Vehicles donated to assist welfare groups

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19, 2014): To help welfare organisations overcome their transportation woes, the Berjaya Cares Foundation and the Better Malaysia Foundation began a van donation initiative in 2011.
Todate, they have contributed 73 vehicles, mostly 14-seater vans, to 56 charity organisations.
Persatuan Mobiliti Selangor and Kuala Lumpur, the first community transport service in Malaysia providing door to door transport service to the disabled, received a 14-seater van worth RM95,000 that is fitted with a hydraulic lift and steel rails.
"We provide transportation for wheelchair users from their homes to hospitals, dialysis centres, day care facilities and places of worship for a small fee. We depend on contributions from the public and corporations as we need about RM27,000 a month for our day-to-day operations," said its president Wong Nam Seng.
"With Berjaya's contribution, we have now increased the number of users from 1,000 to about 1,200 as we no longer have to turn down as many requests," he added.
"Berjaya's contribution of an ambulance has helped us revitalise our operations," said Malaysian Red Crescent Society Selangor branch chairman Fatimah Sulaiman.
"When our appeal to Berjaya was answered with a fully-equipped ambulance worth RM350,000, it gave us an added (option) to further enhance our services," she said.
Meanwhile, Stepping Stones Living Centre, a home for underprivileged children and women, received a 14-seater van that has proven to be a great help in ferrying its residents to school, hospital and other places they need to visit.
"We have about 80 (young residents) between the ages of 3 and 25, 12 women and four senior citizens. The van is of great assistance in helping us to arrange for transport to schools and other places. We do not have a stable, regular income and need contributions to help us," said its founder Rev Dr Johnson A. Rajahser.