Elderly folk spend their golden years in abject poverty
Published on 16 Jul 2017 12:33PM

Video here: https://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x5tojus

THEIR faces bear witness to a long, harsh life. Their dilapidated homes appear as frail as their bodies, which continue to toil in a poverty which few can believe still exists in Malaysia’s wealthiest state of Selangor.

Not more than 10 kilometres from Bandar Klang, a squatter’s village – Kampung Tengku Badar – is overrun with families who can barely afford to survive.

Ismail Sipad, 81, and his wife Amnah Alan, 72, have lived for almost 20 years at the settlement, eking out a living by begging and collecting empty tin cans and metal goods for recycling.

The couple, who have three children, say they can barely make RM500 a month.

“Now, my body is failing me. It’s hard to keep collecting,” said Amnah.

When asked further about their children, the couple share that they have two sons and a daughter, but appear hesitant to say more.

“I don’t want to talk about my children, there’s no point,” said Amnah.

Amnah and her husband has had to look to charitable organisation Reach Out for food and other basic needs.

“We don’t eat much, but we will head to a spot under the bridge to get some food.

“Sometimes it’s burgers, sometimes it’s bread, biscuits. Thankfully, we can still survive,” she told The Malaysian Insight.

“We have gone to (pusat zakat) to request for assistance. Filled forms, and came back. They said to wait for their call, but till now, there’s not been any call,” she said. – July 16, 2017.

Source: https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/v/7676/

anak saya baik orangnyeeee

br1m kan ada, can go get free food from soup kitchen

ma place here oso got 1 old couple becum dustbin raiders

every week 2-3x can see them go haus to haus scavenging 4 recyclables

That's the problem.

Malaysian relying too much on other people.

Dont know im being generalize or what?just my opinion,
I see those hardly making a living one, keep giving birth to more children.
Expecting their children to pay them back at older age.
But never came across their mind because of financial difficulty, their children couldnt receive good education qualification. End up treating their parent as burden.

3 ja tak byk pun anak dia
tapi sekor pun tak boleh harap
tak guna punya anak

Just 2 sons and 1 daughter.. obviously gamble failed. the trick is to produce 8 kids so chances of AT LEAST one treat them good is higher.

If u know your threshold, one cukup lo

anak rezeki yo, cubalah nasib lor. lagi banyak, chance pun banyak yo

the part in the video where state the couple already register for zakat but not yet receive any respond really make me mad.

scale of 1-10

how proactive is zakat in helping the poor

poor will become more poorer. rich will become more rich.
This is reality

sorang ibu boleh jaga 3 anak.
3 anak takleh jaga sorang ibu.


inb4 bapak mana bapak

This post has been edited by riezzien: Jul 20 2017, 05:01 PM

https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/8005/

very proactive

if not how to songlap money help the needy

i think the main issue is ppl's saving being decimated by rampant inflation...

like my uncle & aunt who retired at the age of 60 from public service 20 years ago..
they both got a combined pension of RM2K... with the house, car and children paid off.. they were able to live quite comfortably..

now, they are still doing OK with RM3K... but they told me they are abit more careful nowadays...