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  • Relief Singapore: General, Relief and Trained Volunteers Required For Aceh Earthquake Relief Mission

    Relief Singapore: General, Relief and Trained Volunteers Required For Aceh Earthquake Relief Mission

    RSG is responding to the recent Aceh earthquake. We are putting together a team to head there from Dec 23-27 to assist with DEBRIS REMOVAL, CLEAN WATER and MEDICAL AID. Generalist volunteers and those new to relief volunteering are welcome to join the debris clearing team, and will undergo free training in the afternoon of Dec 18.

    We are also looking for volunteers who have FIRST AID skills or are MEDICALLY TRAINED as doctors, nurses, paramedics and EMTs.

    If you are keen to join the mission, please get in touch with us via [email protected] for more details.

     

    Source: Relief Singapore

  • Angka Korban Gempa Aceh Kini Melepasi 100 Orang; 14 Masjid Turut Mengalami Kerosakan

    Angka Korban Gempa Aceh Kini Melepasi 100 Orang; 14 Masjid Turut Mengalami Kerosakan

    Angka korban akibat gempa bumi kuat yang melanda Aceh di Sumatera, Indonesia meningkat kepada 102 orang, kata pihak berkuasa hari ini (8 Dis).

    Gempa sekuat 6.5 magnitud melanda wilayah itu pagi semalam, menyebabkan banyak bangunan dan rumah di daerah Pidie Jaya roboh. 85 daripada 102 mangsa sudah dikenal pasti, menurut Agensi Mencari dan Menyelamat Nasional Indonesia (BASARNAS) dalam satu sidang media.

    Ia turut mendedahkan bahawa 14 masjid mengalami kerosakan akibat bencana alam itu.

    Agensi tersebut menambah ia belum meminta bantuan antarabangsa untuk membantu usaha menyelamat kerana keadaan itu masih boleh ditangani di peringkat nasional – sambil menambah bahawa terdapat keperluan yang mendesak bagi bekalan makanan, pakaian kanak-kanak dan ubat-ubatan.

    BASARNAS menyatakan operasi mencari dan menyelamat akan diteruskan sepanjang “tempoh penting” ini, iaitu selama tujuh hari – tempoh genting untuk menarik keluar orang yang terperangkap di bawah runtuhan bangunan.

    Lebih 1,000 askar dan sekitar 900 pegawai polis dikerahkan ke kawasan-kawasan yang paling teruk terjejas untuk membangunkan tempat perlindungan sementara, kata seorang pegawai tempatan.

    “Bekalan elektrik masih terputus. Beberapa tempat sudah dipasang dengan mesin penjana kuasa, tetapi banyak lagi tempat yang memerlukannya,” kata ketua agensi bencana tempatan Puteh Manaf kepada AFP.

    “Jika hujan, kami khuatir penyakit akan menular.”

    Source: Berita MediaCorp

  • Old Victorian’s Association Mohammad Ghazi Bin Mohamed Memorial Fund

    Old Victorian’s Association Mohammad Ghazi Bin Mohamed Memorial Fund

    Victoria lost one of her beloved sons to the recent earthquake in Sabah. As a big Victorian family, we mourn the loss of a dear brother and extend our deepest condolences to his family.

    Ghazi left behind his beloved wife and 3 very young children, aged 5, 3 and 1 years old.

    The Old Victorians’ Association (OVA) is embarking on this fund raising initiative and is appealing to all Victorians and friends to come forth and do your part by donating any amount towards this fund. ALL monies raised will be presented to the family of the late Mohammad Ghazi and we hope the amount raise will aid them financially in one way or the other.

    Here’s what you can do:

    1. Write a cheque payable to OLD VICTORIANS’ ASSOCIATION.
    2. Write your NAME, CONTACT NUMBER and indicate GHAZI MEMORIAL FUND at the back of the cheque.
    2. Mail your cheque to: Old Victorians’ Association c/o Victoria School, 2 Siglap Link, Singapore 448880

    Fund Raising Cut off date: 30 June 2015

    If you have any enquiry, please do not hesitate to email:
    [email protected]

    Once a Victorian. Always a Victorian.
    Nil Sine Labore

     

    Source: www.ova.org.sg

  • Solat Jenazah Bagi Almarhum Mohammad Ghazi Bin Mohamed

    Solat Jenazah Bagi Almarhum Mohammad Ghazi Bin Mohamed

    GEMPA KINABALU: SOLAT JENAZAH

    Difahamkan yang jenazah Almarhum Cikgu Mohammad Ghazi bin Mohamed, yang terkorban semasa gempa di Gunung Kinabalu, bakal tiba di Singapura, hari ini, 19 Jun 2015, dan akan dibawa ke Masjid Kampung Siglap untuk disolatkan SELEPAS solat ASAR.

