Forest Solutions assist Mercy Malaysia in delivering drinking water supplies for flood victims
2022-01-17
In the first week of January 2022, heavy rainfall poured continuously for over five days causing severe flooding in many villages around the district of Kota Marudu. There were over one thousand evacuees that had to be relocated in temporary flood relief centres (Pusat penempatan sementara - PPS) in thirteen locations across the district according to the local flood response authority. Some of the evacuees consisted of the elderly, infants, children below 12 years old as well as people with disabilities.
In response to this, on the 4th of January 2022, Mercy Malaysia and Forest Solutions formed a team to deliver drinking water and hygiene kits to those affected in the region.
The temporary flood relief centres in Kg Longob, SMA Goshen, SK Ranau, Dewan Komuniti Kota Marudu and PPR Korongkom are a few of the relief centres that Mercy Malaysia assisted with drinking water resources. The FSM Community Development Program team was on ground providing assistance where necessary. In excess of 630 containers of mineral water were distributed.
Forest Solutions is always delighted to work with like-minded organisations such as Mercy Malaysia, with the shared goal of providing help those in the community in difficult times such as these. Many thanks to Mercy Malaysia for their great work, and best wishes to the communities affected by the heavy rain and floods.
