KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has provided flood relief to more than 1,500 flood affected families within the airport vicinity nationwide.
Areas that were badly hit by the flood include Sepang, Subang and Kuantan where MAHB and its local airport volunteers have reached out to provide rescue services, temporary shelter, food aid, basic necessities, and house cleaning under the company’s #MYAirportCARES initiative.
The airport operator said a total of 300 oil palm plantation workers under its agriculture-horticulture subsidiary had to be rescued from their living quarters that were completely submerged in water.
They have been rehoused at a temporary location.
The Malaysia Airports Training Centre (MATC) in Sepang is now serving as a flood relief shelter for more than 100 employees and their families.
“Daily meals, personal care and medical care essentials are continuously provided at these temporary shelters to ensure that basic needs are met.
“With water level receding at the affected areas over the past week, airport volunteers have switched from conducting rescue missions to cleaning affected houses,” MAHB said in a statement today.
Managing director Datuk Iskandar Mizal Mahmood said MAHB’s first priority right now was to make sure the affected staff and their families were well taken care of.
Iskandar said MAHB’s volunteer group had grown bigger, to about 100 people from the previous 30.
“Other employees are also making personal contributions and donations to help with relief efforts.
“Members of the public have been equally generous, contributing to funds and providing meals to the airport volunteers,” he said.
Iskandar said the mental health of those affected was equally important.
“It is not easy for them to remain upbeat following their recent losses.
“Bearing this in mind, we organise daily exercise sessions and activities for children to help keep their mind focused on positives and keep their children occupied.
“It is trying times for everyone, and we will be there to give our fullest support,” he added
Source: New Straits Times
