About Us
Kechara Soup Kitchen is inspired by His Eminence Tsem Tulku Rinpoche, the Spiritual Advisor to Kechara House.
As a young child, Tsem Rinpoche was often hungry and after years of physical and emotional abuse, he ran away from home when he was 15 years old. He made a harrowing journey across the United States, from New Jersey to Los Angeles. Cold, alone and with no money. Since this experience, Rinpoche has always donated food to the poor and encouraged others to do the same.
A group of Rinpoche's students decided to start distributing food in the centre of Kuala Lumpur. Being mindful and respectful of others' beliefs, KSK is strictly non-religious and does not discriminate in terms of race or culture. Our food is always halal for this reason also.
As this group grew, we began to realise that we had to be more structured in order to be more efficient. Therefore, a working core committee of volunteers was formed, which organises allocation of volunteers for KSK's routes, the packing of food etc.
On August 11th 2008, KSK had its first AGM as a registered society and a new committee has been elected.
Front from left, Sharon Saw, Prof. Choi, Julia Tan
Back from left, Karen Leu, May Woo, Justin Cheah, Ruby Khong, Suzan Ng
KSK Charter
Kechara Soup Kitchen (KSK) is a registered society affiliated to Kechara House. Membership of the society is limited and by invitation only but we welcome all to participate as volunteers. Please note that volunteers have to be approved by the committee.
- The aim of the organisation is to contribute towards improving the society of Malaysia in the scope of feeding the homeless and urban poor and to help those who wish to re-enter society.
- KSK members and volunteers may not criticise our country, government, political leaders, cultures, races and religions.
- We distribute only halal food to the homeless and urban poor.
- We do not speak about our own religion to Muslims or people of other religions.
Anyone who acts in contradiction to any of the above will be issued with a warning letter. If the offence is repeated, a second warning letter will be issued. Upon the third transgression, the KSK committee will respectfully request the transgressor to leave the organisation as it contradicts and endangers our vision and mission.
Team Leaders:
Team Leaders are:
Justin Ripley, Karen Leu, Justin Cheah
Team Leaders to ensure all volunteers have Volunteer ID Cards.
Team Leaders to ensure no new volunteer goes operational until a General KSK Volunteer Guideline Form is completed and the volunteer has attended a briefing session.
Head of Logistics to ensure all foods are collected, delivered and packed.
Head of Logistics to ensure all Team Leaders have a medical First Aid Kit and that it is fully stocked at all times.
Team Leaders will ensure that at least one member of the team is first aid trained.
