Hope donates items to paralysed student

KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching was alerted to the plight of a student, Ronaido Lim, 17, who became paralysed and unable to speak after a road accident last year, by a school teacher.

Ronaido’s mother, Runin Pendi, said that he was a helper at last year’s Sukma XVII when the accident happened. He was on the way home after doing his work and was hit by a police van while crossing the road. He had brain injury and went into a coma.

His mother quit her job as a cleaner to take care of him fulltime and their main income is the monthly aid from Welfare Department. Ronaido needs one tin of Ensure milk (400g) via tube feeding daily and diaper change every few hours. The flat rental is RM100 per month. Thus, the aid is not sufficient to buy the expensive milk and diapers.

His father Michael Lim, 67, on the other hand, is weak, suffers from high blood pressure and kidney problem and cannot work.

Aside from that, Ronaido needs to go to Sarawak General Hospital twice a week for treatment but the family has no car to transport him. Currently, the school teachers take turns to help bring Ronaido to the hospital.

Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan visited the family and handed over food items like rice, cooking oil, Milo, biscuit, noodle, salt, sugar, adult diapers and Ensure milk.

Hope Place is an NGO that visits the poor and less fortunate families to contribute some essential food items like rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, biscuits and noodles. Many of these families or individuals barely earn enough to get through the month, hence are grateful with the assistance of these basic necessities delivered to them. For families with children with special needs, or with elderly people, Hope Place provides milk powder and diapers as well.

Hope Place carries out aid deliveries once every two months because of the many families on its recipients list. Currently there are more than 160 families on the list.

Currently Hope Place is short of children diapers size L and XXL, and Ensure milk.

For more information, Hope Place can be reached at 013-567 2775 or 082- 683378 from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm, Monday to Friday; and 9am to 12pm on Saturday. Those making a donation should request for a receipt from the staff at Hope Place. Direct bank-ins can be made to Persatuan Kebajikan Harapan Kuching, Maybank account 51128900-1160.