blk 151 at meiling street

i was asking my friend, andrina if she would like to join me for a sunday meditation session. it was then she shared w me de story of de people at blk 151 at meiling street (whom she helped out every sunday morning).

de folks (i really hate to use the word "old") at blk 151 live alone in their tiny studio bedroom. they have no or little savings; and for most of them, they do not have any relatives to look after them. as these folks are NOT under any scheme or have de support of any charitable organisation, they are dependent on de government to help them w their daily survival aka FOOD. de ministry of community development, youth and sports (MCYS) provides de folks lunch on weekdays. however when it comes to weekends, they have to depend on themselves.

andrina's sister learnt about this and take it upon herself to find sponsors to contribute for these folks' lunch on de weekends. and of course by force of nature, this story is spread to andrina then to me then to couple of my friends.

my first reaction to this was "wow lao, mcys provides for de week .... might as well provide for weekend". and i do my usual "complaining". once that was out of the way, i told andrina i will help w one sunday lunch*.

seriously its not alot. there are 50 of them. one lunch cost only S$3! this bring us to de GRAND TOTAL of S$150! we could easily spend that amount on clothes, bags, shoes, books. if we not buy these stuff, it would make de tummies of 50 people v v happy!!

and i could tell andrina and gang put alot of effort in taking care of them. some of the folks are unable to walk or when they fall sick, they will bring de food to them. in addition, they know that mcys provide economical rice every weekday, they would buy other lunches such as char siew rice, chicken rice as a change for them. they also ensure that if gravy is to be poured into de rice, they will request it to be added aside - de folks actually half their lunch so they can have de other half for dinner!

de folks at blk 151 are a pretty cool bunch of people. if there are no sponsors for de week, they would rally and figure out what to do next. when i was told this, i was speechless.

i am now appealing to all to help these folks at blk 151 (suddenly i feel like a celebrity on tv w my sobbing eyes ... ). one sunday lunch for 50 people is only S$150! we so far managed to get sponsors to cover till 2nd week of june. if we cun find sponsors, they will have to starve!

as this a "strangers-help-other-strangers" scheme, all contributions are NOT tax exempted (moi not charitable organisation). in return, handmade paper flowers (by de wonderful folks at blk 151) will be sent to you.

if you cannot help financially, you can help spread de word by linking this entry in your blog or email de link to your friends, colleagues and so on.

lastly, to find out more on how you can help, you can email me at mnsl@yahoo.com and i will get in touch w you asap.

on behalf of de folks at blk 151, thanks for reading this entry.

*in case you wonder why sunday and what happened to saturday?? de team managed to get sponsor for sat for de next 6 months. thus we now focusing on sunday.