00:00 I buy her food and give her whatever her children want.
00:05 This is the plight of 28-year-old B. Mookniswari and her five children who live in extreme poverty.
00:12 There are days that she and her children, aged 4 to 9, have to starve.
00:17 Working as a cleaner, Mookniswari earns a meagre 200 ringgit a month,
00:22 barely enough to buy basic necessities.
00:25 Her husband has been in and out of prison and is now serving time for theft,
00:30 leaving Mookniswari to raise their children on her own.
00:33 To make matters worse, the home in which they live in resembles more of a shanty.
00:51 The house is full of holes and has a leaky roof.
00:55 To help Mookniswari, FMT is collaborating with the Suriyanna Welfare Society to raise funds.
01:19 Contributions can be made directly to Suriyanna Welfare Society, Maybank Account No. 512 361 505 370.
01:29 Kindly include the reference "Mookniswari".
01:32 Natasha Bust, FMT News.
01:35 For more information, visit www.nash.gov.
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