KUCHING: Hope Place Kuching was appointed by National Welfare Foundation (YKN) and State Welfare Department (JKM) to manage food aid for residents of Anjung Kasih at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH).
Anjung Kasih provides free shelter for those from outside Kuching with no accommodation, but do not include meals. They support 80 residents.
Hope Place will be managing a daily supply of lunch and dinner from July to December this year.
Hope Place is an NGO that visits poor families to deliver daily essentials like rice, cooking oil, sugar, salt, biscuits, and noodles.
Many recipients barely earn enough to get through the month.
Families with children with special needs, or elderly or disabled persons receive milk powder, oats and diapers from Hope Place.
The NGO delivers aid once in two months for the more than 170 families on its list.
For more information on how to help, Hope Place can be reached at hotline 013-5672775 or office (082-683378) from 8.30am-12pm and 2pm-5pm Mondays to Fridays, and 9am-12pm on Saturdays.
Donors can ask for a receipt from the staff at Hope Place.
Direct bank-in to Persatuan Kebajikan Harapan Kuching can be made at Maybank account 5112-8900-1160.