Myanmar Floods: Singapore Red Cross Deploys Medical And Relief Missions

9-man medical team departs to treat waterborne diseases

Singapore, 28 August 2015 – The Singapore Red Cross (SRC) is deploying two response teams to the badly-hit Minkin township in the Sagaing Region, Myanmar, to serve over 1,200 families across seven villages.

The initial team departs on Saturday, 29 August. Together with partners on the ground, the team will distribute food such as beans, rice and cooking oil, as well as blankets to villagers, over four days. This will be followed by a 9-man medical team comprising three doctors, four nurses and two aid workers, that will serve the same community on a 6-day mission commencing on Thursday, 3 September.

“We are activating our healthcare volunteers to render essential basic medical care to the villagers largely to mitigate any onset of water-borne and vector-borne diseases as a result of the standing and slow-receding waters. Many villagers, whose lives have already been severely affected by the floods, are also susceptible to medical conditions such as wound and skin infections, respiratory infections, and even malaria,” said Benjamin William, SRC’s Secretary General/CEO. “We will continue to monitor the situation and work closely with our partners on the ground for relief and recovery efforts.”

Approximately 1 million people (of whom 400,000 reside in the three states of Chin, Magway and Sagaing) are affected by severe floods that started in July 2015.

To Donate

Walk-in cash donations

Please visit the Singapore Red Cross at Red Cross House, 15 Penang Lane, Singapore 238486, from 9am to 6pm on Mondays to Fridays.

Cheque

Please make your cheque payable to ‘Singapore Red Cross Society’. On the back of the cheque, kindly indicate ‘Myanmar Floods 2015’, donor’s name, contact number and address, and post it to the above address.

DBS / POSB ATM

  1. Insert your ATM card and select “English” and enter PIN when prompted
  2. Select “More Services”
  3. Select “Credit Card/Bill Payment”
  4. Select “Myanmar Floods 2015 Relief Fund” from the billing corporation list
  5. Enter telephone number as the Bill Reference Number
  6. Select account type (e.g. Autosave, Current or Savings Account) and enter donation amount
  7. At the confirmation screen, press “Confirm” to complete transaction

DBS PayLah!

  1. Login to DBS PayLah!
  2. Select “Send” > “Donation”
  3. Select “Myanmar Floods 2015 Relief Fund” from the charity organisation list
  4. Enter donation amount
  5. Click on “Donate Now”
  6. Select the tick to complete the transaction

DBS Internet Banking

  1. Login to DBS iBanking
  2. Pay > Pay Bills
  3. Login with iB Secure Device
  4. Under Select Payment Option, select “Billing Organisation not in my pre-arranged list”
  5. Type in Myanmar Floods 2015 Relief Fund
  6. Enter telephone number as the Bill Reference Number
  7. Select account type (e.g. Autosave, Current or Savings Account) and enter donation amount
  8. At the confirmation screen, press “Confirm” to complete transaction

DBS Mobile Banking

  1. Login to DBS mBanking
  2. Click on “Payment” > “Bill Payment” > “One Time Bill Payment”
  3. Select “Myanmar Floods 2015 Relief Fund” from the billing corporation list
  4. Select the deposit account to debit donation
  5. Enter telephone number as the Consumer Reference Number and donation amount
  6. Click on “Next”
  7. At the confirmation screen, click on “Confirm” to complete the transaction

For enquiries, please call the Singapore Red Cross hotline at 6664 0500 from 9am to 6pm on Mondays to Fridays. You can also email us at enquiry@redcross.sg.

Singapore Red Cross efforts to date:

Contribution of USD100,000 worth of relief items
Deployed an advance team for needs assessment and relief items distribution in August
Launched a public appeal for the humanitarian relief efforts in Myanmar
Launched the Restoring Family Links (RFL) service to help Myanmarese in Singapore get back in touch with their loved ones who were affected by the disaster

Notes:

  • Donations made in response to any overseas disasters or humanitarian crisis are not tax deductible.
  • In the event that donations exceed the expenses incurred by Singapore Red Cross in that specific disaster response, any surplus or unspent money, after 3 years from the date of inception of the fund, can be used to prepare for and serve communities affected by other disasters or may be used to complement or to sustain projects undertaken by SRC in helping the vulnerable in areas affected by disasters.
  • The Singapore Red Cross recovers on a descending rate of not more than 5% in administrative fees for all fundraising campaigns or public appeals for overseas relief.

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