A MOTHER from Petaling Jaya, Selangor, wakes up as early as 4am to start cooking food for more than 500 students from low-income households with the help of an unknown philanthropist, reported Harian Metro.
While most of Malaysia is asleep, Hafizah Mohamed Yatim, the founder of D’Dapor Al-Hafiz, toils away in the kitchen to provide free breakfasts for underprivileged students.
For the past two years, she has been performing this morning routine near the Lembah Subang 1 People’s Housing Project (PPR) flats, where most of the residents are from B40 households who have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
“My goal is to make them go to school because if they are hungry, they will not attend school, and this could affect their education,” said the 51-year-old.
Hafizah said that more than RM500 will be spent daily on culinary supplies, all of which is being donated by a patron who wished to remain anonymous.
“We do not collect much money from the public for this cause since I typically get donations from the anonymous benefactor to cover expenses on most days,” she added.
Hafizah said that she does not take any of the given funds as compensation, adding that she does it out of the kindness of her heart.
“In the past, I have seen my family struggle until our home had to be auctioned off while my husband was ill, so I understand the anguish of those who have to survive on scraps,” said the mother of three whose husband just passed away due to complications from multiple ailments.
> A teenager from Dengkil, Selangor, continues to have adverse effects from a nasal tumour despite undergoing surgery, putting her family in a financial bind.
Ain Nasuha Samsuri, 14, recently underwent surgery at a private hospital in Shah Alam to remove her tumour, yet she is still suffering from the lingering side effects of the tumour itself, Kosmo! reported.
Her stepfather, Sezali Daud, 60, said the tumour causes severe migraines and has significantly altered the structure of Ain Nasuha’s nose.
He said his family is in dire need of financial aid as the cost of his stepdaughter’s follow-up treatments has reached approximately RM50,000 per month.
● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
