Welfare Task Force received over 800 food aid applications since inception

KUCHING: Since its inception on July 4 under the Miri Divisional Disaster Management Committee (DDMC), the Welfare Task Force has received a total of 867 food aid applications. From July 4 to 14, a total of 1,212 applications were received, with 867 fulfilled so far, comprising 490 applicants from Miri District, five from Bekenu District, […]

Pemulih helps lighten burden of rakyat

BY NATASHA JEE & NURIN YUSRINA THERE are officers at the Petra Jaya Constituency Service Centre who ensure that food aid reaches the people, especially those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Senior Works Minister and Petra Jaya MP Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof gave this assurance during the handover of the food baskets under the National […]

Hope Place sends food aid to medical welfare fund

KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently sent food aid to the Malysian Medical Welfare Fund Sarawak Zone (Sentosa Hospital Kuching). The charitable non-governmental organisation (NGO) said the hospital was temporarily closed and its entire staff including the kitchen staff had to undergo swab tests on Tuesday (July 13). “Without any delay, we delivered food aid to […]

Distribution of food baskets begins

BETONG: The distribution of 1,044 food baskets from Betong MP Datuk Robert Lawson Chuat began on Monday (July 12) in the Layar state constituency. Layar assemblyman Gerald Rentap Jabu officiated at the symbolic handing over of the food aid at the Layar Service Centre store. He handed over the food baskets to the respective representatives […]

Recipients grateful, thankful for Pemulih food aid

KUCHING: Recipients of the food aid under the National People’s Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package (Pemulih) are thankful to the federal government for being concerned about their welfare.  The federal government recently allocated RM300,000 to all MPs including the opposition for them to implement the Food Basket Aid for those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic […]

SUPP Kuching provides food aid

KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching branch recently provided food aid to households that raised white flags. “The public notified us on the white flags which were raised at one of the buildings at Jalan Sungai Padungan. “The team lead by Pemanca Datuk John Tiong followed by Cr Jong Yean Pin, Cr Bong Lian […]

Pemulih food aid for 4,800 Batang Sadong folk

SIMUNJAN: As many as 4,800 poor households and e-Kasih recipients in Batang Sadong parliamentary constituency will start to receive food baskets under the National People’s Well-Being and Economic Recovery Package (Pemulih). On June 28, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced that each MP is allocated an amount of RM300,000 to implement the food basket […]

Lawas, Long Lamai folk get Samling’s food aid

KUCHING: Samling Group has distributed food packs as part of its ongoing corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme for the benefit of villagers in Lawas and Long Lamai. Samling regional manager Chong Chii Ming said that the trip to the villages has enabled them to identify many more future CSR projects that they can carry out […]

Hope Place helps single mother, distributes food packs

KUCHING: Hope Place has come to the aid of a single mother who had been rushed to the Sarawak General Hospital’s (SGH) emergency department. The non-governmental organisation (NGO) received an urgent call from a social worker from SGH regarding the desperate single mother who had tried to hurt herself. The single mother, who has two […]

Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak offers food aid

KUCHING: Individuals affected by the movement control order (MCO) and are in need of food aid can contact Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak (TBS) for assistance. In an infographic shared by TBS, it said that individuals who are in difficulty or have yet to receive food aid can contact their respective branch office in the state during […]