Charity & Nonprofits news in Likas Stadium Sabah
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Kampung Numbak fire victims get RM300 each in education aid
Students affected by the Aug 30 fire in Kampung Numbak, Kota Kinabalu, received RM300 each plus school uniforms, textbooks, school packs and scientific calculators. Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek said RM121,200 was disbursed through an emergency fund, with the Education Ministry and Sabah Education Department also providing textbooks. The handover took place at Dewan Sri Semerbak, SMK Bandaraya.
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Anwar urges faster rebuilding of lives for Numbak fire victims
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for efforts to rebuild the lives of fire victims in Numbak, Sabah to be sped up. He met 111 affected heads of households and announced RM1,500 in special financial aid and food boxes for each. The fire involving three villages on Aug 30 killed three children.
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Mutiara GRS visits COTI patient in Kg Tanjung Aru Lama, gives RM3,000 and equipment
Datin Seri Juliah Salag, wife of the Sabah Chief Minister and president of Mutiara GRS, visited the home of a Care of the Terminally Ill (COTI) patient at Kg Tanjung Aru Lama on Tuesday under the Santunan Kasih Mutiara GRS Sabah programme. She presented a RM3,000 cheque, two electric hospital beds and two heavy-duty reclining wheelchairs to the Women's Affairs Committee of Kota Kinabalu City Mosque, plus cash, food baskets and necessities to COTI patients in Tanjung Aru.
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Lions Club Kota Kinabalu trains single mothers in massage and baking
The Lions Club of Kota Kinabalu City, with PITSA, launched an initiative to empower single mothers with practical skills. Two workshops were held in Kota Kinabalu: a massage therapy training at the Palliative Care Centre and a baking workshop at the Cheshire Home Centre. The club also recalled past projects that provided ovens and sewing machines to participants.