Reach Out Malaysia

Charity, the practice of benevolent giving and caring. Unquestionably not only Malaysians are generally caring people. Willingness to help the less fortunate, all of us possesses that morality. One of the ways is by volunteering and doing charity work. There are innumerable ways, which you can participate. Whether if it’s involves money or goods, either ways, there is always something for everyone to do.

February 20^th, 2012. 11.30pm-2.30am. I participated in a volunteering program called Reach Out. In simple context, we give food to homeless people. As you all know, Malaysia is a developing country. Populated by different society and culture, people in Malaysia lives in a very peace and harmony. What we don’t see is the problem of poverty that still exist. Here in Kuala Lumpur, there are still people who live in poverty. Basically, what we could understand, we see poverty as a homeless. People who lived without a home and sleep at wherever places they could find. So, here’s my experience during the night.

First, we meet up at Masjid Jamek. There were approximately 10 or more people in a group. Mostly around 23-28 years old (Sorry I just simply assumed). Afterwards, we went to Masjid India. Truthfully, I was so nervous, but when I saw them giving out foods and drinks to the homeless people, I was captivated. Mesmerized in the presence of humanity’s values. Before I forget to mention, food is sponsored both by those organizations with humanitarian programmes and by volunteers themselves. We went to a few locations. Not quiet sure the names of the whereabouts, since I’m not really familiar with KL roads. There was a moment there when I saw a homeless soul sharing his food with two cats. It touched the bottom of my heart. Furthermore, he was actually smiling at the cats. Precious moment. They sleep under the bridge, behind a building and so on. Still, have kindness towards animals.

My advice to all of you, who have laptops, Iphones, Blackberries, cars and a home. Don’t forget to have a sense of humanity. Start giving. 

Being mindful and respectful of others' beliefs, Reach Out is, uniquely, strictly non-religious and does not discriminate in terms of race, gender, religion or culture.

If you want to know more, here’s a link to Reach Out Malaysia blogspot, http://reachoutmal.blogspot.com/