Caring Facebookers help promote elderly woman on wheelchair selling snacks
Published on: Saturday, September 07, 2024
By: Jessie Lee
A Facebook post encourages those in the area to contribute by purchasing the snacks an elderly woman sells. (Photo: Facebook/bhaascar.rav.)
Kota Kinabalu: A recent Facebook post has captured the hearts of many as the user kindly called upon the Ipoh community to support an elderly woman on a wheelchair selling snacks outside a bank.
In the photos accompanying the post, the elderly vendor is seen sitting outside an ATM area, dressed in a pink sari, with her legs wrapped in bandages.
ADVERTISEMENT Despite her hardship, her expression is calm and kind.
A small, handwritten sign is placed beside a box of snacks, displaying the price, RM3, for each packet.
“The contribution from you all might help for her living and medical expenses,” the netizen humbly wrote in a request.
The post was met with numerous support from the community, with over 1,200 shares and 168 reactions.
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Many commenters expressed their sympathy and encouragement and hope things get easier for the elderly woman.
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