Klang: The Eco World Foundation today contributed five units of double-crank manual hospital beds and three months' worth of food rations valued at RM50,000 to Charity Food Basket Society Klang, (CFBSK) here. Eco World Foundation chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said the contribution was aimed at easing the burden of vulnerable families and patients while supporting the welfare efforts undertaken by CFBSK in the Klang community.
According to BERNAMA News Agency, Lee highlighted the importance of supporting CFBSK's initiatives, praising the dedication of its volunteers, many of whom are retirees committed to community welfare. "What the team at CFBSK has built, with very little and with so much heart, is truly worth supporting. These volunteers, many of them retirees, show up every month because they believe in taking care of one another. The Foundation is honoured to play a small part in extending that care, whether it is a family that can now put food on the table, or a patient who can recover at home with the right equipment," he said at the handover ceremony today.
Also present at the handover ceremony were Eco World Foundation trustees Tan Sri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad, Philip Mathews, and Prof Dr Zahari Ishak, as well as CFBSK Founder and President Chew Song Kong and members of the organisation's volunteer team. Lee mentioned that the hospital beds would be stationed at the CFBSK centre and loaned free of charge to patients who could not afford to rent or purchase medical equipment, particularly elderly and critically ill patients receiving care at home.
Meanwhile, the food aid, valued at RM100 per family per month, would provide assistance to 150 households over a three-month period. CFBSK, a registered welfare organisation established in 2002, distributes food assistance to vulnerable families every first Sunday of the month and provides medical equipment loans, including wheelchairs and walking aids, free of charge.
The organisation also supports students through school aid and back-to-school programmes, with beneficiaries identified and verified through its network within the local community. Meanwhile, Chew stated that the contribution from the Eco World Foundation would help ease the welfare organisation's financial burden as it relies entirely on public donations to sustain its operations.
He emphasized that food assistance remained the society's most pressing need as food baskets are distributed to beneficiaries on the first Sunday of every month. "To ensure aid reaches eligible recipients, every applicant undergoes an interview and verification process before being issued a special card, a measure that also helps maintain transparency in the distribution of assistance," he said. Chew added that the foundation's contribution had eased about 30 percent of the organisation's burden.