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Kechara Soup Kitchen October 2019 stories
On the 1st of October, 2019, KSK facilitated a health outreach programme in the wake of more reports of Tuberculosis (TB) cases and subsequent deaths from the disease.

Kechara Soup Kitchen September 2019 stories
The first three weeks of September was a bit of a worry for team KSK in terms of street distribution and [...]

Kechara Soup Kitchen August 2019 stories
Everyday, we extend food surplus to verified needy families directly to their homes.
Kechara Soup Kitchen July 2019 stories
Friday is the day for our single mothers to join in our Skill Empowerment Class. Whilst the mothers were either [...]

Kechara Soup Kitchen May and June 2019 stories
Yesterday marked the 28th consecutive night out for food rescue! We are on the verge of saving 10 tonnes of [...]

Kechara Soup Kitchen March and April 2019 stories
It is always heartwarming to receive assistance from government departments.

Kechara Soup Kitchen Jan and Feb 2019 stories
Stories of Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) clients receiving help and assistance.

Kechara Soup Kitchen Nov and Dec stories
Stories of Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) clients receiving help and assistance.

Sending food of love to many
Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) is sending food, books and toy items to many poor families and the needy in the [...]

Kechara Soup Kitchen May and June stories
Stories of Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) clients receiving help and assistance, as well as a lady who suffers from schizophrenia [...]

Kechara Soup Kitchen Updates: January to March 2018
Our Johor team worked with the Blind Association of Johor to help Amira. Amira turned blind quite recently and her [...]

Gratitude of sewing project moms
These ladies are wonderful. They have so little but they still wish to donate a small portion of their earnings [...]

Activity Update: 27 Nov – 3 Dec 2017
RM5,271 has been raised so far for the needy family reported last week. A total of RM12,250 is needed to [...]

Activity Update: 20 – 26 Nov 2017
Kechara Soup Kitchen was among the NGOs invited to participate in “The Uncommon Good” NPO fair held on Friday and [...]

How I Became Homeless: Three Men’s Stories
Mohd Anuar, a 40-year-old divorcee was cheated of his salary last November by a security company which he was working [...]

Loads of Love for Urban Poor Families
Kechara Soup Kitchen is collaborating with Zubedy Ideahouse to raise funds for the urban poor under the “Grocery Something Nice” [...]

Kechara Soup Kitchen Helps in the Poverty Research Project
A group of 18 university students from Southeast Asia visited Kechara Soup Kitchen today. They are in Malaysia to do [...]

Blanket of Love Project for Single Mothers
The single mother clients in Kechara Soup Kitchen have a sewing project where they work from home. KSK provides a [...]

Multiple Services Provided: From Medical to Food
Much appreciation to Hotel Amari in Johor Bahru for sponsoring the food for our street feeding activity for the whole month [...]

Latest Update on Madam Mah and Wong’s Case
For the past few days, we went looking for Madam Mah and Wong to understand their predicament and to give [...]

Celebrating Hari Raya with the Spirit of Togetherness and Muhibbah
Perak team were on the move during Raya week in Taiping and Ipoh. With the help of volunteers, we delivered [...]

Helping Very Sick Ah Ling
During a Saturday night distribution round, we were alerted that one of our long time clients, Ah Ling, was very [...]

A New Refrigerator for Makcik Khatijah
Makcik Khatijah has requested for a fridge and a few days later her wish was fulfilled. A new refrigerator was [...]

Help on the Streets and Beyond
Kechara Soup Kitchen extends helps from distributing hot food, providing basic medical cares, distributing rice and daily…

Beginning New Journeys
We believe that homelessness is a result of multiple factors and substance abuse is just one of them. Without access [...]

Anyone Can Make a Positive Impact
In Kechara Soup Kitchen, volunteers come from all walks of life including people with special needs. Seeing them in action [...]

A Social Get-Together Hosted by the Chief Minister of Johor
Kechara Soup Kitchen’s Project Director Justin Cheah attended a low-key event held at Ponderosa Golf and Country Club, Johor. Dato’ [...]

Kechara Food Bank Deliveries!
As seen in these photos, Kechara Food Bank volunteers visited homes, and delivered food and provisions to urban poor families. [...]

Delivering More than Food and Care
One of KSK’s initiatives to help the underprivileged community especially single mothers is to incorporate them into our sewing club [...]

Hope for the Homeless
Clients on the street are always vulnerable to infections as they are often exposed to bacteria/viruses and unclean environments. The [...]

Project Bite No More Takes the Bite Out of Mozzie-Borne Diseases
Kechara Soup Kitchen, with the support of the Tsem Rinpoche Foundation, is launching the “Bite No More” Project to distribute [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 14 – 17 November 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, E.K.Phuah sponsored 100 buns and Khaw Poh Lean sponsored 100 bananas. On Wednesday night, [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 7 – 10 November 2016
For Tuesday’s night, Lions Club of George Town Mutiara sponsored 95 packets of vegetarian rice and dishes and 100 buns. [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 31 October – 3 November 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, E.K. Phuah and Cheong Yik Pin each sponsored 100 buns and Khaw Poh Lean [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 24 – 27 October 2016
Staff from Motorola Solutions (M) Sdn. Bhd. kindly donated RM6050 and on Thursday night, The Chambers Restaurant sponsored rice and [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 10 – 13 October 2016
For Tuesday night’s food distribution rounds, Lions Club of George Town Mutiara sponsored 90 packets of hot vegetarian food and [...]

Kechara Foodbank in collaboration with The Lost Food Project
This is our Food Bank delivery in action! We were able to extend help to this orphanage which cares for [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 3 – 6 October 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, Kechara Food Bank visited Uncle Teng to deliver 14 cans of Ensure milk powder [...]

Medical Assistance for Our Clients
This picture sums up the suffering that we encountered in our recent Saturday night rounds. It was all wounds, wounds [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 26 – 29 September 2016
For Thursday night’s food distribution, Goh Poh Hin and Chun Kiat sponsored 85 packets of hot vegetarian food while Jiun [...]

Visit to PPR flats
We visited a poor family who live in a People’s Housing Project’s (PPR) flat this afternoon. As much as I [...]

Off the Streets: Drug Free and Reunited with Family
We are incredibly happy for him as this is what we really wanted to see; clients being off the street [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 19 – 22 September 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, E.K. Phuah sponsored 100 buns, Khaw Poh Lean sponsored 110 bananas and Clarine sponsored [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 12-15 September 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, Khaw Poh Lean sponsored 100 bananas, Clarine sponsored 140 packets of 3-in-1 cereal, 140 [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 5 – 8 September 2016
On Wednesday night, our food recipients were entertained by the Choir Team from Chung Ling Private High School. They enjoyed [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 29 August – 1 September 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, E.K. Phuah sponsored 100 buns, Khaw Poh Lean sponsored 100 bananas, Clarine sponsored 140 [...]

Refrigerated Truck for Kechara Soup Kitchen to Further Support the Poor
19 August 2016 was a very special day for Kechara Soup Kitchen as it was the handover ceremony of a [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 22 – 25 August 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, E.K. Phuah sponsored 100 buns, Khaw Poh Lean sponsored 100 bananas, Clarine sponsored 140 [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 15 – 18 August 2016
Students from KDU Penang came to donate food items which they raised by setting up booths in their college. The [...]

Penang Food Distribution Report: 8 – 11 August 2016
For Monday night’s food distribution rounds, E.K. Phuah sponsored 100 buns, Khaw Poh Lean sponsored 100 bananas, Clarine sponsored 140 [...]