HELPING HAND: Ting enquires about the family background of Saleha during the visit.
MIRI: Grandmother Saleha Mit, 80, and her family at Pujut Adong 1 get frustrated whenever it rains, for one simple reason – leaking roofs.
They are kept busy whenever rain come a calling because it would mean everyone having to start carrying and emptying basins and pails to ensure that their belongings are not ruined by the downpour.
However, their misery will end in about three days’ time as the local authority is presently repairing the small double-storey house under the government’s “Nadi Kasih” initiative.
Saleha’s family is among the 52 hardcore poor families here who would benefit from the project which started its operation here recently.
‘Nadi Kasih’ is financed by 1Malaysia Development Berhad is only meant for house-repair.
Under this project, the beneficiary would be allocated RM5,000 to repair their houses, and the repair cost must not exceed this amount.
Saleha said she and her family were thankful to the government for making their life more comfortable.
“I want to thank the government for making our dream come true. All this while I have been requesting for assistance to change the leaking rooftop of my house,” said the granny who is staying with her daughter, daughter-in-law and five grandchildren.
Saleha added that her family could not afford to repair the roof because money from selling kuih could hardly make ends meet.
Meanwhile, the SUPP Piasau vice chairman Datuk Sebastian Ting, together with the chairman of Neigbourhood Committee (RT) Piasau 1 Sazali Sunji visited Saleha yesterday.
Ting, among others, assured Saleha that the repair works would be completed in a few days.
He also took down personal details of Saleha’s family to assist the family secure assistance from the Welfare Department.
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