HELLO ONEFIVEEEE!This post is about the Sri Lanka thingooooo!
All of you dao my sms. :'(But it's okay! Hahahhaa. :D
This is in our VJC email!
Mercy Relief, together with Community Involvement Council will be organizing a Streets Collection on 17 May (Sunday) to help raise funds for the relief for Sri Lanka.
There will be 3 shifts:
9 to 12pm , 12pm to 3pm, 3pm to 6pm
and 5 locations:
- Openfield next to Tampines Mall/ MRT
- Jurong East MRT
- Yishun MRT
- Little India MRT
- Lavander MRT
for this streets collection.
We need your help to make a difference to the lives of the victims in Sri Lanka. You can sign up by simply replying to this email with your Name, Class, Contact no., email address, the shift* and the location you want to do or by writing these details on the sign up forms avaliable in the canteen. CIP hours will be awarded.
If you are still not convinced to create a meaningful Sunday for yourself, please read on!
Below is a message from Mercy Relief:
Dear humanitarian comrade,
The ongoing armed conflict in Sri Lanka has left over 170,000 lives displaced, dehydrated, traumatised, hungry and sick. More than 30% of these victims are children aged less than 5. Many are starving, malnourished and anemic.
Sri Lanka has made an appeal for international humanitarian assistance. United Nations Under-Secretary General John Holmes recently visited the temporary camps and met with the civilian victims. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that conditions at the temporary camps for the people fleeing the conflict zone are reaching breaking point.
Mercy Relief has obtained a fundraising permit from the Commissioner of Charities to raise funds from 3 May – 7 June 09 for the above cause. We seek to raise $200,000 for the relief efforts.
A preliminary relief team will leave for Sri Lanka on 6 May to provide the first batch of supplies comprising food, pediatric medicines and supplements, and water bowsers to facilitate the supply of clean and potable water to the displaced victims, and in tandem, assess further needs on the ground. A second relief team has been placed on standby to support the prelim team if the situation warrants.
We trust you will once again be Mercy Relief’s partner to help cushion the pains of the innocent and vulnerable.
Preserving the Sanctity of humanity.
Therefore, Victorians, we hope that you can extend your helping hand to the people of Sri Lanka by signing up for this streets collection! Thank you for reading this email and have a nice day!
Best Regards,
Stephanie Tay
Community Involvement Council
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Yepyep, we've decided on 17th May,
9am - 12pm @ Lavender MRT!I think it's meaningful if we can make a difference to someone out there,
And it's cool if we can all make a difference to someone out there
as a class! :D
C'mon guys, it'll be fun fun fun! :)
So far...
Chengyee, Cheeyang, Yan, Azmi, Shermaine, me!
C'mon people, let's go the extra m(y)ile!
Please text me if you can make it :D
My phone is waitinggggg!
Zhenting (loves yooooohoo.) :D
