After being isolated for more than two years, two old folks home which Caring Soul visited regularly are now opened to visitors. But donations continued to be scarce as we inspected their kitchens for daily essentials during a visit to Joy Garden and Rahmat Old Folks home located in Semenyih this morning.
Speaking to some of them revealed that donations have taken a hard beating. Gone were the days when they were heaped with lunch boxes and countless groceries.
Today, they have to cook for themselves most of the time with some occasional lunch boxes coming in. With provisions running low, Joy Garden and Rahmat Old Folks home appealed to us for food about two weeks ago.
Thanks to the kind contribution of the Managing Director of a construction firm Dato Chan Chee Hong, Caring Soul volunteers spent almost two hours this morning at TMG Mart to shop for necessities for the homes on his behalf.
Joy Garden, with 40 inmates was extremely grateful for the load of groceries. While waiting for our assistance, they have to resort to transferring items from their Puchong Branch, something which they never have to do in the past.
Our little publicity in the past via WhatsApp messages to trigger the kind thoughts of friends to help the less fortunate is also working. A kind neighbour must have told their son, who just arrived from the States to visit them, about our past messages.
Their son was quick to text me to donate RM 500 to the two homes, which we did on his behalf during the visit this morning. Our heartfelt thanks to them for their generosity, not forgetting all those who have taken some form of initiative to help the needy in their own way.
As long as our message has gone through , it doesn’t matter how and where the help goes to. After all the objective is NOT just to help the homes that we selected BUT to anyone that needs help in such tiring times.
Meanwhile, 14 members of our 12-year-old charity outfit Caring Soul, finally had a gathering after being locked down by the pandemic for more than two years. At the gathering, the volunteers have expressed desire to come out again to resume their voluntary work of providing hair cuts for the old folks.
With that, Caring Soul will begin organising charity hair cuts, albeit in a smaller and different way to ensure minimum risk to both the volunteers and the old folks.
Brother Lau, who runs Rahmat Old Folks home with 14 inmates as of today, is undergoing a surgery for hernia on June 21. Let’s pray for his quick recovery.