who both have serious health problems. According to Hope Place, Muniyandi is a retired fireman who had […]
Hope Place helping widow with food aid
KUCHING: Hope Place recently assisted a woman, who lost her husband, and is struggling to bring up her two schooling children. The widow, who only goes by Lusia, 43, has no income and only depends on the generosity and kindness of others. She is currently staying with her two children aged seven and 10 in […]
Senior citizens in need of help get NGO’s attention
KUCHING: Three senior citizens have received aid in the form of food and material donations from charity organisation Hope Place. Suffering from several illnesses like diabetes, high blood pressure and asthma, Pael Aming, 61, lives alone in Sungai Tapang, Kota Sentosa, Mile 7 here. She used to work in a coffee shop but her bad […]
Pregnant single mom gets help
KUCHING: A single pregnant mother caught the attention of Hope Place after a concerned individual raised the issue to the organisation. The single mother, identified as Ja’anaa Chambi, had recently lost her husband, leaving her with three other children. According to Ja’anaa who shared her story with Hope Place during their visit yesterday, her late […]
Single dad juggles between work and keeping family together
KUCHING: Not all heroes wear capes, and single father, Tan Sing Kwang, 44, is one of them. The father of seven children aged between 10 months and 18, once had a stable job as a lorry driver and earned enough for his big family. His life turned upside down when his wife and their 15-year-old […]
Hope Place trains KK-based NGO
BY FASIHA KHUSHIRI KUCHING: Last weekend, Kelvin Wan, founder of Hope Place, and two Hope Place members conducted a two-and-a-half-day training session at Arms of Hope in Inanam, Kota Kinabalu. Arms of Hope, a non-profit organisation founded by Chong Eng Lee in 2019 and modelled after Hope Place, provides basic relief to the underprivileged in […]
Agency donates 29 bags of pre-love clothes
KUCHING: A total of 29 bags of quality pre-loved clothes were donated by VG Agency to Hope Place on Thursday. VG Agency founder Valerie Goh said the charity aimed at cultivating ‘give back to the society’ culture among the associates of the agency, which is an insurance agency here. Valerie added, “No one has ever […]
