Faster processing of aid for needy
KUCHING: Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak (TBS) has upgraded its Jejak Asnaf app which is more sophisticated and user friendly to help expedite processing of aid to the needy. Its general manager Datuk Abang Mohd Shibli Abang Mohd Nailie said the new app Version 3 (JA 3) now allows users to track, report, investigate and check whether […]
Needy families get food aid
KUCHING: Habitat for Indigenous and Urban Programme (Hidup) president George Young Si Ricord Jr and his team delivered food baskets to a group of six families in Kampung Quop and Kampung Siderud today. These families consist of daily-paid earners and construction workers with school-going children under house quarantine for the next 14 days. Most of […]
Hope Place provides aid to 148 in Lundu
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching continues to lend a helping hand to needy families affected by the Covid-19 pandemic situation in the state. The non-governmental organisation together with H&L Supermarket Group recently responded to an urgent call to help 148 families in Lundu who were under the imposition of enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The villages […]
A touch of love from Petronas
KUCHING: Some 250 needy families had received a donation of food supplies and personal sanitation packages from Yayasan Petronas in conjunction with the forthcoming Chinese New Year celebrations. The donation was initiated under Yayasan Petronas’ Sentuhan Kasih (the touch of love) programme which is also an essential part of Petronas’ corporate community well-being and development focus area. […]
Needy families receive CNY donations
KUCHING: Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud’s wife Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Ragad Kurdi Taib donated necessities to needy families in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration. Six families in Tandong and five in Padawan received daily necessities, ang pow and face masks from Ragad’s personal donations on Wednesday (Feb 10). […]
Be more charitable, public urged
KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos has encouraged the public to be charitable towards those in need, especially during the upcoming festive season. “Be concerned and caring towards the underprivileged. At least once a year, we must think of the unfortunate ones in our society and community. “This is not just […]
1,345 families get food aid from council
KUCHING: A total of 1,345 families in Kuching received food aid from the Women and Family Council under its ‘Love is Kind’ programme from Nov 29 until Dec 12. Today, 106 families from Kuching South City Council (MBKS) flats, Kampung Selipar Putus, Kampung Kudei and Sri Wangi Flat received the food aid. The programme was […]
Contribution for needy senior citizens
LAWAS: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan presented aids to senior citizens at a programme organised by the Sarawak Association of Wives of Ministers and Assistant Ministers (Sabati) at Kampung Luagan here recently. The contributions were distributed to needy senior citizens from Kampung Luagan, Kampung Lukutan and Kampung Seberang Kedai Lawas. With […]
Welfare programmes to ensure aid for the needy
KUCHING: Grassroots leaders here are urged to always channel information regarding the needy to the Pantai Damai Service Centre. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi, who is also Pantai Damai assemblyman, said this was important to enable assistance to be channeled to the needy. He […]
Department embarks on Kembara Prihatin Negara programme to aid needy
KUCHING: The Social Welfare Department Sarawak (JKMS) will travel throughout the state under the Kembara Prihatin Negara programme to channel aid to the needy, especially those who are badly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the initiative will not only provide financial […]
