NStnation: Faced with a shortage of food in their centres, some had taken to social media to ask for help. coronavirus orphanages oldfolkshomes covid19 MCO MovementControlOrder
The Women and Family Ministry yesterday announced special guidelines for NGOs to distribute food and essential items to the homeless and needy.Ti-Ratana Welfare Society Malaysia principal Tan Thiam Huat sought help through a friend on Facebook.
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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