Care United Johor Bahru (CUJB) were able to double their food aid hamper in value despite the pandemic with the help of Nitro Granite by Ceramic Group (Niro Granite) that had gotten in touch with the NGO since January 2021. Due to change of rules as the second Movement Control Order (MCO) was imposed, the aid was delayed from time to time and finally went through for their 3rd Food Aid Distribution for the year 2021 on 12th April for 100 needy students of SJK(T) Pasir Gudang at Taman Kota Masai.
Gathered by the school’s Assistant Principal, Sivananthan Rajagopal and jointly-organised with Mahendran Subramaniam the secretary of MIC Tebrau, the aid hand over was done with 10 student’s families to maintain social distancing while the rest of the families will have their food hamper delivered (within that week) to them. Each food hamper consisted of a 10kg pack of rice, canned sardine, cooking oil, Milo, evaporated milk, flour, peanuts, 2 packs of rice vermicelli and anchovies, costing about RM163. The selection of items was based on basic grocery needs and also to provide more protein for the recipients.
Datuk Florence Goh, President of CUJB in her speech said, a total of RM16,560 were donated by Niro Granite for the food aid effort this round. She also calls for the attendees to register for vaccination through the MySejahtera application. Subramaniam, assisting as the emcee for the small event translated the speech in Tamil for the attending families and also suggested to the NGO for the area’s B40 registration of MySejahtera and vaccination programme to help the illiterate adults.
CUJB is a non-profit organisation and a tax-exempt NGO with donations above RM51 are tax deductible. Corporates, organisations and individuals interested to lend a helping hand could get in touch with the NGO by calling at +607 357 6899 or visit their Facebook at CareUnitedJB.
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