4 June 2021
Local charity Rahmatan Lil Alamin Foundation (RLAF) has collected more than $4.2 million to help Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the highest amount it has raised in a single campaign.
In just nine days, it raised $4,241,350 in humanitarian aid for communities in Gaza affected by the recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict there, RLAF said on Friday (June 4).
The fund-raising initiative was held from May 22 to 30 to provide aid in the form of health, relief and social services.
RLAF – the first three words of the charity mean “blessings to all” in Arabic – collaborated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for this collection.
The 12-year-old RLAF said: “A diverse spectrum of contributors came forward to donate generously towards the cause. These included individuals from all walks of life, different faith groups, businesses, mosque groups, as well as civic groups which rallied their members to donate.”
The funds will be used by UNRWA, a group actively operating on the ground in Gaza, to directly provide health, relief and social services for communities there, including providing emergency food supplies and hospitalisation.
The foundation was established by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) in July 2009 to provide grants for humanitarian and community development projects.
It has so far sent aid to 49 humanitarian relief projects overseas, including aid last year to flood survivors in Jakarta and to help victims of wildfires in Australia.
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