450 needy students receive aid vouchers
BINTULU: A total of 450 students from poor families in Tatau District have been selected to receive vouchers for the purchase of school uniforms and shoes from Sarawak Foundation worth RM90,000. These students were from 14 secondary and primary schools in this district. On hand to present these vouchers on Friday was Tatau District Officer […]
Lions members come to aid of poor families
SIBU: Twenty Lions Clubs pooled their resources to make a joint contribution of basic necessities to three impoverished families in Bintangor recently. The clubs are from Lions District 308-A2 Region 2 & 3 namely Lions Club of Bintangor, Sarikei, Sibu Mandarin, Sibu Seduan, Sibu Central, Sibu Pahlawan, Sibu Berjaya, Sibu City, Sibu Jaya, Sibu Sungai […]
Medicaid’s free circumcision a boon for poor Muslim children in Cambodia
By Fatin Nabihah Marzuki PHNOM PENH: Some 60 boys watched curiously as a vehicle ferrying 27 volunteers from Malaysia entered the compound of the Istiqbal Al’Azim mosque in the impoverished fishing village of Takmo, a 30-minute drive from the Cambodian capital. The boys, aged between seven and 15, looked unkempt and seemed anxious, their hands […]
Dayak think tank to keep promoting education
KUCHING: Dayak Think Tank Association Sarawak (DTTAS) intends to continue organising education fairs for the rural population in the state. DTTAS Education Fair 2022 secretary Jacqueline Martin said plans are underway to continue organising the DTTAS Education Fair in 2023 following the success of the education fair in Sibu on Sept 16-17. “This programme is […]
MRC Miri members visit two poor families
MIRI: The Welfare, Health and Community Sub-Committee of Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) Miri branch recently visited two poor families at Lambir. During the visit, chairperson of the Sub-Committee, Dr Uma Devi gave a short talk on the dangers of plastics and the importance of cleanliness and healthy food to the family members. This visit then […]
20 poor families receive aid from rep
KUCHING: A total of 20 asnaf (needy) in the Satok constituency here received donations from Satok assemblyman Datuk Ibrahim Baki. According to Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS), the donations are to ease the burden of the less fortunate. Ibrahim also contributed donations to the Darul Uyuun Surau in Kampung No 3 during a Ramadan Ihsan […]
Federation helps poor families with food, baby supplies
KUCHING: The Federation of Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Division Chinese Associations recently donated food and baby supplies to 13 people from two poor families here. One of the family members, Siong Siaw Fung, had asked the federation to help her family and her brother’s family. Federation president, Datuk Richard Wee sent a welfare team to […]
Food baskets for 500 poor families
KUCHING: Five hundred underprivileged families in Kuching, Samarahan and Sri Aman received food baskets worth RM100 each from Sarawak Volunteers on Monday (May 24). Sarawak Volunteers, a non-profit volunteering platform run by trained and experienced youth volunteers, said the programme was carried out under its “My Gawai & My Ramadhan” annual charity programme launched in […]
70 poor homes repaired since 2017
KUCHING: More than 70 dilapidated houses had been repaired in the Batu Kitang Constituency under the Sarawak Poor Home Improvement Programme (PPRMS) since 2017. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang, who revealed this, said, “Every year, we manage to repair about 20 to 30 dilapidated houses in my constituency. “By the end of this year, […]
Five siblings forced to share a smartphone for online lessons
KOTA BHARU: Since the school session began last Sunday, five siblings from a poor family here is only equipped with one smartphone, which belongs to their mother, to study via teaching and learning at home (PdPR). Hasyani Mat Jusoh, 42, said her family is among the poor who are finding it a great challenge in […]
