‘Mum raised 16 kids with RM150 but we were content’


One big happy family: Mohd Yazid (second row, right) posing for a family photo with his mother and siblings.

PETALING JAYA: A mother raised her 16 children and also took care of her paralysed husband with just RM150 a month. The Star’s Malay-language portal mStar reported that entrepreneur Mohd Yazid Ismail shared his family’s story of survival of caring for 16 siblings.

“I have 15 siblings and 11 of my siblings – including myself – are boys. There are people who would feel stressed and sad when they give birth to five boys in a row.

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