SIBU: Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS) Sibu Branch will celebrate World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day on May 8 at the branch’s premises here.
The highlights of the celebration include a cake cutting ceremony, the recognition of 21 volunteers and staff for their distinguished services during the COVID-19 vaccination programme at the Sibu Hospital from May 2021 till December 2021, and celebration of Mother’s Day and Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
The branch’s chairman Penghulu Chua Hiong Kee said the branch would also adopt the first three newborn babies at Sibu Hospital on May 8 and present certificates and hampers to the babies.
He said the blood donation campaign, to be organised in jointly with the Sibu Journalists Association, The Institute of Rejang Journalists and Durin Community Association, would be held at the branch’s premises on May 8 at 9 am.
Certificates will be presented to blood donors who successfully donate their blood. Carnations will be given to mothers who donate their blood.
The junior colouring contest, held virtually from April 25 to 29, had attracted a total of 891 students from 35 primary schools.
The winners, he added, as well as the winners in the poster and quiz competitions would receive their prizes during the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day Celebration 2022 on May 8.
Chua explained that many activities had been planned in conjunction in line with the theme for this year’s celebration, “Be humane,kind. Believe in the power of kindness.”
“We know the world can feel tough and scary right now. These past months and years have been marked by multiple crises that have spared no one and have hit the most vulnerable people the hardest — from COVID-19 to the climate crisis, humanitarian emergencies and escalating conflicts.
“But despite this, there is so much hope and humanity to be found in the form of acts of kindness.
Acts of kindness are all around us. No matter how big or small, they make a huge difference in people’s lives,” he stated in a media statement yesterday.
Chua said MRCS believed that acts of kindness had the power to spark ripple effects to multiply and to spread across communities, countries and the whole world.
Believing in the power of kindness, he added, the branch would be celebrating all acts of kindness.
He revealed that the MRCS Sibu Branch in collaboration with The Wildcat Photography & D’Love Artchemist and Gao Yan Xu Association Sibu had already visited Rumah Anak-Anak Yatim, Kemuyang Sibu (PERYATIM Sibu) and jointly distributed 61 sets of stationery and Saraya Hand Sanitizer (50 bottles 1L and 305 bottles 500ml).
