Soe Trading sell slippers at cost for relief

MANY businesses in Yangon are doing their bit to aid Nargis relief efforts by selling their products, whatever they may be, at cost.
“When people buy items that will be donated, we load them onto the donor’s trucks directly,” said U Thein Oo, a spokesperson for Soe Trading, which sells slippers.
He said that companies get the joy of being able to help those in need and raise the company’s public profile.
U Thein Oo said Soe Trading is selling slippers destined for the delta at 40 percent below their normal cost. He added that the special pricing came into effect on May 24 one of the best known companies to take up the offer has been Yuzana supermarket in Shwe Gone Daing township. – Juliet Shwe Gaung

 

CNPC forks out for Nargis

CHINA National Petroleum Corporation donated over K29 million worth of goods to cyclone victims in delta area, a company press release said. It said the company donated rice, edible oil, books, candles and other useful household goods to cyclone victims in Kungyangon township in Yangon Division and Dedaye township in Ayeyarwady Division. “We donated medicines and food to the Kungyangon town hospital,” the statement said.

 

Mico clothing drops prices for donors

MICO garment factory has reduced its prices by as much as 40 percent for people donating clothing to Nargis-hit areas said Dr U Tin Maung Win Gyi, the director of Myanmar Infrastructure Co, Ltd, last week.
“We have doubled our production to 4000 to 5000 shirts a day, compared with the production of 1500 to 2000 a day in April, since the second week of May,” he said, adding that 200,000 garments have been sold so far. – Aung Kyi

 

Writer asks for relief housing donations

WRITER U Chit San Win is looking for donations to build low-cost housing to Pyapon, he said on May 30.
He plans to build houses measuring 144 square feet that will be split into three construction types: One will be built using bamboo walls and flooring and will have a plastic sheeting roof; the second will have wooden walls, floor and a roof made from plastic sheeting; while the last category includes wooden walls and floors but has a corrugated iron roof.
U Chit San Win, who is also an executive committee member of the newly opened Sayar Zaw Gyi library in Pyapon, said that the cost of the houses would be K120,000, K200,000 and K500,000 respectively. Anyone interested in making donations can call U Chit San Win on 951 202 372. – Aye Sapay Phyu

 

Supreme Group donation

SUPREME Group of companies donated water treatment systems worth about K38.5 million to Nargis relief efforts, said U Aung Soe Oo, operation director of the Supreme Water Doctor Group.
U Aung Soe Oo said that the company donated one water treatment system with a 5000-litre-an-hour capacity to Haing Gyi Island and another with a 10,000-litre capacity to the Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC).
He said that the cost for the water treatment system, set up in Hainggyi Island was K13.5 million, while the system given to the YCDC is worth K25 million. U Aung Soe Oo said the company has also been setting up water treatment systems bought from them by donor groups since May 7. – Aye Sapay Phyu

 

YMCA to help elderly rebuild

THE Young Men’s Christians Association (YMCA) will repair or rebuild the houses of some elderly people in Hlaing Tharyar and Insein townships, said the association’s general secretary, U Tha Nyan, last week.
He said the association is limiting assistance to those 70 years old or older, whose houses were damaged or destroyed during the cyclone.
“We started work last week in Hlaing Tharyar township and we’re fully aware that there are lots of elderly people in this area that need urgent help to rebuild or repair their houses because many do not have the funds to pay labourers to do this work,” he said.
He said the YMCA is cooperating with the Department of Social Welfare and World Vision’s Help Age program.
Also helping out is the famous film-making company, Ko Lu Chaw Group, which U Tha Nyan said will provide labour, while the YMCA will provide the funding. – Kyaw Hsu Mon