Kechara Soup Kitchen

Assalamualaikum and hi !

Last night I joined Kechara Soup Kitchen in KL for the first time and perhaps that was not the last. With the motto of Hunger Knows No Barriers, Kechara Soup Kitchen which is a non-profit organisation was established in 2006 with an objective of providing food for the homeless on the streets and the urban poor.

I knew about Kechara after joining the ADP Community Service Club (CSC). The CSC had collaborated with Kechara to give us first-hand experience of becoming the volunteers for distributing food to our street friends. We reached KL Kechara Soup Kitchen at 7.30 pm for a compulsory briefing session (only for the first-timer). During the briefing session, they told us about what do's & don'ts and what to expect during the distribution rounds on the street. The briefing ends at 9.30 pm.

Next, we were assigned into teams heading to different locations around KL. Mine was Chow Kit Road! We went around the streets to locate and distribute food to the homeless clients by using carpool and led by an experienced volunteer. The food distribution started at 10 pm and ended at 12 midnight. It was an incredibly good experience for me and I learned a lot from this activity. I hope to continue this in the future. InsyaAllah.

If you're interested in becoming a volunteer, do check out Kechara Soup Kitchen Facebook page for more information.

Briefing session

a group photo of the community service club members

KL Kechara Soup Kitchen.

A group photo at the Chow Kit Road

Distributing food to our clients

Thank you for reading.