Hope Place visits widow
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently paid a visit to a widow living in Puncak Borneo after her daughter made a call for help. The charitable non-governmental organisation (NGO) said Peni Junau was living alone at Kampung Giam after she lost her husband last year. The 61-year-old is struggling to cope with life on her own. […]
Widow receives help from NGO
By Shaik Shaiful KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching once again gives aid to a 36 year old widow who recently appealed to the NGO for help. It said in a statement that Voon Ching Sia was left struggling with four very young children when her husband died in 2015. She lives at Samarahan with her children […]
Hope Place helping widow with food aid
KUCHING: Hope Place recently assisted a woman, who lost her husband, and is struggling to bring up her two schooling children. The widow, who only goes by Lusia, 43, has no income and only depends on the generosity and kindness of others. She is currently staying with her two children aged seven and 10 in […]
Widow finds life-saver in traditional massage skills
MIRI: After her husband’s death , two years ago to cancer Zurena Wasli has become the sole breadwinner of the family, thanks to the 48-year-old mother of five being a qualified traditional masseur for prenatal massage. “My husband died when we were in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, and during the early phase […]
Hope comes to the aid of widows
DALAT: Hope Place, a non-government organisation, and the Social Welfare Department (JKM) Dalat has come forward to help three elderly disabled widows here. They received adult diapers from Hope Place and food assistance from the department. One of the widows is from Kampung Oya while the other two, who are bedridden, are from Kampung Medong […]
Ray of hope for elderly widow
KUCHING: A widow in Samarahan near here received aid from a charity organisation Hope Place Kuching. The 72-year-old has been living alone all this while and has no immediate family to reach out to for help. Liew Mui Yong has been living in a shed at her friend’s backyard for the past 20 years. Before […]
Widow of RMAF shooting victim gets assistance
KUCHING: The widow of the late Corporal Sharif Mohd Siddiq Al-Attas Wan Sabli, who died in a shooting incident at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) camp here recently, has received much-needed support and assistance from the Social Welfare Department (JKMS). Aid in the form of cash, food as well as baby diapers and baby […]
Hope Place comes to aid of widow and her young children
KUCHING: Hope Place recently came to the aid of a widow and her three children aged five, 10 and 14. Nasariah Bohari, 47, became a widow after her husband passed away in June. “My husband used to be a chef at a hotel. He suffered from diabetes for a long time, and even had his […]
NGO brings hope to widow
KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently assisted a widow and her four children with basic food aid. The charitable non-governmental organisation (NGO) said Rasidah Mahdi lives with her children who are between the age of 9 to 20 at Kampung Stampin Baru. The 44-year-old underwent a bypass heart surgery approximately seven months ago and her chronic […]
Muslim women’s right to matrimonial assets
A Muslim divorcee or widow can stake a claim to matrimonial property even if she was not earning an income and the property was acquired solely by her husband during the tenure of their marriage, say Syariah law experts. Many Muslim women, however, are not aware of this. Even if they are aware, many of […]
