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MBF Bank donates water and food relief supplies [1]

Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Wednesday, February 23, 2022 - 13:38.  Updated on Friday, February 25, 2022 - 19:56.

MBf Bank GM, H. K. Yeoh, Manager (centre) and Tevita Akoteu deliver two containers of aid to Tonga Red Cross SG Sione Taumoefolau. Nuku'alofa. 22 February 2022.
 
Drinking water and food packages amounting to $55,000 pa'anga was donated by MBF Bank to assist those affected by last month's volcanic eruption and tsunami.
 
The supplies will be distributed to the outer islands of Ha'apai, 'Atata and 'Eueiki in Tongatapu by Tonga Red Cross. 
 
MBF General Manager, Mr H.K. Yeoh, handed over the two containers to the Secretary-General of Tonga Red Cross Sione Taumoefolau, on Feb. 22 in Nuku'alofa.
 
He said MBF Bank and the MBF Group of Companies of Malaysia was pleased to make a small donation to the people of Tonga at an unprecedented time, where people are facing hardship from volcanic eruptions, tsunami and now the burden of managing COVID-19. 

The two container loads for Tonga Red Cross included much needed drinking water and food packages, including flour amounting to $55,000 pa'anga, he said.

"We feel the pain and plight of those who are now homeless as the result of the tsunami of January 15, 2022 and whose lives are made even harder with the arrival of COVID-19 in communities."

In addition, MBF has always been the people’s Bank since 1993 and as a corporate citizen of Tonga it is part of our social responsibility and duty to help the people of Tonga and in times of need, he said.

He extended appreciation to MBF Bank in Malaysia and associate company Carpenters Group in Fiji whose invaluable work in organizing the containers made this donation possible.

Sione thanked MBF for their support through TRCS response to the vulnerable people who are affected by the double disasters of last month.

He said the drinking water and food items would be distributed to those affected by the tsunami and volcanic eruption in Mu’omu’a District and Tungua in Ha’apai with ‘Eueiki and ‘Atata in Tongatapu. The donation was announced a week after the natural disasters but the containers had just arrived in Tongatapu last week.

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