Charity & Nonprofits news in Km137
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Maybank Islamic gives RM869,806 in zakat to Kedah board
Maybank Islamic handed RM869,806.58 in wakalah zakat to the Kedah Zakat Board for four asnaf economic and welfare programmes. The funds cover manufacturing technology training at KHTP Techno Centre, business capital for tailoring workshops in Kota Setar, a food distribution centre across 16 mosques in Kuala Muda, and sewing machines for participants.
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Alor Setar single mother cannot afford birthday cake for her child
A single mother in Alor Setar, Kedah, says she could not buy a birthday cake for her youngest child because money is short after her husband died five years ago. Nor Aza Hamzah, 44, supports four children by gutting catfish, collecting boxes and selling used cooking oil, and an appeal for donations has been made through her phone number.