Amidst the colourful clothes and glittering sparklers

If you happen to have a copy of the Newpaper dated today, 1st of October, do turn to the second or third page, where they ran a column, depicting the tale of a mother, with a handful of school going kids, facing Hari Raya with a bare home, little food and less so new clothes.

With a recurrent drug addict husband, and 2 older sons who are forced to skip school to work at KFC to make ends meet, the Voice of Hobo has this to say:


These are the cases/people/families whom deserve our help.


We have not shelved our plans to part with a portion, and pool together our latest GST credits, for a more deserving cause. The only issue, as discussed and tossed around over again, would be the beneficieries, and, the currency of our contribution, cash, vouchers, food items etc etc...

Homes, orphanages, or designated welfare organizations are chartered charities whom regardless, have means of financing their operations.
A mother, working part-time at a factory, earning $40 dollars per shift, with bills to pay, food to provide, and 3 school going kids to lose sleep over, unfortunately does not.

To us Hobos, remember, sometimes, its just about doing the right thing, so I hope you haven't spent all that excess cash on zheng-ing your car/bike. Its a hell of alot better than giving out blind alms to rows of people outside the mosque every morning of every year of every Hari Raya.


To All Our Readers:

If you do know of any such cases, or pleas for help, and happen to be reading this, do reach out to us @ fc.hobo@gmail.com. We are more than glad to extend a helping hand, cos at FC Hobo, we're more than just a football team.


Despite this space being a true democracy with true freedom of speech (not limited to a plot of land), we would like to extend our sincerest apologies to anyone's toes we probably have stepped, feelings we definitely have grazed, and chicks we've driven crazy with our mojo.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri.



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