Need to Feed the Need - NFN

Need to Feed the Need (NFN) a non profit NGO under the purview of The Registrar of Societies bearing official name Persatuan Memberi Kepada Yang Memerlukan and registration number PPM-009-14-20042017. NFN is a soup kitchen that distributes food and other basic necessities in Kuala Lumpur. NFN operates out of Medan Kasih, a purpose built government-constructed facility at Lorong Medan Tuanku 2, eve

ry Thursday night. NFN’s patrons are the homeless and urban poor of all age groups; parents with newborn babies to senior citizens; anyone who has found themselves in difficult circumstances. Most of the able-bodied among them have jobs, though their meagre incomes may not be enough to pay for monthly room rental, let alone a two-month deposit. Some pay a daily rate of RM25 to RM40 for a squalid room with lumpy mattress just so their children could sleep. The majority of the families live in 4m x 3m makeshift rooms in converted shop-houses. Every Thursday, NFN serves approximately 350-400 patrons with a hot meal, up to two side dishes (kuih, buns, etc.) and bottled water. The amount spent per person is about RM8, which equates to RM3,200 per week to sustain our basic operations. Partners and food sponsors Syed Bistro, MMZ Bistro, Meals For All and The Nasi Lemak Project also assist in providing meals for NFN’s patrons. NFN was founded in October 2013 by a group of individuals who identified a void in soup kitchen operations on Thursday nights. NFN was later registered as a legal entity under the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) in December 2014 and has since formally registered as an NGO under RoS as Persatuan Memberi Kepada Yang Memerlukan. With this, it is hoped that NFN can provide greater transparency and accountability to its donors. Although NFN is now a registered entity with a Board of Directors and Management Team, it is operated and managed entirely by permanent volunteers without reward, assuring our contributors 100% of aid received is channelled entirely back to those in need. Providing meals and other basic necessities such as toiletries and diapers is by no means a long term solution to the situation, but it does help the patrons get by in the meantime, in a small but meaningful way. As such, any contribution, no matter the amount, goes a long way towards helping NFN to help those less fortunate and deserving of a healthy meal. We welcome sponsorship in various forms including supply of meal packs, bottled water, kuih or fruits for distribution or financial donations whereby we will procure the necessary through our long term catering partners who are vetted to meet our strict dietary requirements and portion sizes. Throughout the years, we have identified trends in numbers of patrons depending on the time of year and festive periods resulting in varying order sizes from as little as 250 packs to over 400 packs. We closely monitor these trends to ensure there is never any food wastage. Our management team would welcome the opportunity to discuss further in detail and work with you to develop a mutually sustainable sponsorship arrangement.