theSun relief mission hands out aid to 17 different villages, welfare homes and organisations

13 Nov 2017 / 12:06 H.
    theSun relief mission hands out aid to 17 different villages, welfare homes and organisations
    Volunteers from theSun, hand out aid to victims of the floods in Penang, on Nov 11, 2017. — Sunpix by Ashraf Shamsul
    theSun relief mission hands out aid to 17 different villages, welfare homes and organisations
    A volunteer from theSun (R), hands out aid to a victim of the floods in Penang, on Nov 11, 2017. — Sunpix by Ashraf Shamsul
    theSun relief mission hands out aid to 17 different villages, welfare homes and organisations
    theSun managing editor Freddie Ng (R) hands out aid to a flood victim in Penang, on Nov 11, 2017. — Sunpix by Amirul Syafiq Mohd Din
    theSun relief mission hands out aid to 17 different villages, welfare homes and organisations
    A convoy from theSun Media Corporation Sdn Bhd, led by Managing Editor Freddie Ng (3rd L backrow), were flagged off by theSun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd. Executive Director Ching Chun Keat (2nd L backrow), as they left on a relief mission to help flood victims in Penang, on Nov 11, 2017. — Sunpix by Shahrill Basri
    theSun relief mission hands out aid to 17 different villages, welfare homes and organisations
    theSun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd. executive director Ching Chun Keat (L), with theSun's managing editor, Freddie Ng, pose for a photograph before leaving to Penang. — Sunpix by Shahrill Basri

GEORGE TOWN: theSun flood relief mission rolled into Penang on Saturday to hand out aid to some 17 different villages, welfare homes and organisations over the weekend.
Five lorries with over RM160,000 worth of essential goods joined a convoy of four-wheel drive vehicles to distribute the aid on both the island and mainland.
The convoy was led by theSun managing editor Freddie Ng, who was accompanied by the paper's human resources manager Muhammad Radzi Ahmat Suhaimi, distribution channel senior manager Gurunatham Gopal, and 30 volunteers from theSun Media Corporation Sdn. Bhd .
In Tasek Gelugor, which was the district hardest hit, the team handed out food packets and household electrical appliances to some 100 schoolchildren of SK Lahar Yooi.
A group of 10 poor families from Sungai Dua were also given aid before the convoy went to Kampung Sungai Dua, MK11 Sungai Dua, Taman Desa Murni, Jalan Kilang Lama and Kampung Merbau Kudong and then to Kampung Chegar and Kampung Tok Jawa in Padang Menora in Seberang Prai Utara.
Later, the convoy also handed over aid to 222 households in Kampung Permata in Kepala Batas.
On the island, the convoy visited 112 families in Jalan Perak, and residents in Taman Free School, including the area's surau committee members, the Light House half-way house in Penang Road and the newly opened Agape Welfare Home in Taman Lumba Kuda.
theSun also handed out aid to several police personnel from the Northeast district and firemen at the Bayan Baru Fire Station, whose homes were also inundated.
Today, the team dropped of a load of essential items at the St Anne's Church in Bukit Mertajam for distribution to the needy in Seberang Prai Tengah.
Below is a video of the flag off:

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