KUALA LUMPUR: More than 1,000 volunteers under the Crisis Relief Squad of MCA (CRSM) will be mobilised nationwide to help in flood relief efforts during the coming monsoon season, says Datuk Chong Sin Woon.
PETALING JAYA: The Crisis Relief Squad of MCA (CRSM) has set up an elite team in each state across the country to offer immediate assistance to flood victims.
Residents of Siniawan bazaar in Kuching preparing to evacuate due to the floods. ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Over 500 volunteers under MCA s Crisis Relief Squad (CRSM) have been mobilised to help flood victims in the country, says its chief Datuk Natalie Lim Chong Ly. The CRSM has been fully engaged in disaster relief since non-stop rainfall deluged areas. More than 500 volunteers have been mobilised across the country and supplies in excess of RM200,000 have been handed to provide assistance to disaster-hit areas, Lim said in a statement on Thursday (Jan 14).
Besides distributing dry foodstuffs, anti-Covid-19 pandemic supplies and others, she said the volunteers also assisted in relocation efforts including clean-up works and post-disaster reconstruction.