No stopping Jeeny from doing charitable deeds
V. Sivaji | 21 October 2020 | 0 | Dine , Hotels , Live , News , Shop , Spotlight , Travel , Travel Buzz
Like many foreign visitors to Malaysia, Jeeny de Kuijper could not return to Holland due to the Movement Control Order (MCO) followed by the RMCO and other travel restrictions.
While here, it had come to her knowledge that the lockdown had made it difficult for the poor and underprivileged who could not fend for themselves and support their families.
“We came here for our winter break in January and to meet up with friends and family but little did we expect that the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown would make us stay for eight months.
“During this time, I came to know of many families going through hardship and could not even feed their children as they were retrenched or could not find work.
“Although there were several agencies/authorities and NGOs offering help but the real needy did not get support and assistance,” said Jeeny to Where2lifestyle recently.
She then proceeded to get the list of people needing assistance and also secured the help of family and friends to help pack essential items such as rice, eggs, flour, noodles, cooking oil, sugar, face masks, sanitizers etc for distribution.
Among the areas they would deliver aid was around the Hong Seng area, Tanjong Tokong, Tanjong Bungah and Batu Feringgi. This included distribution of food packers to the needy at the Goddess of Mercy temple along Pitt Street here.
“Initially, the lockdown made it difficult for us to move around to deliver aid but we made arrangements to get proper approval from authorities to move around.
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“Among the casualties were also pets like cats and dogs. Many owners had also abandoned their pets due to various reasons.” added Jeeny.
Since she was an ex-staff of the Mutiara Resort in Teluk Bahang, she also helped her former colleagues who were affected by the lockdown.
She also sent out aid to the Butterworth SPCA, 4Paws and the Cat Beach offering rice and pet food. Other items included detergents and hygiene products.
In all, some 100 families benefited from the project. She also distributed lunch boxes in Georgetown for some 150 people weekly.
“Since I love to cook, so cooking for these people was very gratifying,” quipped Jeeny who also speaks fluent Dutch.
Previously, she had also helped several schools in Georgetown for their building upkeep and for events like Sports Day and school building fund etc.
Only after much persuasion, Jeeny revealed reluctantly that she had spent around RM100,000 over this period on all of the assistance she had rendered.
Even now, there are some families still receiving assistance weekly.
Doing good deeds is nothing new to her, way back in 2017, there were bad floods in Tanjung Bungah and Batu Ferringhi areas. She again rose to the occasion to provide food and water for those affected.
In all, some 700 people benefitted from her assistance with food and other necessities.
Moving forward, Jeeny finally managed to get their flight back to Holland after several delays recently and looking to return home.
Back home, she has just completed her diploma in Netherlands culture and politics and hopes to continue her degree programme
Her home which is in Wijk aan Zee is about 30 minutes away from Amsterdam.
Kudos to Jeeny and her team for rendering much needed help and assistance to the needy and underprivileged here.
More importantly, Jeeny did not forget to host her team of volunteers, friends and family members to a small get together before leaving for Holland.
She took the opportunity to personally thank her personal assistant, James Naras, friends like Dr Shiv Kumar, Kessy Rao, Puma and Lionel for all their assistance, support and well wishes rendered.
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