Malaysia

Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) staff and volunteers provide food, basic medical services, and welfare aid to the homeless and urban poor populations. Volunteers and staff walk through the streets of Kuala Lumpur and support up to 800 people every week. The medical program, in particular, has been in operation since 2012, for almost as long as the food bank has been established. (Photo: GFN/Annice Lyn)

Volunteers and staff from Kechara Soup Kitchen provide basic education to children of the indigenous Orang Asli community in Kuala Tahan. In addition to preparing the children for formal school, the food bank also distributes monthly food parcels. Orang Asli are predominantly hunters and gatherers and live in forested areas. (Photo: GFN/Annice Lyn)

Kechara Soup Kitchen staff and volunteers prepare food parcels to distribute to community members. Each parcel contains a prepared hot meal, beverages, fruit, and baked goods as part of the food bank's "street feeding" program. The food bank also provides food, basic medical services, and welfare aid to the homeless and urban poor populations in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: GFN/Annice Lyn)

Kechara Soup Kitchen volunteers unload food parcels and essential items from a truck onto a boat for the indigenous Orang Asli community. Every month, the food bank delivers staple items to a few hundred people and provide educational programs for the children and youth. (Photo: GFN/Annice Lyn)