UMW Corporation Sdn Bhd has renewed its partnership with Mercy Malaysia, a non-profit organisation that focuses on relief efforts in crisis and non-crisis areas.

The corporation had contributed more than RM1mil in funds and its employees had also volunteered to serve Mercy Malaysia.

UMW and Mercy Malaysia held a simple event at its corporate headquarters in Section 15, in Shah Alam recently where both parties entered a partnership to help the rural and vulnerable communities.

UMW executive director Suseela Menon said the partnership with Mercy Malaysia was important and it must grow and thrive.

Renewing ties: Suseela (in red jacket) helps UMW Group Public Affairs Division staff Siti Maryam Abu Bakar put on the volunteer vest while Faizal (in coat) helps Group Public Affairs staff Hafiz Ariff Hashim with his vest after signing the renewed partnership at UMW’s headquarters in Shah Alam.

“Our partnership is not about giving hand-outs. Its about providing access to basic healthcare services and information for the people in the interiors of Pagalungan in Sabah.

“Medical help is difficult to get and it takes the natives a 30-minute boat ride to the nearest doctor,” she said.

Mercy Malaysia president Datuk Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus said the partnership with UMW had been meaningful as a number of the firm’s employees had become volunteers.

At the event, several employees received their vests as volunteers for attending the Basic Life Support and Basic Mission Training programme held at the police camp in Ipoh.

Source: The Star Online