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NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisations’ (NGOs) work in helping the vulnerable has continued unabated throughout this Covid-19 pandemic.
The NGOs face a greater challenge now as fundraising events are hampered, leading to dwindling funds.
Stepping forward to support causes in education, environment and social welfare for Malaysians is Star Foundation, the charity arm of Star Media Group.
This time round, the foundation is donating RM175,000 in aid of 14 charities nationwide, bringing its total contributions to NGOs to almost RM1mil this year.
Star Foundation trustee Datuk Dr Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Rouse said the prolonged pandemic had brought unprecedented challenges, particularly to vulnerable groups in society.
20 Jul 2021 / 09:18 H. Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Laden with an icebox, needles, personal protective equipment and other items, the team of volunteers and medical officers stepped out of their van on a narrow kampung road in Beranang, Selangor, one hot Tuesday morning recently.
“At least the rain stopped,” mused one volunteer as the six-person group made their way uphill on a dirt road.
It was uncomfortably humid and the equipment they carried was heavy but that trip on July 6 was necessary to protect bedridden and disabled people – those who are unable to go to vaccination sites (PPV) – from the coronavirus that has torn through Malaysia since March last year.
Tuesday, 20 Jul 2021 09:47 AM MYT
Dr Mohammad Iqbal Omar, head of Mercy Malaysia’s health unit, administers a Covid-19 jab to a bedridden patient in Beranang July 6, 2021. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 Laden with an icebox, needles, personal protective equipment and other items, the team of volunteers and medical officers stepped out of their van on a narrow kampung road in Beranang, Selangor, one hot Tuesday morning recently.
“At least the rain stopped,” mused one volunteer as the six-person group made their way uphill on a dirt road.
KUALA LUMPUR – Laden with an icebox, needles, personal protective equipment and other items, the team of volunteers and medical officers stepped out of their van on a narrow kampung road in Beranang, Selangor, one hot Tuesday morning recently.
“At least the rain stopped,” mused one volunteer as the six-person group made their way uphill on a dirt road.
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It was uncomfortably humid and the equipment they carried was heavy but that trip on July 6 was necessary to protect bedridden and disabled people – those who are unable to go to vaccination sites (PPV) – from the coronavirus that has torn through Malaysia since March last year.