COMMENT | Ask and you shall receive. Raise the white flag

COMMENT | I must have written about mental depression and helping the poor and needy on several occasions in my columns.

Like it or not, I know I have to keep on cajoling, knocking and reminding my fellow Malaysians that this war against Covid-19 will be a tough one going long haul. For how long – only God knows!

This battle can only be won if we stand united as one nation and people, setting aside our communal and political differences. There is only one common enemy now – the invisible and lethal Covid-19.

This also means, and very importantly, that those of us who are more blessed will have to ensure that the very basic needs like food, clothing and shelter of the underprivileged in our community are also attended to.

I am thankful to be of some help in little acts of charity organised under the auspices of the Movement for Change, Sarawak (MoCS), the NGO that I lead.

Together with some dear friends in Sarawak, I’m proud to say that since we started our welfare work last September, we have not turned down a single request for help...