Tzu Chi Kuala Lumpur and Selangor donate ICU equipment to the Sungai Buloh Hospital. (The Star photo)
By Herald Malaysia
June 21 2021
KUALA LUMPUR – The Catholic Bishops Conference of Malaysia (CBCM) has pledged a sum of RM1 million towards the Malaysia Solidarity COVID-19 Fund which was initiated by the Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia.
The CBCM, together with other religious organisations and NGOs, have given their endorsement and support for this initiative, Fr Michael Chua said in a chancery notice released on June 18.
“This is an emergency fund in response to the urgent call for help from our public hospitals and healthcare professionals for the supply of varied medical equipment to cope with the high number of critical COVID-19 patients.
“The CBCM has pledged a sum of RM1 million for the above fund and the archbishops/bishops of the conference would like to urge all the faithful to support this worthy cause by making a donation to this fund.”
All donations are to go to the Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia’s bank account as detailed below. For tax-exempt receipts, please provide full name, identification number and address. This is a purpose specific fund where 100 per cent of funds raised will be utilised for the stated purposes. Details of equipment donated will be published and updated in Tzu Chi’s website (www.tzuchi.my/en/).
The Malaysia Solidarity COVID-19 Fund(Tzu Chi) will cease by end of June 2021 (MJD News Update #44).
Malaysia as of June 17 has 66,097 active COVID-19 cases, with 909 in the ICU and 441 needing ventilators. Since the pandemic began we have had a total of 678,764 cases with 4,202 coronavirus-related deaths reported.
How to Donate
Bank: Malayan Banking Berhad
Name: Tabung Kebajikan Dan Pendidikan
Yayasan Taiwan Buddhist Tzu Chi Malaysia
(TBG KBJ & PDDKN YSN)
Account Number: 5124 9112 5866
Or
FPX & Credit Card: https://onlinedonation. tzuchi.my/
Other ways: https://www.tzuchi.my/en/ donate – Herald Malaysia
