A long line of people waiting to collect food distributed by a soup kitchen in Chow Kit. — Photos: AZHAR MAHFOF and SHARI CHE MAT/The Star
SITI (not her real name), a single mother from Cheras, travels every day with her two children aged five and six to collect food and any handouts distributed by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or Good Samaritans.
She usually spends hours in areas such as Chow Kit and Medan Tuanku in Kuala Lumpur, which are focal points for these charitable activities and places frequented by the homeless.
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A long line of people waiting to collect food distributed by a soup kitchen in Chow Kit. — Photos: AZHAR MAHFOF and SHARI CHE MAT/The Star
More and more people are becoming homeless as they lose their jobs and can no longer afford to pay rent.
A group of elderly women enjoying food distributed by an NGO with no physical distancing observed.
A family sitting on a pedestrian walkway in Chow Kit with their young children as they wait for handouts.
Dr Madhu-sudhan says parents should not bring their children during the food distribution sessions.
Munirah says the numbers are increasing because the B40 group is now part of the community there.
Alya says many of the children are living with their parents in low-cost housing and shoplots in the area.
More people are turning up at food distribution sessions due to the difficulties they now face in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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