Nurhamiza Hj Roslan and Amir Noor
BRUNEI-MUARA
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| Managing Director of YSHHB Hj Brahim handing over donations to recipient Pungut Hj Matahir |
The foundation through its Volunteer Unit have devised a project dubbed the Projek Bantuan untuk Meningkatkan Sosio-Ekonomi ke Arah Membasmi Kemiskinan (aid project to help improve socio-economy to eradicate poverty or PBSE).
In a press release issued yesterday it explained that the PBSE is aimed at improving the welfare and wellbeing of the rakyat.
In an interview with the media, Assistant Managing Director Hj Musthapa Hj Matahir explained that they have done research to gather data and identify the families.
He explained that the studies are conducted in stages before being expanded to include other mukims throughout the country. So far, 17 families from Mukim Pengkalan Batu area have been identified.
These families received donations yesterday in the form of cash between $200 and $400 for every family (according to the number of dependents), and staple food items.
The donations are a form of "early assistance" for the families, he added. They plan to provide support or assistance to start a small business or enterprise and purchase education needs in the future.
He said that data from the results of the research for the PSBE project is still being reviewed, and more planning is going to be made to help improve the wellbeing and welfare of the identified groups.
"We will continue to follow up (the number of families) from time to time," said Hj Musthapa who added that they compiled and researched the data with cooperation from villages heads and mukim penghulus.
This cooperation is needed because the grassroots leaders know the people and the condition of the people living in the respective villages, said Hj Musthapa.
In a separate event, the foundation handed over financial assistance to victims of a collapsed stilt house in Kg Saba Darat B last month.
Pungut Hj Matahir, 50, received $6,000 yesterday on behalf of her family and Hj Tuah Salleh's family who were both affected by the tragedy.
According to her, she and her family have been living in the wooden home for 17 years and was even offered assistance in fortifying the foundation of her home by the government prior to the accident.
It collapsed on July 28, 2012 at around 1am where she and her child were the only ones in the house during the incident.
"I was asleep at the time but when I woke up, the house was already filling up with water," she said. "By the time my child and I tried to get out of the house, the water levels were already up to our waists."
She felt fortunate to have been conscious enough to escape in time with her child the house was leaning against the neighbouring house as it collasped which bought them enough time to escape.
Managing Director of YSHHB Hj Brahim Hj Ismail presented the donations in a brief ceremony at the YSHHB head office.
Pungut is unemployed and currently resides at her ex-husband's home in Kg Junjongan as she awaits housing assistance from the Baitul Mal programme under the Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Dipetik dari - The Brunei Times
YSHHB donates staple food to 17 destitute families
Nurhamiza Hj Roslan
BRUNEI-MUARA
Research planned to identify less fortunate families in other mukims
THE Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Foundation (YSHHB) on Tuesday presented donations in the form of staple food to 17 less fortunate and destitute families.
The donations were presented by Yayasan SHHB via their Volunteer Unit at the homes of the families located in the Junjongan, Limau Manis and Kuala Lurah areas of Mukim Pengkalan Batu.
The handover was part of the Yayasan SHHB project called Projek Bantuan untuk Meningkatkan Sosio-Ekonomi ke Arah Membasmi Kemiskinan (Aid Project to Help Improve Socio-Economy and to Eradicate Poverty) or PBSE.
A statement issued by YSHHB explained that the PBSE project was aimed at improving the welfare and well-being of the rakyat (citizens).
Leading the YSHHB delegation to the homes of the families was Hj Brahim Hj Ismail, managing director of YSHHB.
Also in the delegation was Hj Mohd Hanafi Pehin Orang Kaya Digadong Seri Diraja Dato Laila Utama Hj Abdul Rahman, board member of YSHHB and co-chairperson of the PBSE Committee.
In an interview with The Brunei Times, one of the recipients, Shambri Hj Tunjul, said that he and his family are grateful to YSHHB for its help.
Shambri shared that to make a living, he collects rebung (bamboo shoots) to sell and re-sells coconuts, from which he makes $30.
He lives in the Limau Manis area with his wife, mother and sister.
Meanwhile, another recipient, Sintan Itam, 68, a widow who lives alone in the Junjongan area, was also thankful for the support.
She said her husband passed away 15 years ago and that she has no children of her own. She has relatives but all of them live far away from her.
She knows how to plant paddy but due to old age and her health, she is unable to work anymore.
Hj Musthapa Hj Matahir, assistant managing director at YSHHB, explained that the 17 families who were presented with the donations were identified via research done in the Mukim Pengkalan Batu area.
The number of families will be followed up continuously time to time and research will continue throughout Brunei in other mukims with the help of village and mukim heads.
In the future, other forms of help will be extended, such as educational assistance and assistance to help families start up small businesses.
Dipetik dari - The Brunei Times
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