Helping the deaf become self-reliant

Joint effort: Leong (fifth from right in orange shirt), Yam (fourth from right) and Dr Lye (fourth from left) with some of the residents and club members in a group photo.

KUALA LUMPUR: With economic and social activities now in full swing, welfare and charitable homes can look forward to organising fund-raising activities once again to help them keep their operations alive.

When the Covid-19 pandemic first struck, many of these homes were hit hard as public donations dried up with regular donors not being able to contribute generously like before.