Sazli (left) presenting a box filled with essential items and hygiene kits to Jamila (right) as Batu Pahat Welfare Department officer Sabariah Salim looks on.
PRIVATE corporations and non-governmental organisations have been busy spreading festive cheer among the less privileged in Johor. In Batu Pahat and Pontian, Petronas Foundation and Southern Region Petronas --- with the help of the Welfare Department --- distributed essential goods and hygiene kits to 400 single mothers, the disabled and low-income families.
One of the recipients in Batu Pahat was housewife Jamila Mahadi, 68, who cares for her bedridden husband who suffered a stroke four years ago.
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