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28th December 2008
We distributed 406 packs of food to the homeless and urban poor in Kuala Lumpur with 307 packs given out on the evening round while 99 packs were distributed on the midnight rounds.
KIND FOOD SPONSORS
| Kraft (M) Sdn Bhd : |
812 packets of Oreo Wafer Biscuits |
| Silver Bird : |
350 loaves of High 5 Bread |
| Breadstory : |
varieties of buns |
| Umai-ya Restaurant : |
40 packs of fried rice
(distributed on the midnight rounds) |
| Mak Koh Restaurant : |
50 packs of fried mee hoon
(distributed on the midnight rounds) |
EVENING ROUNDS (Sunday 28th December @ 1600 hrs)
We have 23 volunteers this week. The weather was moody, cloudy and it drizzled during the whole round. We have started to register the clients for our records in order for us to get to know our clients better and also to get to know what type of help they need.
Both the food distribution and interview process went on smoothly though a few of them refused our interview. Most of the interviewed clients were either aged, staying on their own, jobless or without identification cards.
Some of our regular clients were not at their usual places probably due to the rain and heavy traffic.
There were no untoward incidents at all the areas we covered. We finished the evening rounds at about 7.45pm.
MIDNIGHT ROUNDS (28th December 2008) 2330 hrs
99 packs were given out to the homeless. 5 of us volunteered that night. The streets were quiet and most of our regulars were not at their usual spots as we were told by others that there were constant raids conducted by the police.
Justin Cheah and Veronica met with an Indian guy named Karsu who was robbed of his mykad, money and belongings a few months back in Brickfields. He was forced to sleep on the streets and currently works as an odd job worker and he couldn't get a permanent job due to not having a mykad. He could not afford the cost of a replacement and this is the first time Karsu had lost his mykad. We have decided to help him by getting his mykad reissued again coming this Wednesday. He was very thankful to us.
There was another case where a male client ignored us and just walked away although we told him that we are giving him food and clearly showed him the packet of food. He was a very skinny man in his 30s.
Food distribution went smoothly without any untoward situations and we finished our rounds at about 2.00am.
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21st December 2008
We have distributed 423 packs of food to the homeless and urban poor in Kuala Lumpur of which 106 packs were given out on the midnight rounds and 317 packs on Sunday.
KIND FOOD SPONSORS
| Silver Bird : |
350 loaves of High 5 Bread |
| Little Taipan Restaurant : |
50 packs of Nasi Lemak |
| Shiok Restaurant : |
50 packs of Vegetarian food |
| Umai-ya Restaurant : |
40 packs of fried rice |
EVENING ROUNDS (Sunday 21st December @ 1630 hrs)
317 packs of food were distributed to the homeless and urban poor. We have 29 volunteers this week who came to help out. The weather was rainy at first and slowed down gradually as we reached KL. We had a new volunteer named Fadi Zeitoune who is from Australia and currently staying in Shah Alam.
The situation in Petaling Street area has improved a lot since the implementation of the ticketing system and the situation is under control. Now we get to talk more with our clients and most of them asked for clothes, soaps and towels.
Other than this, there were no other untoward incidents. We finished the evening rounds at about 6.45pm.
MIDNIGHT ROUNDS (14th December 2008) 2330 hrs
106 packs were given out to the homeless. 5 of us volunteered that night. The streets were quiet and we found it hard to locate some of our regulars as we were told by other regulars that the relevant authorities were conducting raids along the areas we covered. Most of the clients that we found were at the back lanes of main roads.
The food distribution went smoothly without any untoward situations. We finished our rounds at about 2.30am.
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14th December 2008
We distributed 400 packs of food, where 100 packs were given out on the midnight rounds and 300 packs on the evening rounds. The midnight round schedule was shifted back to Sunday nights due to logistics. 8TV crew came to cover KSK on the evening rounds. This will be a great exposure for KSK.
KIND FOOD SPONSORS
| Silver Bird : | 200 loaves of High 5 Bread |
| Alice Ng : | 100 packs of cooked vegetarian food |
| Madam Shirley : | 150 packs of cooked vegetarian food |
| Umai-ya Restaurant : | 40 packs of fried rice (Served in midnight round) |
| Mak Koh Restaurant : | 50 packs of fried bee hoon (Served in midnight round) |
EVENING ROUNDS (Sunday 14th December @ 1730 hrs)
300 packs of food were distributed by 32 volunteers. The weather was rainy and we had a new volunteer, Elly Beh, who is from Ampang doing her part to help out the poor.
