COVID-19 Initiatives 2021

PPB engaged struggling operators and unemployed B40 volunteers residing in low cost flats to prepare nutritious rice lunch of chicken/fish and vegetables daily to the needy in Klang Valley, Penang, Johor.

PPB provided an average of 2,000 meals daily in the 3rd quarter to needy recipients in the Klang Valley, Seremban, Penang and Johor. The nutritious rice meals of chicken/fish and vegetables were given to recipients who were undergoing self-quarantine; the elderly living alone with little access to fresh food supply during the MCO; as well as families who could not afford gas supply and fresh cooking ingredients.

This project also enabled PPB to create 3 months of steady sales for 32 hawkers in New World Park, Penang and a school canteen operator, who could not operate during the MCO and whose businesses were adversely affected. In the Klang Valley, PPB provided income opportunities for volunteers who were unemployed, by getting them to prepare meals in the community kitchens at PPR Desa Mentari, PPR Sri Sarawak and Putra Ria and Abdullah Hukum low cost apartments. PPB also collaborated with a social enterprise, LS Group in Seremban to provide hot meals to 13 welfare homes for the entire month of July; and Persatuan Kebajikan Keluarga Harapan Kluang Johor in Kluang to serve 350 needy recipients for 3 months.