I'm not a frantic blogger. Nor am I a regular blogger.
But sometimes when I have something to say I use this medium.
And I have something to say.
People might wonder why I blog about the Kechara folks. Well... cause it needs to be said.
In our Reach Out work we come across all sorts of things and when I see issues that go against what the real NGO's are trying to do, then, well, I'm sorry but it has to be said.
I had one of those WHAT THE HELL moments last night on our 2nd Sat Run, the one that starts after midnight.
For years we have been the only NGO going to a place we named "The Lost City".
You find it by going onto a path behind Bus Stand Klang, down a narrow alleyway and under a couple of flyovers.
It is not an easy place to find and is a 'safe haven' for many of the street folks as they are normally undisturbed by authorities.
It is an area where there are no cars. Only a small motorcylce track is there. It is on the riverside and is home to scores of homeless and poor and also cats and kittens.
And funnily enough yesterday it became home to a small python that was found and is being taken care of by one of our street friends.
It is a quiet place where folks sleep in the open, and cats and kittens, (and there are many) play and run around freely.
Imagine my surprise when we turn up at our normal time of about 1am to meet our friends, give some food and also feed the cats and kittens, to find a large gang from the Kechara Soup Kitchen there.
They have never been there before.
Ok so if you want to feed good, although I strongly disagree with the vegetarian food that you give out (and its questionable halal authenticity), and the fact that we know where the money that you raise for KSK actually goes (or most of it anyway), but WHY WHY TELL US WHY did you try and go there before us?
Why did you go there after all these years to a place where you have never gone?
Why try and compete in areas that you know are already served by Reach Out?
Why are you trying to compete?
How did you find out? Were you watching us or Reach Out on the TV and decided to try and take over an area where you can claim some sort of perverted glory?
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE IN KECHARA?
Actually that is a rhetorical question cause we know.
But apart from this I want to know this...
WHAT WERE YOU DOING DRIVING A KANCIL INTO THAT AREA ALONG A MOTORCYCLE TRACK WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE OPEN AND CATS AND KITTENS RUNNING AROUND?
One word...MORONS. Absolute total idiots and a danger to those on the street.
So now I suppose you will be advertising on your facebook and web site that you are feeding at the Lost City (or whatever name you will come up with).
For goodness sake, there are enough homeless and poor in many areas for you to go and feed and put yourself out as bloody hero's. There is no need to steal into areas already covered by other NGO's.
We don't. We respect those areas covered by other NGO's and stay out.
So, why why tell me why do you do this Kechara?
If you all want are hero's medals and more Datoships good luck to you but the world will know what you really are.
I will keep blogging about you and so will our crew.
I know.
We know and those on the streets know.
About Me
- Peter Nicoll
- Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia
- The truth, the people, and the adventures of a Reach Out volunteer as he struggles through the obstacles of NGO work with the urban and rural poor of Malaysia. An adventurer who travels a fair bit but who is determined to settle down to a more stable existence. Is easy to keep as a pet as long as he is given regular bars of chocolate and curry puff's. Dislikes deceit and those with ego's, but as a Scotsman, enjoys wearing the Kilt and shocking people with the sight of his legs.