KUALA LUMPUR, 6 June 2015: Ten underprivileged families from PPR Sri Pantai, including a family of husband and wife whom are both with blindness disability, were being taken care of by Great Vision Charity Association’s Shopping Buddy Program. The Shopping Buddy Program is a program conducted by the association on a monthly basis, where 10 selected underprivileged families were invited for a groceries shopping session to help ease their household burden.
Grocery shopping has become a daunting task for the blind couple due to difficulties in navigating the aisles and in reading the food labels or price tags on grocery products. The volunteers helped collect a shopping list from the couple beforehand and helped the couple to shop and deliver the groceries to them personally.
Meanwhile, for the rest of the other underprivileged families, once they were done with the shopping session, they were invited to enjoy luncheon at Seasons Restaurant before being chauffeured back to their homes by the volunteers. Special thanks were accorded to Seasons Restaurant for their ongoing support on the Rakan Shopping charity event by providing discount on total the bill.
Rakan Shopping Meringankan Beban Keluarga Kurang Bernasib Baik & Cacat Penglihatan
KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Jun 2015: Beban sepuluh keluarga yang kurang bernasib baik dari PPR Sri Pantai, termasuk satu keluarga suami isteri yang kedua-duanya cacat penglihatan, diringankan menerusi program Rakan Shopping anjuran Persatuan Harapan Mulia. Program Rakan Shopping merupakan program yang dijalankan oleh persatuan itu pada setiap bulan, di mana 10 keluarga kurang bernasib baik dipilih dan dijemput untuk sesi membeli-belah barangan runcit untuk membantu meringankan beban isi rumah mereka.
Membeli-belah runcit telah menjadi satu beban bagi keluarga pasangan buta tersebut disebabkan kesukaran melayari lorong dan membaca label makanan atau tanda harga pada produk runcit. Sukarelawan membantu mendapatkan senarai barangan keperluan runcit dari keluarga tersebut terlebih dahulu dan membantu membeli dan menghantar barang keperluan kepada mereka secara peribadi.
Sementara itu, bagi keluarga kurang bernasib baik yang lain, apabila mereka telah selesai dengan sesi membeli-belah, mereka telah dijemput untuk menikmati jamuan tengah hari di Restoran Seasons sebelum dihantar kembali ke rumah mereka oleh para sukarelawan. Ucapan terima kasih khas telah diberikan kepada Restaurant Seasons atas sokongan berterusan mereka dalam program acara amal Rakan Shopping dengan memberikan diskaun ke atas jumlah bil.
