Archive for September, 2009

Kartik has been evicted!!!

September 28 2009 Categorized Under: All, Misc 3 Comments

Remember Kartik the paraplegic boy? He and his paternal aunt have been asked to leave by the relative they were staying with. The dreaded option was to put him in a welfare home. However, our dear kind Shanti (who is currently housing 10 elderly folks in her house) has kindly offered to take Kartik in [...]

3 new families added to our feeding list

September 28 2009 Categorized Under: All, Misc No Comment

Over the Raya holidays, G2 visited several poor families and requested that we include another 3 families in our feeding program. After reviewing their profile, we just cannot turn them away.
One family can’t even afford to stay in their own house, and is putting up in a friend’s flat. The father is not well and [...]

Kapar Family No. 31 – Family have not had a proper meal for days!!!

September 28 2009 Categorized Under: All, Family Profile No Comment

This is sad but true … when the G2 rep visited this family last week, they discovered that the family have not eaten a proper meal for a few days. So G2 bought some groceries for them. The father abandoned the family. The wife works in the factory earning RM450 a month. They stay in [...]

Kapar Family No. 30 – 70 year old grandma works to feed family

September 28 2009 Categorized Under: All, Family Profile No Comment

With a mentally retarded husband and 6 children, the wife and her mother (the 70 yr old grandma) works to feed the family, but barely surviving. The grandma is a contract worker while the wife “fix screws” at home to earn some money (don’t really know what she does!). The good thing is all the [...]

Kapar Family No. 29 – No house of their own, and staying with a friend

September 28 2009 Categorized Under: All, Family Profile 1 Comment

Very poor family with diabetic and hypertensive father. Both husband and wife have no income. The friend works in a factory and brings home RM400 a month, which is way below the national poverty income of RM720. Of the 5 children, only 3 are in school. The G2 group is helping to enroll the 10 [...]

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