Transforming hunger into hope
Held annually, the World Vision’s 30-Hour Famine movement sees participants around the world go for 30 hours of fasting while raising funds for the underprivileged. In Malaysia, the movement has helped communities such as the disabled, refugees, as well as the urban and rural poor, empowering them through education, skills training and livelihood projects. Shedding light […]
Containers are home to families
BY INDUN SILONG KUCHING: Surviving on vegetables and chicken parts that have been thrown away by market is an unavoidable choice for Nurul Syafiqah Bujang, 27, who lives in an old shipping container at Jalan Kuap here with her husband and two children. Nurul and her husband, Muhammad Aizul Shafiq Goh, previously relied on their […]
World on brink of ‘hunger pandemic’
WASHINGTON: The world is on the brink of a ‘hunger pandemic’ as the coronavirus continues to spread, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley said Tuesday. “Millions of civilians living in conflict-scarred nations, including many women and children, face being pushed to the brink of starvation, with the spectre of famine a very real and dangerous […]
