Strategi Kelangsungan Hidup Gelandangan di Pusat Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur

Authors

  • Muhammad Syafiq Muhamad Sham Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM, Bangi Selangor, Malaysia
  • Doris Padmini Selvaratnam Fakulti Ekonomi dan Pengurusan, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 UKM, Bangi Selangor, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v10n2.1348

Keywords:

Sources of income for the homeless, homeless survival, Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur, PLKN Geo Kosmo camp

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the source of income for the homeless and the ways they continue living in Pusat Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (KL). The data used are collected through interviews with 25 homeless people who were brought by the Welfare Department authority to the Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) Geo Kosmo camp, Kuala Kubu Bharu, Selangor under the OPS Menyelamat and using the questionnaire on the 50 homeless people who came to Dapur Jalanan Kuala Lumpur (DJKL). Based on statistical result, 28 were self-employed, 3 were working in the private sector and 19 were unemployed while their total income (monthly) showed 11 people earning RM200 and below, RM201 to RM400 with 7 persons, RM401 to RM600 with 8 persons and RM601 or above only 5 people. Based on interviews conducted at the camp most of them did not have fixed income and jobs. The proposal based on the findings is to increase the role of the Social Welfare Department (JKM) and non-governmental organization (NGOs) in focusing on opening new job opportunities and improving skills to homeless people.

 

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2018-04-30

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Muhamad Sham, M. S., & Selvaratnam, D. P. (2018). Strategi Kelangsungan Hidup Gelandangan di Pusat Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur. Sains Humanika, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.11113/sh.v10n2.1348

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