Alor Setar woman braves the cold and Covid-19 to feed Melbourne’s homeless

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PETALING JAYA: After noticing some of Melbourne’s homeless sitting in the Queen Victoria Market car park one evening in Melbourne, Cecilia Chuah rushed home, whipped up a batch of fried rice and returned to give them a warm meal.

What started that night last May, with just four boxes of fried rice, has now become a weekly effort. Cecelia, with her daughter Shanice, husband Chai and cousin Alex in tow, gives out 100 containers of Malaysian food every Tuesday to the queuing homeless at the car park.

Last week, with Christmas around the corner, Cecilia and her family presented more than 70 new backpacks filled with clothes, toiletries and chocolates in addition to the usual containers of food.

Originally from Alor Setar, Kedah, Cecilia said she had always had an interest in helping those in need.


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