Two days ago, over my IG stories, I made a plea - if anyone had extra to spare this Ramadan, perhaps they could extend it to help my helper Linah whose family home was partially destroyed by the floods in Pahang early this year (MCO 2.0).
Her place is prone to the floods, but this was the worst in years. Even after travel restrictions were lifted, I let her stay on to settle matters. We gave what we could to get their lives back in order, but the wall and roof was stretching it as money was tight on our end too. So I told Linah I will find a way.
𝑯𝑼𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑷 (my NGI which means HOPE in Kadazandusun) was raising funds for marginalised children who are malnourished - some were drinking condensed milk. I worked with brands like @bossmama.my , @plie_malaysia and recently @lactomomma for discount codes in which all sales commissions would be channeled to 𝑯𝑼𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑨𝑷 . I thought I’d steer the attention now on Linah and her daughter.
And that’s exactly what happened.
The amount of love that poured in from friends and followers was unexpected.
Truth be told, I managed her expectations and told her to give me a month to raise the amount. I was planning on training sessions on Public Speaking & Social Media and interested participants just need to pay for the class via a donation. Whatever the amount was.
This was supposed to take place next week.
However, this morning she was unable to access her bank account. We were worried that the sudden surge of monies coming in was the cause (as this happened before to another fundraiser I did for a baby)
When we finally settled the bank issue, we were both surprised by the amount. We had reached over RM9,000 so I ended the donation drive thanking everyone (with a little message from Linah) and that was it.
We did not expect to hit the initial target of RM7,000 within 2 days. In fact, we doubled the amount.
By Maghrib, RM16,000 plus was donated. Azmi told her to perhaps consider raising the floors but priority was for the wall and roof (had we not raised amount, they were going to use zinc as a cheaper option)
This is the breakdown of what will be bought with your generous donations:
80 keping papan dinding
10 batang kayu tiang
Simen 6 beg
Pasir 1 lori
Plywood 12mm 7 keping
Thank YOU once again everyone. This Ramadan has been even more meaningful for us somehow.
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