MCO: Tech-savvy Malaysians lending oprhanages, old folks' homes a helping hand

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NSTnation: Help is on the way for oldfolkshomes and orphanages following the government’s move to allow all non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to deliver aid directly to the needy and the underprivileged. covid19 MCO

The Women and Family Ministry yesterday announced special guidelines for NGOs to distribute food and essential items to the homeless and needy.This led to tech-savvy Malaysians stepping in to buy groceries and other food items with some buying groceries online through Lazada and Shopee and having them delivered.

Meanwhile, Loo Choon Teong, the superintendent of general affairs of Rumah Victory, a charity home in Jalan Puchong, says his centre was trying to cope with their food provision. Rumah Victory cares for 30 children at its Children and Youth Centre in Taman OUG and 70 residents in the Victory Elderly Home in Puchong.

Rumah Aman Children’s Home administration assistant Noraini Ngdimin said both of their orphanages were doing well.Noraini said both homes received donations of staple food from the community in the neighbourhood, as well as from NGOs.In Kota Baru, Pusat Jagaan Kenangan Hajjah Rahmah Kota Bharu, one of Shaliscare Nursing and Services’s branches, is running low on rice and eggs.

 

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