As flash floods continue to ravage the country, the volunteer platform Asia Heroes has been launched and is now appealing for more volunteers to assist with the nationwide flood cleanup. Thousands of homes have been destroyed by the mud and sludge left behind as a result of these devastating floods. By volunteering, you can help people rebuild their lives much faster.
Asia Heroes is a one-stop volunteer platform that links those willing to help with people in need. You can become a volunteer or register your initiatives to connect with aspiring volunteers, making it easier to coordinate and mobilize efforts across the country.
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In collaboration with the UPLIFT initiative, Asia Heroes works tirelessly with NGOs, corporate and community groups, statutory bodies and volunteers to achieve its mission of connecting active volunteers to inspiring causes throughout Malaysia, and across the SEA region. FreeMakan, together with UPLIFT (Pertubuhan Bangkit) and the BAC Education Group, have managed to raise RM256,650, for the Malaysia Flood Relief Campaign and are aiming to reach RM500,000 soon. Asia Heroes are looking for more volunteers to help clean these homes as it is just too much work for the current team to cope with. More houses are affected everyday and the work is piling up.
GoodNews caught up with Skills Academy CEO Kumar Nagalingam and he explained that today, 25 volunteers headed for Kg.Tengah, Puchong, to clean up the homes affected by the floods there, after gathering at the VSQ, BAC PJ Campus at 8.30am. They left at 10.00am and reached there about 11.00am. He said that when they were there, they met up with the community mobiliser Shakira. About 400 residences are affected there. The team managed to clean 5 homes and filled up 6 roro bins with damaged furniture. The people there were devastated that the floods wiped out everything in their homes as the water level rose 5 feet high, he added. “Estimates are it will take about 1 week (with help) to completely clean the outside of these houses before they can even start with the inside. Many are exhausted and the elderly folk are helpless. They are waiting for volunteers to come and assist them,” he said.
