NGO presents food aid to disabled elderly woman
BY AISYAH AZZAHRA KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching has come forward to assist an elderly woman who lives alone in KMC flat at Ban Hock Road here. The non-governmental organisation is providing Jong Siew Moi, 75, basic food every three months. Jong, who is an OKU disability card holder shared that during the movement control order […]
Visually impaired student does not know the word ‘quit’
BY NAZRINZULAIQA HASBI HELEN Keller once said that the only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision. Being blind and deaf did not stop her from becoming a prolific author, political activist and an educator. Her success story has been an inspiration to many. One such inspiring individual is Norhasfalinda Hamdan, […]
A new frontier for athletes with disabilities
KUCHING: See the potential and abilities of disabled people instead of their disabilities, said the Welfare, Community Welfare, Women, Family and Child Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “My experience working with these people is that they do not want pity from us. They want dignity,” she said. “So let us provide better infrastructure, intervention, […]
Action plan on OKU empowerment
KUCHING: The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry attended an engagement session with various persons with disabilities (OKUs) non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to get their input for an empowerment plan. Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah says presently, various services and assistance are provided by the government and NGOs for OKUs, but there is […]
Special Aidiladha for two OKUs in Mukah
OYA: This year’s Hari Raya Aidiladha was a special one for two physically disabled individuals (OKU) when each received an electric motorcycle, thanks to Kumpulan Dakwah Halus (KDH) and Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak (TBS) Mukah as well as Mukah District Police Headquarters (IPD). ASP Alexander Helin John Sitin, and Mukah TBS head Osman Immun jointly handed […]
G-tube patients need special milk formula
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching is appealing to the public to assist in its shortage of special milk formula supply required by 25 cases under its care. Its founder Kelvin Wan disclosed that the special milk formula is required by its clients who are gastronomy tube (G-tube) patients and persons with disabilities (OKU). He pointed out […]
So what! I’m not stealing or begging
Ex-masseur offers door-to-door garbage collection service “I’m not ashamed of collecting garbage. I’m doing a halal job and I’m not stealing or begging,” said Wan Ahmad Nabil Wan Abdul Wahid, 30, who provides door-to-door garbage collection service to support his family. The fifth of 14 siblings started collecting garbage from house to house and shop to shop in October last year and now he has […]
331 OKU receive first vaccine dose at Normah
KUCHING: Three hundred and thirty-one persons with disabilities (OKU) received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at Normah Medical Specialist Centre today (June 19). The vaccination programme for the OKU was organised by the specialist centre in collaboration with the Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Ministry. Its minister Datuk […]
Speed up vaccination for OKU
KUCHING: There is a need to speed up inoculation for people with disabilities (OKU) in the state. Malaysian Society for the Blind, Sarawak Branch chairman Isak Ngau said the matter should be looked into particularly for the OKU in the Elite or Pelapis programme under the Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood […]
Lend a helping hand to the needy
KUCHING: The Persatuan Anak Istimewa Sarawak (Perais) is appealing to members of the public for contribution towards its newly established Food Basket Fund. Perais president Rapelson Richard Hamit said the fund was established to help the people with disabilities (OKU) affected by the enforcement of movement control order (MCO) and total lockdown from June 1 […]
