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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

21 December 2009 1 views

The simple handing-over ceremony at the Villamor Military Air-Base.

 

 

 

 

 

  The officials from the Embassy of Malaysia in Manila, the TUDM team and the Malaysian   media in front of the cargo plane which carried the relief goods as part of the humanitarian assistance given by the Government of Malaysia. 


 

2.      The said humanitarian assistance consisted of rice, canned food, instant noodles, biscuits, milk powder, blankets, adult and children clothing. Among those who were present during the handing over ceremony were officials from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Embassy of Malaysia in Manila and a team of various Government officials from Malaysia headed by Mr. Nazrul Fazami bin Mohamad, National Security Council, Malaysia. 

 

3.   Apart from the assistance given by the Government of Malaysia, several NGOs from Malaysia such as MERCY Malaysia and the Dunia Melayu Dunia Islam Organisation (DMDI) had been sending assistance in-kind to the victims of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.  DMDI headed by its Chairman who is also the Chief Minister of the State of Malacca, Malaysia, the Honourable Datuk Seri Ali Rustam is scheduled to arrive in Manila on 26 October 2009 to send a second-batch of humanitarian assistance to the victims. The first-batch was conveyed to the victims by officials from DMDI on 15 October 2009. In total, the DMDI had  forwarded approximately P1, 364,275.00 (USD 28, 300.00) worth of relief goods to the Philippines. 

 

Simple Humanitarian Assistance Handing-Over Ceremony by DMDI. 

 

Ravages of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng.

 

 

4.   The Malaysian Ministers’ Spouses Charity and Welfare Organisation (BAKTI) which is headed by the spouse of the Hon. Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, had also sent humanitarian assistance consists of relief goods which were flown in to Manila via two aircrafts on 25 October 2009. The relief goods were then distributed to the various parts of the Philippines which had been affected by the typhoons.    

 

5.    The said humanitarian assistance is another goodwill gesture from the people of Malaysia to its neighbour the Philippines in its time of needs. Malaysia has always remain supportive of the Philippines and had previously sent a series of humanitarian assistances to the latter during the Mount Mayon eruption tragedy in 2000, the landslides tragedy in Leyte and Guinsaugon in 2006. 


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