30 receive food aid
MUKAH: Thirty more needy persons received food aid during the second edition of the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) community programme today. Fifteen of the recipients were from Kampung Petanak Hulu while the other 15 were from Kampung Petanak Hilir. Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo handed over the assistance to the recipients at the Ziarah Ukas […]
Serian villagers receive ’korban’ meat
KUCHING: Several villages in Serian here received ‘korban’ (sacrificial) meat in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidiladha celebration today (July 31). Yayasan Budi Ihsan Malaysia contributed three cows to the committee of Kampung Angkat Saudara Kita Programme (ProKASK) Serian branch. The committee also received four more cows from Shariah and Halal Compliance Department, Astana Negeri […]
Help the needy, leaders urged
SEMATAN: Community leaders and village chiefs (KMKK) have been reminded of their important role in disseminating information on the government’s assistance to the needy. Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said they could assist in registering qualified children under their care for government aid. “This is because they are the ones who […]
NGO answers call for help
KUCHING: Hope Place donated food aid and face masks to a needy elderly couple found to be taking care of their three abandoned grandchildren. A local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Hope Place received several distressed calls during movement control order (MCO) period, and one of those calls for help came from an elderly couple who needed […]
Family of nine receive assistance worth RM10,150
KUCHING: The state government, through the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKMS), gave relief aid worth RM10,150 to a family on Thursday (July 2). Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah handed over the aid to the head of the household, Shamsu Kawie. Shamsu’s double-storey house in Kampung Semerah Padi […]
Hope Place reaches out to family in need
KUCHING: Hope Place has reached out to a family in need in Serian recently after being informed of their situation by members of the public through Facebook. Victor Bingin, 47, and his elderly mother are in need of help as both are in poor health and not working. Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan said that […]
Fatimah hands over aid to needy family
KUCHING: A 63-year-old resident and his family at Taman Won in Matang here received government aid on Saturday. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, who handed over the aid, said Rombli Jusni was also given an approval letter for his monthly handout under the ministry’s Welfare Aid Scheme […]
Food aid for 102 Penan families
MIRI: The Sarawak Oil Palms Berhad (SOP) has extended a helping hand to the Penan communities in Murum by donating essential food items to 102 needy families from Uma Baya Sipat and Uma Mato Tugang. The 102 families received essential food items such as rice, cooking oil, salt, sugar and instant coffee during a handover […]
Tellian constituents get cash from assemblyman
MUKAH: A total of 402 needy people received cash contributions in conjunction with the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Tellian Women chief Sharipah Mardiah Tuanku Ahmad handed over the contributions to community leaders who in turn would present the contributions to the recipients in various villages in the Tellian constituency. She […]
Early Raya cheer for 53 needy families
KUCHING: Asteel Group brought early Hari Raya cheer to of 53 needy families in Kampung Muhibbah here. The recipients received donations of daily essential items comprising two bags of rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, biscuits and noodles. Only a few representatives of the families were present at the handover ceremony held at Pusat Kebajikan PDK […]
