Garbage collector's family thrilled as NGO builds new house for them


Osimal Foundation representatives and sponsors hand over the "keys" to the new house for a poor family in Papar.

KOTA KINABALU: A local family of five living in abject poverty received a brand new house after an NGO - Osimal Foundation - headed by former chief justice Tun Richard Malanjum came to their rescue.

Osimal helped build a new house for the garbage collector's family at their village in Kg Biau in Papar about 50km from the state capital here.

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