B40 ladies sell cookies to make ends meet


KUALA LUMPUR: The month of Syawal has brought festive cheer to a group of B40 women who are now earning a sustainable income from making Raya biscuits and selling hampers as well as personal protective equipment amid the pandemic.

The head of the Community Kitchen at the Batu Muda People’s Housing Project (PPR), Noraizah Yahya, said the group of about 20 women were able to sell 35,000 biscuits and 1,000 hampers.

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