Current programme· Ongoing, monthly · Sahabat Food Aid 2018 – 2021 · Food Bank 2021
Food Aid Programme
MSRI confirms that food aid is ongoing: food boxes are distributed monthly to households in need. This continues a series of earlier food programmes — the Sahabat Food Aid Programme, the MSRI Food Bank, Food for Ladies and the Lost Food Project partnership — which are documented below with their date ranges.
Reported results
Point-in-time figures as published by MSRI, shown with their reporting periods.
Current food aid
Ongoing — monthlyMSRI distributes food boxes every month to refugee and asylum-seeker households, and to some low-income Malaysian families.
MSRI has not published a current monthly figure for the number of households reached, so none is shown here.
Sahabat Food Aid Programme
2018 – 2021The Sahabat Food Aid Programme was a monthly food aid disbursement using smart card technology. Families meeting criteria including household income, number of school-going children, single-parent status and special needs could register.
Registered families used their Sahabat Smart Card to purchase up to RM120 of groceries each month at participating stores. MSRI designed the programme as a more dignified method of disbursing food aid that also helps to minimise food waste.
MSRI Food Bank Programme
15 June – 8 November 2021The Food Bank was established during the height of pandemic lockdowns to give refugees, asylum-seekers, and anyone affected by the restrictions access to nutritious food.
It distributed food staples including rice, eggs, oil, sugar, salt, flour and spices, along with hygiene items. Additional items such as noodles, cereal, tea, milk powder and biscuits were sometimes available when further funding or food donations came in. Participants registered online each week for a time slot to collect their items from MSRI’s main office.
The Food Bank ran from 15 June to 8 November 2021 and provided food aid to 700 clients, including families, single parents and individuals in need.
Lost Food Project partnership
The Lost Food Project (TLFP) is a Malaysian not-for-profit organisation working towards a sustainable future by rescuing surplus food and redistributing it to people who need it most.
MSRI works with TLFP to provide food items — particularly fresh vegetables and fruit — to students and others in need.
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Sahabat Health
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