Community Events

Yayasan Suria JB(YSJB) – Death is real!Death is certain! Being a social worker running an NGO, I get to step into the shoes of hundreds/thousands of my clients (the people whom we helped, the Poor & Needy) over the many years. What a privilege & joy to ‘experience’ so many lives instead of spending our […]

Yayasan Suria JB (YSJB) – Bringing Deepavali cheers to our Indian friends. It was some 2 weeks ago that our Indian supporters called me whether they can do a food run for YSJB’s Poor & Needy Indian cilents. Families were identified, 4 Indians and 1 Chinese. Also an Indian Home in Plentong with 72 inhabitants.

Yayasan Suria JB(YSJB) – Encounter of a strange kind! Date: Mon, 25/10/2021.Time: About 5.30 pm.Place: Taman Sierra Perdana, Masai, Johor. I was on the last leg of my daily running around and dropped by a house to collect some preloved items before calling it quits for the day. The person giving the preloved item was

Yayasan Suria JB(YSJB) – Rain, Rain, Go Away! Yes, this nursery rhyme brought back fond childhood memories to me: “Rain, rain, go away Come again another day Daddy wants to play; Rain, rain go away Rain, rain, go away Come again another day Mommy wants to play; Rain, rain, go away Rain, rain, go away

Yayasan Suria JB(YSJB) – Running a Foundation. Easy? Answer: No. First, you got to go out to look for funds without which you can’t help anybody.Second and the most important is INTEGRITY. If you don’t have this, don’t run a Foundation. It’s PUBLIC MONEY and you have to account for every cent received and spent.

Yayasan Suria JB(YSJB) – Urgent business calls for super fast action! It’s not always that I do things so fast but when it comes to helping someone who really needs help, I go all out of my way to assist. For many parents, getting a place for their children in a local university calls for

Yayasan Suria JB (YSJB) – Flash flood 30/9/2021. It was in the early morning of 30/9/2021 when we were alerted – Kg Mohd Amin, Kolam Air, JB – water rose to chest height. An emergency called for superfast action. Breakfast was provided for the some 15 families there, about 80 people. Mineral water, bread/buns, preloved

Yayasan Suria JB (YSJB) – A deal to supply birthday cakes! Yes, recently we secure a ‘deal’ to supply birthday cakes to the children of our clients (the Poor, Needy & Hungry) under YSJB. Before this, we used to buy from cake shops. This kind lady makes cakes as a hobby, they are not for

Yayasan Suria JB (YSJB) – Caring for the caregivers at Homeless in JB! Yes, YSJB has been supplying cooked food daily to the Homeless for the past many months. The dedication of the volunteers at the Operations Centre has my highest respect and salutation. It’s not easy manning the centre, long hours and dealing with