Many will reflect on its ups and downs, successes and failures every year-end. The same is true for 7979. We assess cases of poor and underprivileged children we have helped and count the blessings we have received. This is similar to saving those washed-up shore starfish, picking them up and throwing them back to the sea one by one. Most probably, we will not save all of them, but we save as many as we can.    

In September of this year, a report released by Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) claimed that from the year 2019 to 2022, the number of absolute poor households has increased drastically, especially in the cities. The pandemic has caused long-term effects on low-income families and thus broadened the income gap.      
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By supporting the churches with programs under 7979 (Crisis Intervention Assistance, Underprivileged Children Companionship Class, Manna Food Bank, Major Disaster Response and Community Emergency Relief), we can meet the needs of poor families or families in crisis. Whenever these families are under tremendous pressure, with companionship, encouragement and assistance, they will still strife forward with hope even if the prospect seems bleak.    

I, hereby sincerely invite you to walk with us, together we assist poor and underprivileged families in bracing themselves for difficulties in life. Let us use practical actions to care for them, by providing resources such as manpower, materials and financial in the three areas listed below.

Firstly, enhance the knowledge, attitude and ability of service recipients, enable them with survival skills and people-helping skills;

Secondly, implement preventive measures, to reduce the risk factors that service recipients may encounter in the future;

Thirdly, when the service recipients encounter unfortunate incidents, immediate actions must be taken to mellow down the impact to prevent more tragedies.

​Let’s get out there together and start saving!