The Council for the Development of Singapore Malay/Muslim Community (MENDAKI) is starting a new fundraising drive for its Education Trust Fund (ETF).
The target is S$12 million. There is currently S$6.4 million in the fund, which provides financial assistance to students from low-income Malay-Muslim families. About 67,000 students have benefitted from the fund so far.
At an appreciation lunch for MENDAKI partners on Saturday (Oct 3), Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim, who is also chairman of MENDAKI, called on about 250 partners to join him in a fundraising project to raise, or even surpass S$12 million.
The initial amount of the ETF was S$12 million, when it was first introduced in 2002. The money was raised by the fundraising committee led by the late Mr Abu Bakar Maidin, a social work veteran.
Source: www.channelnewsasia.com
