Providing more comprehensive mental health support in Sarawak
KUCHING: The Sarawak Social Welfare Department’s (JKMS) tele-counselling service, which has been in operation since March 2020, has been rebranded as the ‘Community CHAT Service’ to provide more comprehensive mental health support to the community statewide. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that initially the tele-counselling […]
JKMS distributes ‘bubur lambuk’ to staff
KUCHING: Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) staff held a ‘bubur lambuk’ (spiced congee) programme here on Friday (April 30) in conjunction with the fasting month of Ramadan. Ten firefighters from the Petra Jaya fire station were also present to carry out disinfection work at the JKMS building. Cooking started as early as 8am with female […]
42,094 welfare aid recipients to receive extra RM100 for festivities
KUCHING: A total of 42,094 Sarawak Welfare Department’s (JKMS) monthly welfare assistance recipients across the state will receive an additional RM100 aid under the department’s Sejambak Kasih Raya Gawai 2021 programme. The Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) said a total of 15,471 individuals will receive the cash in conjunction […]
Department looking for woman’s biological mother
KUCHING: The Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) Kuching division is searching for a woman named Rosmini, who is the biological mother to Intan Hairunie Abdullah. Rosmini holds an Indonesian passport with the number AB 009356. The department said Intan Hairunie was handed over for adoption to a couple, Sulaiman Daud and Jamai’ah Othman. She […]
Stampin, Sentosa applicants urged to collect the Kenyalang Gold Card
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak is lending a helping hand to distribute Kenyalang Gold Cards (KGCs) to applicants in the Stampin and Sentosa areas who have yet to receive their cards. “We will put the list on our DAP Facebook so members of the public who are waiting for their KGC can check our […]
SUPP to assist in distributing KGCs
KUCHING: The public continues to be informed by the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS) through text messages to pick up their Kenyalang Gold Cards (KGCs) at the department, while Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) assists JKMS in distributing KGCs yet to be collected by applicants. SUPP Women chief Kho Teck Wan clarified this in response […]
JKMS, JWKS get new directors
KUCHING: The Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) has appointed new directors for the state’s Social Welfare Department (JKMS) as well as the Women and Family Department (JWKS). KWKPK Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah said the new JKMS director reported for duty on March 1, while the new JWKS director reported […]
Nearly 200,000 applications for Kenyalang Gold Card
KUCHING: A total of 199,797 Kenyalang Gold Card (KGC) applications have been received thus far, comprising 197,797 for the whole of last year and another 2,000 applications received this year as of Friday (Jan 22). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that of this total, 184,084 cards […]
McDonald’s Malaysia lends help to frontliners
KUCHING: Malaysian favourite fastfood chain, McDonald’s Malaysia through Ronald McDonald’s House Charities Malaysia (RMHC Malaysia) has sponsored food items to about 200 frontline staff from the state Social Welfare Department (JKMS). Its general manager Mohd Nasri Mohd Nordin said the food donation was to cheer up the frontliners who had been working hard and risking […]
Salvation Army does its part to aid flood victims
KUCHING: Occupants of the Stapok Community Hall, one of the 17 evacuation centres in Kuching, heaved a sigh of relief when a team from The Salvation Army Kuching Corps made a recent visit there to distribute food and essentials to those affected by the flood. At the time of the visit, the Social Welfare Department […]
