Wisma Putra launches humanitarian donation campaign for T?rkiye, Syria quake victims

PUTRAJAYA (Feb 10): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Wisma Putra) has started a humanitarian donation campaign through its Calamity Fund to help victims of the earthquake that struck T?rkiye, Syria and their neighbouring countries.

The campaign, starts from Friday (Feb 10) till Feb 23.

Wisma Putra, in a statement, explained that the fund, which was founded in 2006, strives to gather and coordinate donations from Malaysians to aid victims of natural disasters around the world.

“This noble effort continues, thanks to the compassion and spirit of Madani Malaysia, by collecting humanitarian funds to help the earthquake victims.”

“The ministry welcomes the public, corporate and business groups and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to channel donations through the Calamity Fund. Contributions made are eligible to be claimed as income tax deductions under Subsection 44(6) of the Income Tax Act (ITA) 1967,” the statement said.

Donations can be made through:

Account Name: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disaster Fund;

Bank Name: Affin Islamic Bank Bhd, Putrajaya;

Branch Account Number: 1054 9000 0599.

For record and receipt purposes, donation details should be registered at https://tinyurl.com/yck9tnen.

Any further questions can be submitted to the ministry’s Calamity Fund Secretariat via email at [email protected].

According to the latest official figures, more than 16,540 people have been killed and 66,130 others injured in 10 provinces of T?rkiye so far, following two strong earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 that jolted the country’s southern region on Monday (Feb 6).

Neighbouring Syria was also affected by the strong earthquake, with 1,347 people reported dead and more than 2,295 injured.

Cyprus and Lebanon also felt the effects of the earthquakes.

T?rkiye has declared a three-month state of emergency in 10 provinces, namely Adana, Ad?yaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa, to ensure the smooth running of search and rescue (SAR) missions.