Cars for Mercy Malaysia
June 29, 2009 by admin
Filed under Initiatives
As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) partnership agreement, United Motor Works (UMW) recently donated three vehicles, two Toyota Hilux units and a Toyota Hiace, to the Malaysian Medical Relief Society (Mercy). The vehicles are to help Mercy carry out projects in the remote communities of East Malaysia.
The UMW Community Service grant, amounting to RM798,400, is to aid operational costs of community programmes on reproductive health, personal hygiene, dental care, eye care and presentations on long-house fire reduction. The partnership agreement also allows for UMW staff to undergo training with Mercy Malaysia and be deployed to assist relief missions in critical times.UMW group managing director, Datuk Abdul Halim Harun, presented the vehicles to Mercy Malaysia president, Tan Sri Dr Jemilah Mahmood, who was quoted as saying:
These three UMW vehicles are assets for us. They will be useful to send volunteers to mobile clinics and for delivering medicine and medical equipment into the Sarawakian jungles.
UMW executive director, Suseela Menon, was reported to have said:
Despite the difficult economic times we live in, we are glad to have the financial resources to support the worthy causes that organisations like Mercy Malaysia are involved in.
Menon was also reported to have said that UMW had also launched a volunteer programme called Community Champions Programme for its staff to acquire hands-on experience of the group’s CSR efforts.◊
