The Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) wants the public to stop sending clothes and foodstuff for now as what they really need are cash, medicine and basic survival items such as sleeping bags and cooking utensils.
Other non-medicinal items needed are plastic sheets, tents, blankets, jerry-cans for water, wet suits, pain tablets, antibiotics such as Amoxcillin and Panadol, oral rehydration salt, diarrhoea and wind tablets such as Imodium, masks, gloves, gauze and cotton.
Its National Disaster Management Committee chairman Dr S. Selva Jothi said these were needed to help the tsunami victims. The items would be shipped in stages to Banda Aceh, where MRCS is focusing its relief work.
�We really appreciate and are touched by the generosity shown by the public but please stop sending us clothes and food items for now except for baby formula as we have more than enough at the moment.
�The cash would go a long way in helping these victims, especially during the reconstructive phase next month as their homes and facilities need to be rebuilt,� he said here yesterday.
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Source: The STAR
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