“His father is 65 years’ old and cannot work, and his mother is ill…”

(Volunteer from the Teddy Mobile Clinic speaking) “Every month they get RM300 from the Majikan (welfare department) and RM300 cannot pay for the whole family.”

“So every night they’ll get food from the Soup Kitchen, and around the afternoon they will walk around, and if they get a short job, they will get paid. So if they didn’t get any job and any money, they’ll just get the food from the Soup Kitchen – it’s their meal for the whole day. He’s 5 years old and his brother is 8 years.” 

– Humans of Kuala Lumpur

Photostory by Mushamir Mustafa

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(This post was first published on August 8th 2016)