| Buddhist Fellowship’s
Firefly Mission, together with Tisarana Buddhist Association
and Brahm Education Centre have launched a Suffering Relief
Program for the Tidal Wave victims in Sri Lanka.
We appeal to you for 3 types of assistance:
1. Donation of items: Medicine, first aid items, sanitary
pads, toothbrush, toothpaste, tin food, dry food and
CLEAN (new if possible) blankets, towels and clothes.
Please pack them in bags or boxes and label them separately,
eg.Food, Blankets, medicine. Clothes to be separated
and labeled MALE, FEMALE and CHILDREN bag. Boxes are
preferred but please do NOT seal.
ALL items are to be sent to Tisarana Buddhist Association
at 90 DUKU Road, Off STILL Road (East Coast). Tisarana
Buddhist Association contact number is 6345 6741.
2. Donation of cash. Cash donations are collected at
Brahm Education Centre. Cheques are to be made payable
to Brahm Education Centre Ltd.
Cash or Cheque made payable to "Brahm Education
Centre Ltd" are to be sent to Brahm Education Centre,
9 Lor 29 Geylang #04-02, Singapore 388065. Please indicate
"Suffering Relief Program" on the back of
the cheque.
Receipts of items purchased for the victims with the
cash donations will be collated and accounts on how
the funds are dispensed will be available for inspection
at the end of the project.
3. A team of volunteers is being arranged to go to
the disaster sites headed by Firefly Mission Coordinators,
to assist with the Relief Suffering Program on the ground
by educating the victims on hygiene, precautions and
dispensation of aid. Anyone interested to join this
team, please submit your name to Judy Soon at bfellow@singnet.com.sg.
Trip is likely to be during the first weekend of January,
to be confirmed.
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