MYR 400 05/24/2021 12:17:59 PM UTC
MYR 150 05/13/2021 05:41:55 PM UTC
With warm wishes to you Liz and Julita xc
MYR 150 05/12/2021 08:25:29 AM UTC
MYR 75 05/11/2021 04:06:59 AM UTC
MYR 75 05/10/2021 04:07:34 PM UTC
MYR 100 05/01/2021 08:50:47 AM UTC
MYR 150 04/28/2021 06:50:49 AM UTC
MYR 100 04/26/2021 07:26:59 AM UTC
MYR 75 04/26/2021 04:48:24 AM UTC
MYR 50 04/24/2021 10:20:39 PM UTC
MYR 250 04/23/2021 12:36:19 PM UTC
USD 25 04/22/2021 12:56:09 AM UTC
MYR 50 04/21/2021 08:36:38 AM UTC
With or Without You
IDR 1,000,000 04/20/2021 02:15:50 PM UTC
MYR 100 04/20/2021 09:49:55 AM UTC
Raised MYR 10
I have been going to Julita for the last 5 years. Regardless of her adversities, and circumstances, she always maintains a HALF FULL attitude towards life. Her positivity and resilience - mental and emotional, will truly be her legacy (aside from her compassion and wicked sense of humour). She was born sighted, but lost her sight at two years old, when doctors were unable to control a high fever. As the middle child in a small town north of Kota Kinabalu, there were no special education schools nor emphasis on the need to study braille, so she never went to school. However, do not be fooled. This woman is incredible : she can cook, do the laundry, find her way to Brickfields in the chaos and lack of pedestrian crossings, and even recognise the smallest smells and sounds. She can also talk to you about anatomy - nerves, joints, skeletal system, better than many sighted massage therapists I have had.
The pandemic left many with jobless. She lost 95% of her income, moved out of a domestically incompatible situation, and relied on mobile food banks around Brickfields who were dropping off food for the marginalised communities. Between the 3 lockdowns that KL Valley experienced, she was able to go out to work intermittently, pay rent, the power and water bills, reload her phone, and put food on her table for her and her teenage daughter.
Due to her drastically reduced income, she's had no choice but to suspend payment to the retirement investment funds, as she was barely making ends meet. Hopefully as the vaccinations are rolled out, and lockdowns ease in this economy, she'll be able to make a decent living again.
We will be meeting with the financial planner end of May where we will top up the fundraised money. (The same financial planner has been handling her account.) For those of you who donated in 2018, and want to see her investments, please let me know, happy to share privately.
