Hope Place comes to aid of longhouses in Sri Aman

KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching recently presented aid to several longhouses in Sri Aman area including Engkilili, Lubok Antu and Betong.

Based on requests from members of the public, Hope Place sent a team to Sri Aman area and interviewed many needy families during the week-long trip. The interview enabled them to identify 36 needy families to receive assistance from Hope Place committee.

These families from Sri Aman ( Betong, Engkilili and Lubok Antu) area were adopted by Hope Place for one year.

Having raised about RM10,000, Hope Place needs another RM40,000 for the project in Sri Aman.

Hope Place thanked Hom Kim Recycling Co, represented by its manager Allan Chai and a group of volunteers from Sri Aman who helped during the trip to Sri Aman.

Hope Place is an NGO that visits the poor and less fortunate families to deliver essentials like rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, biscuits, and noodles.

It also supplies milk powder, oat and diapers to families caring for children with special needs, the elderly and disabled.

Aid is delivered once every two months with more than 180 families on its list.

Many of these families or individuals barely earn enough to get through the month so are grateful for basic necessities to be delivered to them.

Hope Place can be reached at 013- 567 2775 or 082- 505 987 from 8.30am to 12noon and 2pm to 5pm from Mondays to Fridays, and 9am to 12 noon on Saturday.

Should the public be interested to make a donation, they can ask for a receipt from staff at Hope Place.

For direct bank-in to Persatuan Kebajikan Harapan Kuching, its Maybank account no. is 5112- 89001160.