Flood Johor with your aid

About ALL ARTICLES | January 17, 2007

As you may be aware, Johor has been ravaged by a series of floods brought on by extreme weather conditions. A second wave has since struck the southern West Malaysia state leaving many homeless, hurt and in danger of catching water-borne diseases.

It seems fitting that theCICAK officially closes its “Write It!” 2006 competition themed “Action Against Inaction - Combating Apathy Among Malaysian Youth” - with a call to arms for Malaysian youth to make a difference.

HELP JOHOR RELIEF EFFORTS - Here’s a quick list of how :

1. Send donations to The Star : Through its offices around Malaysia (Full list here), you can support The Star’s donation drive in aid of relief efforts.

2. Help Yayasan Salam’s relief efforts : Donate items, help pack and load items, sign up as a volunteer to go down to Johor or give out free massages to volunteers. Yayasan Salam’s premises in Petaling Jaya are easily accessible for Klang Valley folk who’re interested in getting a piece of the relief action. Click here for their website, or follow their progress via their blog.

3. Publicise other efforts : If you know of organisations or even individuals who are making the drive down south to lend a hand and need support or donations from the public, publicise it here. TheCICAK will update and maintain this post on our website for as long as it takes to keep aid flooding in.

4. Inspire others : Share with us your experiences helping out Johor flood victims. No matter how big or small your contribution, if you’re a youth who has crossed the boundary between apathy and activism for this cause, we want to hear about it! Comment below!

Lastly - spread the word. Like all big things, it’s the little things that spark it. Although the sun has come up in Johor once again, there is still work to be done and government funds will not be enough to help flood victims back on their feet. Link this post (http://www.thecicak.com/?p=179) on your blogs so others may be aware of how they can lend a hand.

It’s now or never - Flood Johor with Your Aid.

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    Comment published by theCICAK » Flood Johor with Your Aid on 17 January 2007.
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  2. sorry that I have to politicise this. but i don’t trust the star or any of these ‘yayasan’.

    these are the self righteous bunch of people who drive down in big convoys, with noisy participants and load’s of cameras.

    they’ll take loads of photos of them doing “good works” and knowing the star, they’ll also point out how great MCA has been, how generous and self-sacrificial they have been and whatnot.

    and knowing malaysians, when it’s time to donate things, people will start donating silly things. like during the tsunami days, malaysians sent over stuff like winter clothing.

    if the government and political parties REALLY CARED about the rakyat, they would have fixed the drainage a long time ago. things like EIAs would be independently produced, publicly available and publicly discussed and complied. of course we know that that isn’t true.

    and so cowardly that these politicians can still go on holidays in australia while the floods were on. and then only when people start saying things, they come back (in big convoys and bodyguards and loads of pressmen) and do their shake hands, i love you, BN cares for you thing.

    and its so sick that to raise money here in “drier” places, some people hold events/functions to raise money, and then serve so much food. while the victims are hungry.

    Comment published by cynic on 21 January 2007.
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  3. cynic:

    Yeah lah…that’s the problem with our ad hoc government. Our whole country is run on a “take it as it comes” basis. The government passively responds to problems instead of actively and pre-emptively dealing with them. Instead of exercising its legislative power to tackle broad and macro issues before they come to a head and cause problems at the micro level, they wait for the situation to deteriorate, and then take action:

    http://www.infernalramblings.uni.cc/articles/Malaysian_Socio-Politics/93/

    Comment published by johnleemk on 23 January 2007.
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  4. I wonder if the Information Minister or the National Disaster committee plans to publish useful guide and info to flood victims how to recover from their disaster. Anyone has any ideas?

    I saw some useful info from FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency of US giving very useful advice and info. The pdf is 56 pages in detail. Its in English, so maybe Red Crescent or Dewan Bahasa could quickly get translations out to the flood victims who can only understand BM.

    I think it will go a long way to help them to plan and make good decisions with whatever resources they have left and recover faster.

    May God bless everyone who has helped the flood victims and inspire others to come forward to lend a helpng hand in their time of need.

    Comment published by Ben on 1 February 2007.
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