PETALING JAYA: Malaysians are a generous lot with many still prefer to give back to society despite concerns over the rising cost of items.
During the month-long Ramadan, NGOs say many donors came forward to help the needy and less fortunate.
“Contributions are plenty during festive seasons and Ramadan is no exception. Our worry is the months after,” she said when contacted.“We conduct thorough background checks on these families to ensure they are eligible to receive aid,” she said, adding that cross checks were also done with other NGOs to ensure there was no overlap in extending help.
“We try to be careful and manage resources to last as long as possible due to rising costs. We have been lucky so far,” she said.There were also fewer homeless people on the streets now, she said, adding that there were more urban poor families coming forward to receive meals. “We were also unable to send groceries for the coming Hari Raya despite requests,” its founder Mahi Ramakrishnan said.Mahi said food requests also increased over the years with the rising cost of goods taking a toll on their funds.
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