
The goal: To amass essential food items to feed pregnant, single mothers throughout the period of the MCO. Roslan Sulaiman, and joined by the team of PUAK Payong and Federasi Kebangaan Pekerja Belia (FKPB). The organisers: This effort is carried out by UPM’s own Student Affairs chancellor Prof.

The goal: To support about 1,090 students of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) that are unable to make their way home due to the movement restriction in terms of daily essentials, food and drink, personal hygiene items and more.

On any given day, they run a café that enforces a ‘pay it forward’ system relying on the kindness of patrons and their own contributions to feeding the homeless and hungry. The organisers: Pit Stop Community Café is located in the heart of KL. The goal: To ensure there is still a distribution of food items, precautionary supplies (face masks, sanitisers, handwashing liquids, etc.) for staff and monthly funds to support the café during a time where dine-ins are not allowed.Īs such, an increased cost is incurred on containers and packages, more bottled water instead of tap, etc. Pit Stop Community Cafe RELA members group together to distribute food to the homeless (left), Pit Stop’s operations on a normal day (right) / Image Credit: Pit Stop The organisers: NGOhub is dedicated to providing Malaysians with a platform to find and fund verified and transparent non-governmental organisations around the country. The end goal is to collect around RM100,000 total to aid a list of 16 beneficiaries that serve the homeless, elderly, orphans disabled persons and refugees. The goal: To aid struggling NGOs and charity partners who are suffering from the lack of resources during the MCO. You can fill out the Google form here and be connected with them right away. The organisers: On their FB page, this charity is run by ordinary Penangnites who work to connect the needy with someone who’s specifically able to assist with what they need. Their services are meant to help the needy in Penang (odd job workers, the elderly, orang kurang upaya (OKU) community, minimum wage workers, etc.) that require assistance during this time. The goal: Besides monetary help, this charity allows you to volunteer your service by picking up or delivering groceries, finishing administrative duties such as calling people and replying messages, and in any other way you’re comfortable helping. The organisers: This group is moderated by two admins by the name of Lex Tan and Joe Mathers.Īlthough there are specific rules to posting, it is always advisable to triple check the legitimacy of those who ask for help (especially for money donations) and consult the group’s admins if needed. Once group moderators have looked through your submission, you will be added to a map that allows those in need to reach out to you with their specific requests, or vice versa. You can fill up the form to volunteer your services here. for those who are unable to perform such duties at the moment. This group is a plea to younger, more able people to extend their efforts to check on elderly neighbours, get supplies, shop for groceries, deliver food, etc. The goal: Caremongering is a Facebook group established with an emphasis on helping the elderly in any possible way. Caremongering Malaysia (Community Response To Covid-19) Malaysia World 2019/2020 winner has practically dedicated all her social media platforms to see this through. Together with Kitafund (a crowdfunding platform), this Mrs. The organisers: Priyaa Simmi is the main driving force of this fundraising effort.
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This campaign also lists around 4 NGOs that they are currently partnering with in order to achieve this goal. In hopes of reaching out to at least 500 families in need, this effort aims to raise about RM100,000 to cover the expenses of such households for the period of the MCO. The goal: This campaign takes into account struggling families whose head of household has suffered pay cuts, loss of a job, had their children laid off, or other implications that have been brought on by the outbreak. For Daily Necessities (Food, Monetary Help For Bills, etc.) 1. To learn more about them, you can click on their names in the headings. We scoured the Internet for charities that are in dire need of help and found around 21 organisations and drives that you could consider contributing to.

With the announcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO), it becomes all the more difficult for Malaysians to volunteer their time and effort helping those who could really use it.īut, of course, that doesn’t make it impossible to still extend a helping hand. Amidst social distancing, financial uncertainty and economic downturn, many charities, fundraising efforts and NGOs have been hit hard this year.
