NGO adds another family under its care
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching has recently taken five-year-old Teo You Feng and his family under its care. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) explained that an untoward incident changed You Feng’s life forever. “The unfortunate incident happened when Ah Feng accidentally drank car coolant when he was about three years old. “Because of the highly acidic content, […]
Hope Place does its bit to help flooded villages
KUCHING: A team from Hope Place Kuching’s ‘Charity Without Borders (CWB)’ recently visited Penan villages that were flooded. The CWB is an annual project to help needy villages in the interior areas. The non-governmental charity organisation said its team together with members of Bintulu 4×4 Club Batu Niah made a three-day two-night trip to survey […]
Ex-athlete receives food aid from Hope Place
KUCHING: A 58-year-old former Paralympic athlete residing at Batu Kitang has received assistance in the form of basic food aid and milk powder from Hope Place on Thursday (Oct 21). Ani Nios, a disabled woman who lives with her three children, was a paralympic swimmer who had won multiple medals for Sarawak during her time […]
Address mental health issues among minority groups
KUCHING: The government should provide support to address the mental health challenges among minor groups living in the interior areas of Sarawak. Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan, who sometimes visited small villages in the deep rural regions in order to deliver aid, said these minor groups such as the Penans and Kayans often had a […]
Bedridden man gets help from Hope Place
KUCHING: An elderly couple in Desa Wira here received essential items from Hope Place Kuching. Phua Teck Choon, 69, and his wife has been living in a house which is built on a government-given land. Phua has been bedridden for about a year due to a stroke that left half of his body paralysed. He […]
Hope Place responds quickly to request for PPE
By Rachel Mina KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently contributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to Taman Seri Puteri at Jalan Matang. According to Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan, they had sent in a request for the PPE, in which Hope Place was quick to respond to. “The items contributed included medical face masks, hand sanitisers, stand […]
Hope comes to the aid of widows
DALAT: Hope Place, a non-government organisation, and the Social Welfare Department (JKM) Dalat has come forward to help three elderly disabled widows here. They received adult diapers from Hope Place and food assistance from the department. One of the widows is from Kampung Oya while the other two, who are bedridden, are from Kampung Medong […]
Malaysian Aeon Foundation committed to helping needy
KUCHING: The Malaysian Aeon Foundation (MAF) continues to fulfill its mission to provide aid for communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. MAF said Aeon Bersamamu was one of the various community assistance programmes implemented nationwide and launched on Feb 1 this year. “The project aims to help alleviate the burden faced by families whose livelihoods […]
Food aid for 10 needy families
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching has stepped in to assist 10 families with a one-off food aid in Sebuyau and Betong this week following a report from members of the public. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) said the families are daily-paid workers who have lost their jobs due to the movement control order (MCO) imposed to curb […]
Hope Place provides assistance to OKU couple
KUCHING: A disabled elderly couple residing at Chawan Road here recently received much needed assistance from Hope Place. Midah Sujun, 73, and her husband, 68, are both visually impaired. As the couple got married in their later years, they do not have any children of their own. The elderly couple has lived in a squatter […]
