Volunteer Shares Heartbreaking Experience With Elderly Couple Who Don’t Have Bed To Sleep On

Although S’pore is a first world country that has the 3rd highest GDP per capita, there are people in this country who live in a very different kind of Singapore.

We usually joke about how poor people in the Goody Feed office are, but that’s because we know that we are all idiots down here who spend too much money on bubble tea and follow FOMO.

And when I say different, I mean that there’s an elderly couple who needs to sleep on this:

That’s the actual bed, pillow, blanket. The whole thing there.

I mean, I guess… some people just prefer the minimalist life…

(escaping reality)

Haha…ha… there still are poor people in our country huh.

Door knock session on 8 August 2019 at Bendemeer Road

The full story can be found on Facebook by Lee Siew Yian, who was volunteering for Keeping Hope Alive 让希望活下去.

This happened during a door knock session on 8 Aug 2019.

Door knock sessions are where volunteers knock on 1/2 room HDB flats to look out, listen and take action for people who are in need.

For instance, if they are unable to pay for bills, or if they need groceries or bus fare, refurbishment for bug-infested homes, helping elderly living on their own trim their nails, etc.

An elderly auntie opened the door, to which Ms Lee asked if she needed a mattress.

The auntie first confirmed if it is free, which is when Ms Lee asked if she can go in to assess her needs.

But, there was no mattress. Not just lacking a mattress, the floor is empty.

When asked about this, the Auntie replied…

“I sleep on a very thin ‘mattress’ and my husband sleeps on the chair.”

Ms Lee at this point was already holding back tears, so she asked, in her own words, a “stupid question”. They can give new mattresses, but it’s single-sized, so she asked how many they would like.

But, the auntie just said:

“One.”

Imagination of what is going on in Ms Lee’s heart after hearing that:

Ms Lee wrote down “Two” on the paper.

Ms Lee’s short reflection