Media outlets in the Maldives have initiated a telethon to raise funds for the ‘Help Gaza’ fund.
The telethon will start on Friday at 2:30pm and continue until midnight on Saturday.
The ‘I will also help’ telethon has called on state employees and private companies to donate a day’s wages to the fund.
The Maldives Customs Services, Maldives Ports Limited and Faafu Atoll Hospital have pledged to donate a day’s wages from all employees to the fund.
Over MVR5 million (US$ 323,624) has now been collected from private donations since the fund was established on July 17.
Raa Atoll Kinolhas Island with a population of 360 people alone has donated MVR 52,623 to the fund in four days.
Meanwhile, the Help Gaza collection fund on Baa Atoll Maalhos Island was stolen on Sunday. According to the island council, approximately MVR10,000 had been collected when the box was stolen.
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