POWER OF 10 SEN TARGETS TO RAISE RM300,000

KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 (Bernama) -- Power of 10 Sen: Gaza Dibela
(Protected), By Children for Children, a campaign to mobilise Malaysian children
to collect donations to help Palestinian children suffering in the armed
conflict in Gaza, targets to raise RM300,000 (US$80,759).

The Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor, said the
campaign organised by Universal Peace Federation (UPF) Malaysia and Malaysian
Red Crescent Society (MRCS), in collaboration with the Unity, Culture, Arts and
Heritage Ministry and Universiti Malaya (UM) would run from Feb 25 to
May 12.

"It is very timely to launch this campaign as children are always the
biggest victims of war. They deserve to grow up in a peaceful environment with
parental love and good education.

"Even though there are already some NGOs (non-governmental organisations)
and agencies collecting funds for war victims, it is never enough as so much
has to be done to rebuild war-torn Gaza," she said when launching the campaign
at UM, here Monday.

The funds collected would be channelled to the MRCS International Relief
Fund for Gaza launched on Jan 7 and used for humanitarian programmes in Gaza.

He said MRCS would assist to distribute 10,000 donation boxes to schools
nationwide while the National Unity and Integration Department would distribute
5,000 donation boxes to kindergartens.

"Power of 10 Sen: Gaza Dibela, By Children for Children teaches children the
rewards of sharing and working together to bring hope and opportunities to
Palestinian children.

"By making contributions as little as a few sen through the donation boxes
in schools, universities and other locations, young Malaysians will learn that
a small change can make a huge change," he said.
-- BERNAMA