The world of Tzu Chi May 2020 (Vol.122)

15 TZU CHI 122 (Bottom) Tzu Chi volunteer Tan Sri Vincent Tan (far right) donated about 5,000 mattresses on Tzu Chi’s behalf to the Sungai Buloh Prison, bringing comfort and warmth to the inmates who have been sleeping on the floor due to the lack of bedding. Fellow volunteer Puan Sri Tong Siew Bee expressed her appreciation for the prison officers’ thoughtful gesture of seeking ways to improve living conditions for the inmates and hoped for the inmates to turn over a new leaf. [Photograph by Wee Suan Yean] (Middle) Tzu Chi volunteers collaborated with the Social Welfare Department and the auxiliary police force to extend assistance to the families of 26 Indonesianmigrant workers in Taman Maluri, Cheras who are running short on provisions. The volunteers recorded the personal particulars of the beneficiaries for documentation purposes. [Photograph by Sam Pin Fook] (Top) Salina is apregnantmother who lives ina village inMiri, Sarawak with seven children. She has been unemployed since the commencement of the MCO and could only afford to feed her children sugared syrup after the family’s supply of provisions was depleted. Local volunteers evaluated the living conditions of the villagers and decided to distribute relief supplies to 13 families in the village to ensure their well-being. [Photograph by Bryant Hwong]