Caring Women Donate To Needy People
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - A caring women group who call themselves HawaNDP continued to track impoverished people in the Sultanate to donate food and daily commodities to tell them that they are not forgotten in this festive season.

Early this week, the group visited the house of 36-year-old Dayang Noriah bte Aji in Jalan Pulau Kubu Jerudong who lives with her fisherman husband, seven children, her parents and four close relatives.

She said her five-year-old child is suffering from a heart disease and has been sent twice for treatment to Kuala Lumpur. Her mother who stays with them too has been suffering from kidney ailment.

Noriah said she used to work as a bus conductor for nine months but has to stop, as she needs to look after her young children. "I was called four times by a school headmaster who complained that my children did not perform well. I quit my job so I can help them with their studies especially the young ones," she said.

She added the children slept in classes, as they needed to wake up and reached school early before I reported for work. She then operated a stall in Jerudong but was asked by the authority to stop doing so as she did not have a licence to conduct trade.

"My husband does not have a steady job and catches fish daily to help the family sustain a living.

"My seven children aged between 5 and 18 are still schooling," she said.

Led by the head of Hawa NDP, the delegation comprises deputy head Halimah Janai and members Pengiran Hajah Noriah binti Pengiran Haji Hashim, Hasnah Haji Mohamad and Hajah Armah binti Haji Othman.

According to Halimah Janai, the project entitled Jejak Ehsan has enabled the group to track down several impoverished families in the country.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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