Foundation donates medical beds, food baskets to help poor folk
Low-income families and patients in Klang, Selangor have received a major boost after a property developer’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm donated over RM50,000 in medical and food aid to a local charity.
The contribution by Eco World Foundation to Charity Food Basket Society Klang, Selangor (CFBSK) comprises five manual double-crank hospital beds and three months of food rations.
The food baskets, worth RM100 per family monthly, will benefit 150 households.
The hospital beds will be housed at CFBSK’s centre in Taman Orkid and provided on loan to the elderly and critically ill who cannot afford to rent or purchase medical equipment.
Eco World Foundation chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye presented the contributions to CFBSK founder and president Chew Song Kong and his team at the society’s premises.
Also present were Eco World Foundation trustees Tan Sri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad, Philip Mathews and Prof Dr Zahari Ishak, CFBSK adviser Datuk Andrew Goh and Alliance for A Safe Community executive council member Terence Kuah.
Established in 2002, CFBSK distributes food to vulnerable families every first Sunday of the month, lends medical equipment such as wheelchairs and walking aids free of charge and provides school aid.
Recipients of the food baskets are identified and verified by CFBSK.
While most food basket recipients are from Klang, Chew said the medical equipment was available to people across Selangor.
“It has always been our principle to help people of all races, and CFBSK is an example of an organisation that does this,” said Lee in his speech.
“A caring society means caring for all as long as they are in need and deserving.”
He noted that what the team at CFBSK had built was worth supporting, recognising the efforts of its volunteers, mostly retirees, in serving communities in need.
Lee said the contribution marked the foundation’s first collaboration with CFBSK, noting that there was potential for a long-term partnership, subject to a review and the foundation’s capacity.
Panimalar Jayaram, 46, who was among the recipients of the food baskets, expressed her gratitude.
“CFBSK has been helping me for over five years.
“I cannot work due to my heart condition, so I rely on government welfare aid to get by,” said the single mother of three school-going children.
“A friend, who was a past recipient, told me about CFBSK.
“The groceries I get vary monthly but they help a lot with my household expenses.”
The Port Klang resident said some of the groceries include rice, cooking oil, canned goods, sugar and salt.
Chew shared that CFBSK started as a personal mission where he distributed food aid from his car before expanding to a corner in his house and finally its current centre.
“Recipients include single mothers, poor families and abandoned old folks,” he said.
“The hospital beds are typically used by amputees, stroke survivors, terminally ill patients or those in a coma.
“They lighten the burden of carers, especially when managing daily needs such as changing diapers.”
Chew said he was grateful for his team of senior volunteers who also help transport the hospital beds as well as thoroughly clean and fix them before they were lent out to the next person.
CFBSK and Chew were named among the winners of the Star Golden Hearts Award 2025, an accolade celebrating unsung Malaysian heroes who make an extraordinary impact on society.
