Family living in gloom gets much needed help from Hope
KUCHING: Hope Place has once again come to the aid of a lowincome family residing in poor living conditions.
A’mshah Seman, 49, who makes RM30 per day, is raising five children, the youngest of which is only seven years old, and one of whom has special needs.
According to a press release yesterday from Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan, the family is currently staying in a rundown wooden house without water or electricity.
The house is inaccessible by car and it takes a five-minute walk to get to it.
He spends RM8 a day from his daily wages for four of his children to take a van to school.
Even though an electricity pole in the area was fixed four years ago, the power line has not been fixed until today.
Without electricity, his children have little to no light to study or do their homework.
During a recent visit, Hope Place volunteers gifted the family with food items like rice, cooking oil, salt, sugar, biscuits, noodles, Milo and bottled water.
Wan said many of these families or individuals barely earn enough to get through the month, and are grateful for the assistance with these basic necessities.
For families with children with special needs, or with the elderly, they provide milk powder and diapers as well.
Hope Place carries out their aid deliveries once every two months because of the large number of families on their recipients list.
They currently support more than 150 families.
For more information on how help, contact Hope Place at 0135672775 from 9am to 12pm and 2pm to 5pm on Mondays to Fridays.