Veronica and her daughter Jean went down earlier to Bangkok Bank to distribute the tickets to the waiting crowd. The tickets were distributed smoothly with no crowd pushing incidents.
One of our regular clients, a man with a red cap and who always wears blue coloured shorts was very helpful during the food distribution in Bangkok Bank. He had asked for another extra packet of food towards the end as a token for his hard work. As there was no more left, he was offered a bottle of mineral water instead. He is known as an emotional person, threw away the mineral water bottle and swore at us but did not hit anyone of the volunteers. We left the place ignoring him as we thought it was not the best time to talk to him.
No other untoward incident happened. We finished the evening rounds at about 7.30pm.
MIDNIGHT ROUNDS (Sunday 14th December 2008 @ 2330 hrs)
100 packs were given out as we have moved our midnight rounds back to Sundays. 5 of us volunteered that night. The streets were quiet and we found it hard to locate some of our regulars. According to them, the police and town council have conducted numerous raids throughout the week especially around Chow Kit area.
The midnight team found out that more and more women sleep on the streets nowadays with most of them sleeping in a group and usually by the main roadside.
The team managed to find Madam Saraswati and have reached an agreement with her to wait at the same place at 10am tomorrow (Monday) in order to enable us to send her back to her home in Shah Alam.
The food distribution went smoothly. We finished our rounds at about 2am.
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6th and 7th December 2008
This week, we gave out 375 packs of food to the homeless and urban poor in Kuala Lumpur, where 93 packs were given out on the Saturday (6th Dec) midnight round and 282 packs on the Sunday (7th December) evening round.
KIND FOOD SPONSORS
| Silver Bird : | 350 loaves of High 5 Bread |
| Alice Ng : | 100 packs of cooked vegetarian food |
| Just Thai Restaurant : | 50 packs of fried rice |
| Little Taipan Restaurant : | 50 packs of Nasi Lemak |
| Umai-ya Restaurant : | 40 packs of fried rice |
| Veronica Koo : | 80 packs of dried food with mineral water |
| Mak Koh Restaurant : | 50 packs of fried bee hoon (Served in midnight round) |
| Madam Theresa : | 50 packs of cooked vegetarian food
(Served in midnight round) |
MIDNIGHT ROUNDS (6th December 2008) 0000 hrs
93 packs were given out to the homeless on Saturday and the weather was fine. 6 of us volunteered that night. Anna Tan and my friend, Giap, joined us for the first time that night. The midnight rounds volunteers have managed to get closer to their regular clients now. The clients were comfortable to share their stories nowadays.
Clients Interviewed
1) Mr. Veerasingam (51) has been trying to look for a job. He lost his job and family because of alcoholism for over 30 years which subsequently ruined his life. He regrets it and would work for whatever job if someone can provide him food and shelter although with low pay.
2) The team managed to follow up on the Indian lady they found last week while talking to Mr. Chan. Saraswati (46) has 7 children from her 2 previous marriages, took drugs because she was influenced by her late husband, a drug addict. She ran away from home because of her addiction and was forced into prostitution in order to survive. She dropped back into drugs a few months after she was discharged from drugs rehabilitation center. Apart from this, she also has heart and asthma problems.
3) Chai Kim Siong (42) who was an amputee. He has lost his right leg because of drugs abuse for over 20 years. He is also suffering from HIV AIDS. He is currently surviving from allowance of RM300 per month from the Ministry of Welfare and selling aluminum tin cans.
EVENING ROUNDS (Sunday 7th December @ 1730 hrs)
282 packs of food were distributed to the homeless and urban poor. We have 16 volunteers this week. The weather was cloudy and we have a new volunteer named Ms. Phang who came to know us at our KSK booth at the Chinese Assembly Hall. She was very impressed with our work and volunteered herself immediately to join us upon knowing we're preparing to go out for our rounds. Many regulars were not there as it was raining during distribution time.
We have fine tuned the ticketing system this week to counter the pushing crowd problem. The early numbers were given to handicapped, elderly and female clients first. Food distribution was done smoothly and order was maintained as all the clients waited patiently for their numbers to be announced. Most of the clients were familiar faces and were very grateful for our food and the implementation of this ticketing system. They even kindly requested empty boxes as their makeshift rubbish bins so as to not dirty up the place.
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