Covid-19 and the ensuing lockdown had left fashion designers like Melinda Looi and Khoon Hooi in a bit of a spot as orders were cancelled and demand for new apparel fell drastically. Despite the gloom, Looi felt the need to turn this into something positive and that was by harnessing her skill as a garment-maker to produce PPE gear for medical frontliners. However, she knew she couldn t possibly do much on her own.
As president of the Malaysia Official Designers Association (MODA), she rallied a community of designers to volunteer their services. Combining forces, they managed to raise enough money to buy the first sets of material for the PPEs MODA eventually raised RM700,000 for this purpose.
Thursday, 31 Dec 2020 02:20 PM MYT
BY MILAD HASSANDARVISH
Kind-hearted Malaysians come together to help the underserved community during the tough times of 2020. Malay Mail collage
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 29 The Covid-19 pandemic brought about a wide range of health, social and economic implications to the world, including Malaysia.
Despite its challenges, it helped form a remarkable bond among Malaysians – regardless of their race, religion and social background.
Various independent groups, non-governmental organisations, corporations and individuals joined hands to help the marginalised community to survive the pandemic and the movement control order (MCO).