PLease Help Flood Victims

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Please scroll down to read updates. Please pass this message to as many people as possible or just link me. Tq.

I know, one does not need to highlight the hardship faced when one is left with just the clothes on one's back.

We know.


On that note,

Three immediate collection centres have been set up for you to kindlly donate and contribute items for our FLOOD VICTIMS In Johor and Malacca.

Collection centres are open all weekend.

The centres are:

1

Parliament (Dewan Serbaguna) - just go to the guards and they'll show you.

2

Kontena Nasional's office in PJ - guards will assist.
Kontena Nasional Berhad
9th Mile, Old Klang Road
P.O.Box 6503, Seri Setia
47307 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Telephone No : + 603 - 7876 1933

3

PUTERI UMNO Malaysia, HQ at Level 5, Menara Dato' Onn, PWTC, there will be ladies on duty
Tel: +603- 40413900 (Rohani/Linda)

WE NEED BLANKETS, TIKAR, DRY FOODS, CANNED FOODS (CAN OPENERS TOO), BISCUITS, CLEAN CLOTHES, UNDERGARMENTS AND MANY ESSENTIAL ITEMS LIKE PAMPERS, AND MORE..

You are welcome to think and suggest and donate whatever essentials that victims need, in times of need we need cohesive help. Every useful thought and suggestion counts.

If you have the time and energy and wish to offer help to sort items at centres please call the above numbers.

It has been made known that victims do not need money for now, they need immediately items of food, clothings (t-shirts, kain batiks, kain pelekats) and essentials mentioned above and perhaps you too can think on their behalf, to alleviate the victims' predicament.

Please help to pass the word.

Thank you.

Latest update:


Flood victims in Johor desperately in need of pillows, blankets, baby food, clean new underwear. Send items to centres above. You can contact YB Dato Halimah Sadique, the Johor state executive councillor for housing and local government, at +607-7721567 (sms from Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir).

Number of evacuees in six flood affected states has gone past 75 000. The bulk of them are in Johor where situation in some districts is worsening. Apart from items listed above please add donating sanitary pads (sms from Dato Zuraidah Atan)

Whatever you do, please keep calm and be patient. If you tried to ring up numbers and numbers were busy, try and try again. There are many options up there, keep trying if you have important necessary queries. Use your intelligence. Please be economical with volunteers' energy. Everyone is trying their best.


23rd Dec, 9.45 pm:

Spoke with someone from BN Backbencher's Club, those who wish to drop items of clothings, they would be grateful if those items could be dropped off at Parliament (Dewan Serbaguna) - just go to the guards and they'll show you. Other items of dried food, pampers, canned food, could be dropped off at the centres (2) Kontena & (3) Putri Umno, contacts as above.

Volunteers are needed to help in sorting donated items. Do go to addresses below from early tomorrow morning, Sun 24th at:

(1) Kontena Nasional's office in PJ - guards will assist.
Kontena Nasional Berhad
9th Mile, Old Klang Road
P.O.Box 6503, Seri Setia
47307 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Telephone No : + 603 - 7876 1933

(2) PUTERI UMNO Malaysia, HQ at Level 5, Menara Dato' Onn, PWTC -the
young ladies will assist.
Tel: +603- 40413900 (Rohani/Linda)

24 th Dec, 7.11 pm:

In Pagoh alone 15 000 people (3000 families) were displaced and evacuated. There is acute shortage of clean water. Need water urgently. Please send to Kontena National office in PJ. Address and numbers as above. (sms from Dato Zuraidah Atan).

From Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir's blog:

You can also send stuff to the Red Crescent. They have a Bilik Gerakan/ Flood Relief Centre at the Puteri Pacific Hotel, JB. Enquiries and donation Hotlines: 07-219-9995, 07-219-9996.

They need foodstuff, foam mattresses, blankets, disposable nappies, women's underwear, sanitary pads, also cheques and NEW clothes.

4.03 pm, 25th Dec

Please donate MINERAL WATER urgently for Pagoh flood victims. Real acute shortage. A shipment leaving tonight. Please send to:

Kontena Nasional's office in PJ - guards will assist.
Kontena Nasional Berhad
9th Mile, Old Klang Road
P.O.Box 6503, Seri Setia
47307 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Telephone No : + 603 - 7876 1933


1.41 pm, 26th Dec

Sms from Dr Shah at Pagoh relief centre: We need more Sardine cans. Please help. The centre estimated they need as much as two lorry-loads of sardines. As much as possible. Hujan masih turun (rain is still pouring). Flood victims need food. Tq and salam.

Please do send the sardine cans (do throw can openers too perhaps) to any centres above that is convenient for you.

27th Dec:

From Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir's blog:

There have been more floods in Johor and people there are still miserable and need help. The Red Crescent is doing the best they can but they need more, and urgent, help. Raja Zarith Sofia, Chair of Community Services for the Malaysian Red Crescent Society is appealing for money so they can buy stuff. Please send cheques to Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia (PBSMM), Cabang Johor Bahru, Public Bank a/c no 3110939317.

You can also send stuff to the Red Crescent. They have a Bilik Gerakan/ Flood Relief Centre at the Puteri Pacific Hotel, JB. Enquiries and donation Hotlines: 07-219-9995, 07-219-9996.


From Walski's blog:

Mercy Malaysia:

Mercy Malaysia, in cooperation with Mercy Relief Singapore, has identified clean water as one of the critical needs that flood victims lack. In many areas, the water supply has been cut off due to the processing facilities themselves being inundated by floodwaters. You can contact Mercy Malaysia at +60 3 4256-9999, to enquire what kind of assistance they need.

News Straits Times:

The New Straits Times Press (NSTP) has set up a fund to assist the flood victims. Those wishing to contribute can send their donations, in the form of checks, bank drafts or postal orders, made payable to NSTP Flood Victims Assistance Fund. You can send in your contributions to:

The New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd,
c/o Finance Department,
5th Floor, Balai Berita, 31, Jalan Riong,
59100 Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
(Attention: Ms Aidah Nordin).
Tel: 603-2282-3322
Fax: 603-2282-1434

Should you try to call and any of the numbers posted here is incorrect please be so kind as to inform me. I will rectify. Tq.

28th Dec

The 5th and final 40-footer container full of items donated by generous public and NGOs will depart tomorrow (29th) 8am from Kontena Nasional, PJ. (sms from Dato Zuraidah Atan)


2nd Jan 2007,

Dear friends, there are still 6332 flood victims at the flood relief centres in Pagoh. The victims' houses are still covered in thick mud. There is great stench with all the flood deposits and debris and flood victims need help to clean the debris so they can move back into their houses and settle in.

The centres are pleading for water jets to clean the houses. The mud is so thick traditional method of cleaning did not work.

Anyone reading this note and you are in a position to help organise water jets please contact:

Encik Solehan at 019-2217843
Dr Shah at 017-7575029
Dato Bakar at 012-2835553
YB Tahir at 013-7284887

Or you may deliver to Kontena Nasional at address:

Kontena Nasional's office in PJ - guards will assist.
Kontena Nasional Berhad
9th Mile, Old Klang Road
P.O.Box 6503, Seri Setia
47307 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia
Telephone No : + 603 - 7876 1933

If you can send direct, please send to PEKEMBAR RELIEF CENTRE (sms from Dato Zuraidah Atan) or call any above numbers for verification......Tq.