    Inilah cara terbaik untuk kita berikan penghormatan terakhir kepada Almarhum Cikgu Muhd Ghazi dengan kita solat jenazah untuknya.

    Bagi yang berkesempatan hari ini, silakan untuk solat jenazah di Masjid Kg Siglap.

    Almarhum meninggalkan balu dan 3 orang anak kecil. Yang paling kecil baru dilahirkan.

    Harap dapat diuaru-uarkan kepada para pendengar Warna 94.2fm Official Fanpage.

    Terimakasih.

    Ramadhan Kareem

    Salaam Jumaat

     

     

    Source: Mohd Khair

  • Sabah Quake: Reunion Of Guides And Students At Tanjong Katong Primary School

    Sabah Quake: Reunion Of Guides And Students At Tanjong Katong Primary School

    On Tuesday (Jun 16), three mountain guides met the Singaporean schoolboy whose life they helped save following the earthquake that struck Sabah on Jun 5.

    Rizuan Kauhinin, Simon Gohinmin and Mazlee Liong touched down in Singapore on Monday night (Jun 15). The next day, they were reunited with Tanjong Katong Primary School (TKPS) student El Wafeeq El Jauzy, whom they had helped carry down Mount Kinabalu following the 5.9-magnitude quake.

    Also at the reunion was another TKPS student who was rescued – Arnaav Karan Chabria, 11.

    BEFORE THE REUNION

    Rizuan, Simon and Mazlee after breakfast and watching morning television, a short time before the scheduled reunion. (Photo: Kane Cunico)

    “We slept comfortably. I dreamt I was climbing,” said Rizuan ahead of the meeting.

    “I will shake Wafeeq’s hand and ask the boy about his condition,” said Mazlee on the way to TKPS. “The last time I had a chance to ask the boy his name and age, but this time I will ask more and get to know him more.”

    A VERY SPECIAL SHIRT: #TKPS student Wafeeq’s family had this made for the men who saved him in the #SabahQuake. bit.ly/1SjaiWc

    Posted by Channel NewsAsia Singapore on Monday, 15 June 2015

    Wafeeq and his family wore customised shirts, which they intended to present to the Sabahan guides as gifts. “We wanted to give the guides something meaningful. So we came up with the idea of soccer jerseys with Wafeeq’s and the guides’ names,” said his mother, Mdm Sabrena El Huda.

    Added the 12-year-old student: “I made the T-shirts to symbolise the courage of the Sabah mountain guides.”

    Shy El Wafeeq El Jauzy, at home with his family before the reunion. (Photo: Pichayada Promchertchoo)

    Wafeeq has prepared a special jersey for his “saviour” Rizuan. His family had three of these made, each with Rizuan and Wafeeq’s names on it. (Photo: Pichayada Promchertchoo)

    REUNION AT TKPS

    The reunion – arranged as part of an upcoming Channel NewsAsia documentary, Heart of Courage – saw the guides, the two boys and their families meet behind closed doors on Tuesday morning (Jun 16). This is the first time the guides have travelled out of Malaysia, and they will spend two days sightseeing in Singapore.

    Smiles as Rizuan and Wafeeq finally meet again after a trying joint experience in Sabah. (Photo: Pichayada Promchertchoo)

    Rizuan checking out the jersey Wafeeq had made. (Photo: Pichayada Promchertchoo)

    The most vocal out of the three guides, Rizuan said, “The earthquake that happened affected a lot of people. The boys endured a lot of trauma and you need to give them time to get better. They lost a lot of their friends and I hope that they will be strong to continue their way of life.”

    “I’m not just the only guide to help the boys. It was a big operation that involved all the mountain guides,” he added.

    Wafeeq’s father Mr El Jauzy hugs one of the trio, Simon Gohinmin. (Photo: Pichayada Promchertchoo)

    Wafeeq called the chance to meet the men who saved him a “precious” moment. “They helped me all the way from the mountain,” he added.

    His mother, Mdm Sebrina said: “I feel very delighted – the whole family does – seeing them in person. When we spoke to each other, we shared our stories as if we had known each other for a long time.

    “I wouldn’t see this meeting as a closure but a start. I think this sense of brotherly love will continue beyond this episode.”

    Asked if her son will go back to Mount Kinabalu, she said: “He is a very determined boy.” Wafeeq still wants to reach the summit, she added. “I think he has found a very good guide”

    The TKPS students and their families share some quiet time with the mountain guides. (Photo: Pichayada Promchertchoo)

    A total of 18 climbers were killed in the disaster, 10 from Singapore.

    Catch Heart of Courage on Channel NewsAsia, June 23, at 8.30pm.

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com