Chan with his teammates, Faris Faridudin, Kong and Kim, at the kEATchen Food Bank initiative. Photos: kEATchen Food Bank
“This made me realise that it’s not just the B40 community who are suffering during the pandemic. Even those in the M40 category like my friend are impacted, ” says Chan. The kEATchen food bank is located at Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya and is surrounded by several low-income housing areas.Chan shares that the uniqueness of the food bank is that it is “contactless”.
Chan reveals that the food bank supplies two to three tonnes of food daily – both collected directly by recipients and also distributed through several Members of Parliament, including Halimey Abu Bakar and Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil , to the poor at other locations. Although they funded the food bank out of their own pockets initially, Chan says they also started receiving donations from generous Malaysians who wanted to help. To date, they have received RM75, 000 through donations as well as sponsorship for items such as sanitary pads, milk powder and others.
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