NSTopinion: Our country has thousands of mosques, temples and churches that can come together to assist the students and the extreme poor.
Thinking that he might take the leftovers to feed himself, I approached this 19-year-old Indian boy and asked whether he had eaten.He shook his head and replied: ‘No, Uncle.’
His parents, odd-job labourers at a plantation in Banting, can afford to pay only for his room rental and tuition fees. He works part-time as a sales assistant at a shopping mall nearby but his income quickly dries up in mid-month due to academic expenses. It may sound exaggerated, but in reality the students are truly famished. They end up devouring instant noodles all the time and some resort to crime when they can’t afford to buy food.I have read of students of higher learning institutions stealing and robbing merely to feed themselves.
It was initiated in the two most highly-populated universities, namely University Malaya and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia this year. The programme is also aided by strategic partners like hotel associations and soup kitchens; Food Aid Association and Kechara prepare meals at their respective central kitchens while the logistics are taken care of by the ministry. The food bank initiative for students is an extension of the ministry’s programme for the B40 group.
Our country has thousands of mosques, temples and churches that can come together to assist the students and the extreme poor.
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