The management of Serge Pun & Associates Group, together with First Myanmar Investment and Yoma Strategic Holdings, is reaching out to provide aid to flood victims in Myanmar, according to a press release on August 7.
The SPA Group said they appreciated the efforts of staff and friends who generously contributed to the SPA Group Flood Relief Fund. In their message, they said their thoughts go out to the many who have been directly affected by the floods caused by heavy rainfall in the Bago Region, Rakhine State, Sagaing and Ayeyarwaddy Region.
“The SPA Group has mobilised resources and expertise to support the flood relief efforts and we are committed to help with immediate needs of the region affected by the floods as well as the rehabilitation and rebuilding work afterwards,” the group said in a statement.
The funds collected by the SPA Group Flood Relief Fund will be channeled mainly to the Rakhine region given the severity of the situation in that region. A key focus of the aid is to help fund water filtration system that will help clean the water reservoirs of townships such as Kyaut Taw, Min Bya and Rathedaung. These reservoirs are where villagers would collect water during the monsoon season as is essential to the survival of the villagers during the rest of the year as it is their only source of FMI Air has began transporting aid cargo including medical supplies in the form of oral rehydration salts, antiseptics, bandages and anti-diarrhea medications, much needed water filtration systems and food to Sittwe.
A team of medical officials from Pun Hlaing Siloam Hospital has also arrived in Sittwe to survey and conduct medical assessment to prepare the medical teams from Yangon that will follow. SPA Group also contributed financial aid to the Myanmar Government in its flood aids efforts.
Balloons Over Bagan has also initiated a donation drive and has been distributing aid items such as food, cooking and hygiene items to over eight villages in Pwint Phyu township.
