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How charity groups are helping the poor and vulnerable get by amid tighter MCO

Sunday, 05 Apr 2020 07:30 AM MYTHomeless people find shelter at a DBKL community complex in Kuala Lumpur amid the movement control order April 2, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara

Yet BJKC and others like it have initially been told to stop such aid work; authorities say they were not part of essential services allowed to operate in the MCO and were at risk of both catching and spreading Covid-19.the situation in Chow Kit supported the groups’ insistence that they be allowed to continue helping the communities in their care.

Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur has run a soup kitchen for the needy in Jalan Panggung since 2013. The MCO has changed how they work.that social distancing rules have made it challenging to keep delivering to the 300 or so people, mostly the city’s poor and homeless that his group feeds regularly. “DJKL thinks that in an outbreak or any disaster, the hungry and needy will increase.

They packed over 10 tonnes of rice, flour, potatoes, sugar, onions, canned sardines and eggs for the families to ensure they are able to eat for the next two weeks.the groups decided to help as refugees cannot work legally in Malaysia.

 

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