All donations will be given to tsunami victims
Nurul NazirinPublished: Jan 4, 2005 6:32 PM | Updated: Jan 29, 2008 6:21 PM
Local organisations collecting donations for the tsunami victims have assured the public that all the money raised will be channeled to the badly affected areas like Aceh and Sri Lanka.
Local organisations collecting donations for the tsunami victims have assured the public that all the money raised will be channeled to the badly affected areas like Aceh and Sri Lanka.
Contacted today, organisations such as Malaysian Red Cross Society (MRCS), Malaysian Medical Relief Society (Mercy), Buddhist Mahavihara Temple, Malaysia National Insurance Berhad (MNI), the Star and Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3) said that all the donations will be sent in its entirety and no administrative charges will be deducted.
They were responding to talk that some organisations were out for personal gains in their donation drive.
Brushing aside such claims, Mercy's chief operating officer Shareen Shariza Abdul Ghani said that Mercy has its own humanitarian fund and that it has already contributed RM200,000 worth of medical aid to Aceh.
Another RM20,000 in non-medical aid have been given to affected villagers in Penang and Kedah, she added.
CNN reported in the early hours of the tsunami disaster that Mercy was the first foreign organisation to arrive and offer help to the victims in Aceh.
Match every ringgit
While most organisations collect cash and cheques, others also request for food, bottled water and clothes.
Except for Mercy, all other organisations have specifically set-up current accounts to accommodate public donations.
TV3 Corporate Communications Executive Siti Rohana Siti Zubidah Ismail said she wasn't sure if any interest sum accrued from the donations will also be channeled to the beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, MNI said today that it will match every ringgit donated by the public to its donation boxes set up at its headquarters and branches nationwide.
Contacted today, organisations such as Malaysian Red Cross Society (MRCS), Malaysian Medical Relief Society (Mercy), Buddhist Mahavihara Temple, Malaysia National Insurance Berhad (MNI), the Star and Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3) said that all the donations will be sent in its entirety and no administrative charges will be deducted.
They were responding to talk that some organisations were out for personal gains in their donation drive. Brushing aside such claims, Mercy's chief operating officer Shareen Shariza Abdul Ghani said that Mercy has its own humanitarian fund and that it has already contributed RM200,000 worth of medical aid to Aceh.
Another RM20,000 in non-medical aid have been given to affected villagers in Penang and Kedah, she added.
CNN reported in the early hours of the tsunami disaster that Mercy was the first foreign organisation to arrive and offer help to the victims in Aceh.
Match every ringgit
While most organisations collect cash and cheques, others also request for food, bottled water and clothes.
Except for Mercy, all other organisations have specifically set-up current accounts to accommodate public donations.
TV3 Corporate Communications Executive Siti Rohana Siti Zubidah Ismail said she wasn't sure if any interest sum accrued from the donations will also be channeled to the beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, MNI said today that it will match every ringgit donated by the public to its donation boxes set up at its headquarters and branches nationwide.
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