KUALA LUMPUR, 26 July 2015: Volunteers from Great Vision Charity Association continues to provide financial aid to low-income families to lower their burdens, especially when the cost of living in the country has continue to rise these days.
The Shopping Buddy Program has been conducted by the association for nearly one year and there are more than 100 families whom had benefited from the program since it first started in October 2014. The program, also known as “Program Rakan Shopping”, is a monthly program where 10 selected underprivileged families were invited for a groceries shopping session to help ease their household burden.
On the morning of the outing, the volunteers drove all the way from Klang and Banting to PPR Pantai Ria, Kuala Lumpur to meet with the respective families at their homes and personally chauffeured them to the shopping mall. Each of the families were handed with RM100 cash vouchers, which is hoped could help ease their burden especially at times like these with escalating prices of groceries.
As usual, the families were invited to dine together with the volunteers for their luncheon, before being chauffeured back to their homes. The families seemed so happy and expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the volunteers before being chauffeured back to their homes.
“I felt great joy after seeing how happy those families are after the session,” said the team leader, Mr. Joe Ang who led the volunteers for this particular event. However, Joe also expressed his worries as it seems that poverty keeps on growing and the number of households needing support continue to grow. He on the other hand hope that the government will put up more aggressive efforts to fight against poverty.
Sukarelawan Membantu Keluarga Berpendapatan Rendah Mendapatkan Keperluan Asas
KUALA LUMPUR, 26 Julai 2015: Sukarelawan dari Persatuan Harapan Mulia terus menyediakan bantuan kewangan kepada keluarga berpendapatan rendah untuk mengurangkan beban mereka, terutama sekali ketika kos sara hidup di negara ini yang kian meningkat.
Program Rakan Shopping telah dijalankan oleh persatuan itu selama hampir satu tahun dan lebih daripada 100 keluarga telah mendapat manfaat daripada program tersebut sejak ia mula dilaksanakan pada Oktober 2014. Program yang berbentuk bulanan ini berlangsung dengan 10 keluarga yang kurang bernasib baik yang akan dipilih dan dijemput ke sesi membeli-belah barangan runcit untuk membantu meringankan beban isi rumah mereka.
Pada pagi aktiviti tersebut, para sukarelawan yang datang dari Kelang dan Banting, telah bertolak ke PPR Pantai Ria, Kuala Lumpur untuk bertemu dengan 10 keluarga berpendapatan rendah tersebut di rumah mereka masing-masing dan menghantar keluarga-keluarga tersebut secara peribadi ke pusat membeli-belah. Setiap keluarga telah diserahkan dengan baucar tunai RM100, yang diharap dapat membantu meringankan beban mereka terutamanya pada masa-masa seperti ini di mana harga barangan runcit semakin meningkat.
Seperti biasa, 10 keluarga terbabit turut dijemput untuk makan bersama-sama dengan para sukarelawan untuk sajian tengah hari mereka, sebelum dihantar kembali ke rumah masing-masing. Keluarga-keluarga tersebut begitu gembira dan melahirkan tanda penghargaan dan ucapan terima kasih kepada para sukarelawan setibanya di rumah masing-masing.
“Saya berasa sukacita selepas melihat betapa gembiranya 10 keluarga-keluarga ini selepas sesi Rakan Shopping,” kata ketua pasukan, Encik Joe Ang yang mengetuai kumpulan sukarelawan untuk sesi bulan ini. Walau bagaimanapun, Joe juga melahirkan kebimbangan beliau kerana tahap kemiskinan rakyat yang kian berkembang dan bilangan isi rumah yang memerlukan sokongan turut bertambah. Dia berharap kerajaan akan meletakkan usaha yang lebih agresif untuk membasmi kemiskinan.
