All 69 mosques in Singapore, in collaboration with the Rahmatan Lil AlaminFoundation (RLAF), are organising a fundraising effort in aid of the victims of the floods in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh regions in South India have suffered severe loss of assets – homes, farm land and farming equipment.
Approximately 3 million people are cut off from basic services and are facing a shortage of emergency supplies according to official sources. Mercy Relief responded to an appeal for aid from its ground partner in India and has launched a public fundraising appeal. According to the humanitarian
relief agency, flood waters have subsided but communities in affected regions still face an acute shortage of relief supplies. They run the risk of waterborne diseases as most homes are ruined.
Funds collected will be handed over to Mercy Relief which has already initiated its first distribution of relief supplies, benefitting 300 low income families in Kulathumadu, Chennai.
Interested?
Donation boxes will be placed at all 69 mosques from 18 to 24 December 2015. The boxes will be marked Special Collection in Aid of Victims of South Indian Floods.
Members of the public can also offer donations in cash or by cheque. All cheques should be made payable to RLAF with the words Special Collection in Aid of Victims of South Indian Floods written on the back. Cash and cheques can be delivered to the Muis Building at the Singapore Islamic Hub, No 273, Braddell Road Singapore 579702.
The public can also make contributions online up to 24 December 2015.
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| Source: Mercy Relief, via MUIS. The hardest hit areas in South India are the Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh regions. |
relief agency, flood waters have subsided but communities in affected regions still face an acute shortage of relief supplies. They run the risk of waterborne diseases as most homes are ruined.
Funds collected will be handed over to Mercy Relief which has already initiated its first distribution of relief supplies, benefitting 300 low income families in Kulathumadu, Chennai.
Interested?
Donation boxes will be placed at all 69 mosques from 18 to 24 December 2015. The boxes will be marked Special Collection in Aid of Victims of South Indian Floods.
Members of the public can also offer donations in cash or by cheque. All cheques should be made payable to RLAF with the words Special Collection in Aid of Victims of South Indian Floods written on the back. Cash and cheques can be delivered to the Muis Building at the Singapore Islamic Hub, No 273, Braddell Road Singapore 579702.
The public can also make contributions online up to 24 December 2015.
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