PUTRAJAYA – The Islamic Development Department (Jakim)-Yayasan Wakaf Malaysia (YWM) Covid-19 Musa’adah Fund has channelled RM4 million to help those in need as a result of the pandemic.
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri said the fund had received contributions of about RM6 million from companies and individuals since its launch in March last year.
“We hold discussions every two weeks, targeting and coordinating (assistance) the best possible way, aiming to do so in a more organised and accurate manner,” he said after flagging off the Jakim-YWM post-flood relief mission convoy to Dungun, Terengganu here today.
Zulkifli said the other agencies under the purview of his department have also implemented aid programmes for the needy, including flood victims, with about RM15 million spent last month.
“We are going nationwide. Our plan is to leave no parliamentary constituency unserved,” he said.
At the event, Zulkifli also presented a contribution totalling RM24,400 to 122 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia students from B40 families affected by Covid-19, and another RM2,000 to a man from Sarawak undergoing treatment at Kuala Lumpur Hospital.
A total of RM15,000 was donated to the Federal Territory Islamic Religious Department’s Covid-19 funeral management team, to fund the screening cost for its 60 members.
Zulkifli said the public can contribute to Jakim-YWM’s COVID-19 Musa’adah Fund through YWM’s CIMB Islamic Bank account (86-0221818-6). – Bernama, February 8, 2021
