M'SIAN NGO TO BEGIN 2ND HUMANITARIAN MISSION IN CAMBODIA ON SUNDAY

PETALING JAYA, Nov 25 (Bernama) -- Yayasan Salam Malaysia (SALAM), a Malaysian non-governmental organisation (NGO), will begin its second humanitarian mission in Cambodia for four days starting Sunday.

It will be participated by 50 volunteers including several local media
representatives.

This time around, SALAM's mission is to help build mosques, suraus and
schools for poor communities in the country.

SALAM board of trustees member, Ahmad A. Talib said Kedah veteran
of Malaysian Association of Youth Clubs (MAYC) would also join the mission.

"We will go to three villages and eight venues there which need help in
building mosques, suraus and schools because the existing ones do not even
have basic facilities.

"The expenditure for construction is expected to exceed RM60,000 based on
our experience there last year. This time we will continue any unfinished work,"
he told reporters at a briefing session at the foundation's building, here
Monday.

The foundation would donate 40 cows to be slaughtered during Aidiladha,
which would be celebrated by Muslims on Dec 8.

The beef would be distributed to some 3,000 residents in three villages,
Tropengbeang, Tanaksawai and Praksandai in the Kratie province of Cambodia, he
added.