January 17, 2022 :- Just when some semblance of normalcy started to take shape at charitable homes, Mother Nature struck with fury, bringing floods that destroyed thousands of homes towards the last few weeks of 2021. One of them is the Jasheira Old folks home, nestled off a beaten track in Ijok, a small coastal town some 60 km from Kuala Lumpur.
Six months ago, more than 50 inmates were infected with Covid 19. The home has to close its doors to visitors and regular donations became scarce. Just when things were about to pick up, the home was struck with massive flood waters towards the last week of December 2021.
It was submerged under four feet of water. Beds, mattresses and blankets were washed away while food and groceries were soaked to uselessness. The inmates have to take shelter in nearby evacuation centres while waiting for the flood water to recede.
Caring Soul members in collaboration with another charitable outfit used to visit this home with hair cut services and grocery supplies in the past. As we witnessed the plight of this home recently, there was little we could do during the height of the crisis but to leave it to the professionals to handle the rescue work and the immediate welfare of the residents.
Now that the dust has settled and the inmates back to the home, Caring Soul visited them today with a carload of used clothings, new toothbrushes, towels and toothpaste from the kind and generous contributions of closed friends.
As requested by the home, we also donated on behalf of a friend, a blood pressure monitor and a full set of blood glucose monitor to them.
All these were accompanied with some cash donation to help the home get through this difficult period.