Flood Relief Activities - Tanah Merah, Kelantan

As expected, the flood happened again this year at East Coast. While I was hoping Back To School to be our last event of the year, I could not help it, but to wait to see how things goes. True to the case, it did happened and it was more severed that last year. A quick relief was to provide food to the needies and amount of RM750 was raised and Milo and Dutch Lady tetrapack was sent out to sister NGO to deliver to the those in needs.

A second opportunity for us to get involved with flood relief was provided by Dr Azma and Roshida for us to help in Tanah Merah. I was happy to be provided with an opportunity to help the community again. As usual, FB event page was created and for this trip, we had about 20 people that we hardly know that join this trip. After the logistic arrangements, and off we go! :) Our main objectives was to provide groceries to the home and help to clean up.

We took the route Bentong-Raub-Kuala Lipid to reach Tanah Merah. Journey was smooth and quick.

As we enter Kuala Krai, we can see the houses that was submerged by water earlier. Loads of clothes were left hanging out - not sure for disposable or dry. Loads of 4WD were in town and some were dropping off stuff to the homes at the main road. Some homes are receiving so much they can probably open grocery store after this. We proceed to our destination and rest for the night. 

Next morning we go into the rubber tapper plantations. Due to the rainy weather, they were unable to do any work, hence no income. Team JB brings school uniform to be test and given a way to the children. Groceries pack also given away to the families.

Fully loaded

Check point

Kuala Krai... or Kuala "Cry" as my friend put it.

Water level is that high...

Some cars stop by and give what they can

I cant imagine the night the water reach that level

Water level is that high!

Furniture that needs to be replaced

The bridge that was covered by the flood water

Strong stench smell of garbage

Garbage along the road

Check point at new town at Tanah Merah while waiting for our host

All that needs cleaning

Day2 - Ready to roll

Rubber tapper's home

All gone...

Check the water stain...

As we were at the end of our distribution, village chief received a call on the next kampung where no help was given. We decided to purchased from a nearby town in order help them. We traveled about 30km to the nearest grocery store and "raided" all the rice (not much left as we got only 40 5kg pax), eggs (10 eggs for each family), packet cooking oil and mee hoon. 

Stock clearance

The egg mobile as usual.. ;)

Total amount spent for the groceries.. RM500 from 1M1c

Unload, resort and repack

1 home 10 eggs..and plastic bag cooking oil

This home has been cooking for 9 days to provide food to those who are still stranded. Respect!

I asked how high was the water level, and the answer was - below my flippers... :P

Total disaster

The flood water was like ocean waves on that night...

Giving out to the families

Day3 - As we left Kuala Krai town, this is what we saw.

Locals crossing the road as some people are giving stuffs away here before entering the town

I wish we can bring and give more to the locals, but with our limited space, there is only so much we can do. I would like to thank all sponsors who have responded in time and money, as it allows 1M1c to help the people in need. While this flood is unavoidable in Malaysia due to the monsoon season, let us hope that the nation will be more prepare in coming disaster. Again, many thanks to all for supporting us. ;)

Kuantan Flood Relief 2013

With heavy rain and flood in the East Coast, many areas are affected and they need a lot of help in terms of basic necessities. We did a collection for them and work with the team from We Love, We Care, We Share in this project. Knowing Malaysians, we are never short of being kind to lend a helping hand - a total of RM6370 was collected to fund for this project! Thank you to all donors and supporters who have contributed to the project. Credits to Stop Hunger Now, Reach Out Malaysia and individual donors who have generously contributed time and effort.

We took about 2 weeks to get everything in place - from donations to logistics. Many thanks to all the anonymous supporters who work behind to ensure all things fall into place on D-Day! We pick up the items on Thursday 19th Dec 2013 in preparation for delivery on the Friday, 20th Dec 2013.

Thanks to Rosnah who have provide the much needed assistance for us to just show face, pay and pick up. All done within 45 minutes! TQ NSK Selayang for speeding things up for us as well! We pick up the items a day before and send to warehouse

Thanks to Antonio for arranging the warehouse for the usage of this project, as without it, I am not sure where are we going to store all the stuff! Life saver!

 

Loading the items into the lorry.. no easy task!

Not playing Lego here.. its real hard work arranging and rearranging!

     

This go in last.. first.. no, last.. arghh!!!

And there is more to go...

  

 Once loaded, we proceed to Ivan's place to load the other half. Departed KL at 11am, had lunch and repair a punctured tyre in Karak.. reach Kuantan at 5pm.

Finally, the lorry arrived at 5pm.....

Unloading!

And how we turn a beautiful house to a warehouse....

So much items and we ran out of place in the house!

Stop Hunger Now Rice Pack - TQ SHN

No interior designer required.. haha...

The following was sent by Reza the next day. The items delivered were repackaged and given to the needy families.

Food items at repackaging site

 

Ready for transfer to another needy village

Repackaged and ready to go

The following is the financials for the project :-

1. Total Collected = RM6370
2. Total Expenses

NSK Groceries = RM1417.36
18 x Cooking Oil @ RM6.25 = RM112.50
10 x Cooking Oil @ RM6.25 = RM62.50
20 x Cooking Oil @ RM6.25 = RM125.00
Transport = RM600
Spritzer Mineral Water = RM1700

3. Total Expenses = RM4017.36
4. Balance = RM2353.64

As at now, the weather condition is still not stable and East Coast may faced a second wave of flood. The balance will be used for it if require, else will be used for other 1M1c activities.

For Spritzer mineral water, the payment will be made in KL, and Reza will pick it up from the distributor's warehouse in Kuantan. Thanks to Jenny for arranging this. We are getting 100 cartons + 100 cartons (free) of Cactus NMW 500ml for RM17 per cartoon.

Many thanks to the following donors for generously contributed to this relief project - Kate Chen & friends, Jolene & friends, CP Teh & friends, Sally Pany, Julie Ching, Hazrina Hassan, Pua Chiu Leng, Esra Loo, Cheng Shea Li, Annie Hon, Jen C, Lilian, Wilson and Jane. There also donors who have contacted me for groceries donation which I am unable to pick it up due to time constraints. My apologizes for that. And not forgetting Beary, Melvin, Mel Jnr and Kate for going down to Kuantan to ensure we have enough man-power! :)  And with this project, it concludes the last project for 2013.