Takaful Ikhlas, Adabi prepare bubur lambuk for UMMC community

KUCHING: In celebration of the Ramadan month, Takaful Ikhlas Bhd (Takaful Ikhlas) and Adabi Consumer Industries Sdn Bhd (Adabi) have collaborated together to cook and distribute 1,500 packets of free traditional ‘bubur lambuk’ porridge to members of the University of Malaya medical centre (UMMC) and families under the purview of Inspirasi Mualaf, a nongovernmental organisation.

In the spirit of mutual cooperation, Takaful Ikhlas employees together with volunteers and members of Adabi, UMMC and Inspiration Mualaf worked together to undertake all the cooking and distribution activities for the event.

Commenting on event, Takaful Ikhlas’ president and chief executive officer, Datuk Ab Latiff said that the cooking and distribution activities of ‘bubur lambuk’ were aimed at bringing Takaful Ikhlas closer to the local community.

“This initiative by Takaful Ikhlas is a good responsibility for us to have because it helps us not only fosters friendship within the community but also help provide the less fortunate with more access to this special porridge cooked by Adabi,” he said.

The second event of the day with Adabi was participated by 15 Takaful Ikhlas employees along with volunteers from the Mualaf Insipiration and UMMC. At this event, Takaful Ikhlas also donated RM5,000 to Mualaf Insipiration.

As a caring corporate organisation, Takaful Ikhlas guided that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is an important aspect of their group, and that CSR activities such this are part their initiative to contribute back to communities of Malaysia that have contributed greatly to the growth and success of Takaful Ikhlas.

Starting operations in 2003, Takaful Ikhlas is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the public-listed company MNRB Holdings Bhd who is an investee company of Permodalan Nasional Bhd. On May 5, 2014, the Company changed its status to a public company.

Currently, Takaful Ikhlas has 13 regional offices, over 5,000 agents and over two million registered certificate policy holders.

Takaful Ikhlas chief operating officer of family division Nazrul Hisham Abdul Hamid (middle) presenting the charity donate to Inspirasi Mualaf’s chief executive officer Muhammad Roger Arnold (right) during the free porridge distribution event. Also...