Groceries for underprivileged families

KUALA LUMPUR: Poor families in the city can now have some warm home-cooked meals, thanks to the groceries delivered to their doorstep by Kechara Soup Kitchen Society.

About 200 families selected by the nonprofit organisation will get a month’s supply of groceries, which includes common staples like rice, salt, sugar, soy sauce, cooking oil, biscuits, powdered milk and some canned goods.

“We deliver the groceries to the families we identify. And we contribute to families from all races. The bags are valued at about RM100 each and the deliveries are done almost daily by either our staff or volunteers. The families are from all over the city,” Kechara project director Justin Cheah said, adding that it is usually the same families that receive the goods.

“By receiving the grocery bags, they can prepare a simple meal at home. This stops them from being on the streets, looking for something to eat. As long as they are poor and need help, we try to provide them the grocery bags,” he added.

With basic groceries taken care of, the families can use whatever meagre earnings they have for other needs like paying the rent, utilities, medical or even education needs.

theSun has also teamed up with zubedy’s #SaySomethingNice and contributed RM12,000 from its theSun Cares Fund, which will be used to supply groceries monthly for 10 families as part of the campaign.