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Alone and in need of food

BY ANNABELL NAJA TOMMY KUCHING: Hope Place has helped a 74-year-old man who lives alone at a shop lot along the Kuching Waterfront. The non-governmental organization (NGO) immediately visited Yusof Reduan after receiving an urgent call requesting for food aid to be delivered to an elderly person “Hope Place is helping Yusof with supplies of […]

Two underprivileged people from Kampung Kudei Baru Iban receive aid

KUCHING: Two residents of Kampung Kudei Baru Iban received solar lights and installation was done by non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place on Thursday (March 3). Michael Tugat, a 53-year-old physically disabled man lives alone without any electricity or clean water supply. His only source of water is from the rainwater he collected and he has […]

Peninsular-based company join forces with NGO to help needy

KUCHING: MTT Shipping Sdn Bhd collaborated with charity non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place Kuching recently. Hope Place said MTT Shipping, based in Peninsular Malaysia, decided to spread its charity work here. “We received 200 sets of food aid from the company that will be distributed to underprivileged communities in Kuching. “Each set is worth RM100 […]

Hope Place share festive joy with needy

KUCHING: Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place shared the Chinese New Year (CNY) joy with the needy here. Hope Place distributed, among others, oranges, soft drinks, cookies, Omega 3 milk powder and ang pow – all obtained from a group of donors from Bintulu. Among the recipients are Jong Hing Kah and his brother, who are […]

Cancer patient finds hope in NGO

By Jacintha Jolene KUCHING: An elderly man suffering from oral cancer finally saw the light of day when he received aid from a local NGO, Hope Place. Sim Soon Ang, 57, has been battling cancer for some time and lives alone in a Buddhist temple. He used to live with his wife, working in the […]

Single dad with cerebral palsy son receives help

KUCHING: Hope Place has recently come to the aid of a single father of two struggling to take care of his family, including his elder child who was born with cerebral palsy. Joseph Linden, who resides in Kampung Sagah, has been a stay-at-home father for three years in order to take care of his 11-year-old […]

Firm steps forward to lend more hope to NGO

KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching, a non governmental organisation caring for needy families, was recently chosen as one of the Sarawak beneficiaries of MTT Shipping Sdn Bhd’s charity sponsorship. This is the first time MTT Shipping has done charity work in Sarawak, and the company has distributed food not only in Kuching but also in Sibu, […]

Bedridden Jacky receives aid from Hope Place Kuching

KUCHING: A terminally ill man in Siburan near here has received aid from Hope Place Kuching. Jacky George, 51, lives with his wife and their four children in Kampung Bunau and is bedridden after suffering from a near fatal stroke in February this year. “Hope Place went to his home and found out he could […]

Hope Place teams up Sabah NGO to help needy

KUCHING: Charity body Hope Place has teamed up with a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah to help the needy. Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan shared that he visited Arms of Hope Sabah over the weekend. “Together, we not only delivered food aid and face masks to underprivileged communities in Kota Kinabalu but also […]

Hope Place comes to aid of abandoned senior citizen

KUCHING: Hope Place has responded to a desperate cry for help from an abandoned senior citizen who has been struggling to make ends meet. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) is providing basic food aid to Dayang Gundi, 57, in the hopes that this would ease her burden. She had received quarantine aid from Hope Place a […]