Support Covid-19 relief projects on Incitement

The effects of the Movement Control Order (MCO) mandated by the government in order to curb the spread of Covid-19 in Malaysia, are grave and far reaching. Incomes and earnings have plummeted, and there will be losses for every citizen. The B40 and M40 groups are hit the hardest, and assistance is much-needed to alleviate their hardship.

With the government only being able to do so much in terms of aid for these groups, we are thankful to see corporates stepping up to the plate and providing essential support for those who are most affected by the MCO and Covid-19. In this post, we highlight four Covid-19 relief projects that teamed up with corporates on Incitement to amplify and give extra focus to their impact.

Note: In an effort to further support both front-liners fighting the virus and marginalised communities most affected by movement restrictions, Incitement is waiving all its platform fees and fees for managed services for Covid-19 related relief initiatives. Read more here.

Incitement has also partnered with MDEC’s Covid-19 campaign in collaboration with Global Sadaqah. MDEC calls upon all tech companies in Malaysia to join this national campaign to help support all those who are battling the Covid-19 crisis in the front-lines. Doctors, nurses, aid Workers, and all those involved in the medical field have to face extremely dangerous and life threatening situations. Our help, support, and the knowledge that the nation stands strongly behind them will be an immense positive boost for them. Your donations to this campaign will help IMARET purchase and distribute the following to the front-liners battling Covid-19. To support this campaign, go to MDEC’s Incitement Page or Global Sadaqah’s Incitement Page.

Help Sustainably during MCO

Help Sustainably during MCO is a project by Taylor’s Community, that focused on disbursing much-needed essential goods to B40 communities who are struggling to make ends meet due to the MCO. Adhering to their brand promise “We protect. We care. We share“, Takaful Malaysia stepped up to the plate and partnered with Taylor’s on this initiative, which intertwined artistic skills and creativity through art apart from strengthening family bonds via an e-Learning module.

Through an online module created by Taylor’s, participants were asked to create 3 posters that depict scenarios of Protecting, Caring and Sharing within their family in order to win essential goods worth RM100 each.

“It’s such a refreshing activity for our family. My son is now in year 6 and this activity helped him relax while preparing for his UPSR, especially during MCO”, said one of the top 10 winners, a mother of two. “I am thankful for the family bonding time over this activity!”

After receiving an overwhelming response, 70 families were awarded with groceries and stationery items for their inspiring artworks.

A Covid-19 relief project by Taylor's Community and Takaful Malaysia

Beneficiaries of Help Sustainably During MCO

Food without Borders

This “Pay It Forward” social initiative by Masala Wheels started with a local university requesting their help to contribute meals for stranded students on campus, because most of them are from B40 families. After quickly raising 240 meals for the students via social media, Masala Wheels decided to scale and launched the Food without Borders initiative, using a “pay forward” system.

Food without Borders aims to provide decent meals to the people in need during the MCO. By teaming up with Fusionex International as well as other contributors, Masala Wheels has been able to provide many meals to their beneficiaries. For an overview of the impact thus far created through Food without Borders, click here.

Masala Wheels - Food without Borders - social project - COVID19 relief

Beneficiaries of Food without Borders

Emergency COVID19 Food Pack

Emergency COVID19 Food Pack is a project by Pertubuhan Al Taaf Ziadah (ATZ), focused on helping families from the B40 group affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. As part of their Emergency Covid-19 Food Packs, a total of 633 families from across Malaysia have received rice, cooked food pouches- meats, spices, biscuits, cooking oil, salt, sugar, tea premix and uht milk to help them sustain during the MCO. Each food pack can last food packs can last for about 2 weeks per family.

Beneficiaries of Emergency Covid-19 Food Pack

Project PPE Gear

Batik Boutique (BB) had been operating a Sewing Centre to provide livelihood for B40 women in Kota Damansara area over the last few years, but due to the MCO in Malaysia, the Sewing Centre and all BB outlets had to be closed. Realising that it is essential to continue to provide work and income for those from B40 group who do not have savings to live and support their families, Batik Boutique decided to offer its expertise in sewing through Project PPE Gear (PPE stands for Personal Protective Equipment).

Due to the limited availability of ready made PPE gear, many doctors, nurses and frontline medical staff are trying to source and make their own. This happens at a slow rate because they do not have skill sets or equipment accessible. Additionally, people are volunteering to sew from their homes. Batik Boutique, having an industrial cutter and skilled tailors who are ready and willing to help, can produce at a faster rate than the home seamstresses. At the same time, BB can do its part to meet the need of those on the frontlines fighting Covid-19.

Fusionex International, in realising the necessity of this project, sponsored the manufacturing of these protective gears for medical front-liners in Malaysia.

Team Batik Boutique delivering protective PPE Gear to help the front-liners battling Covid-19

The Batik Boutique team doing a delivery of 300 PPE sets to Hospital Selayang.