Artistes Rally To Help Special Children
Local artistes at it again!
KUALA LUMPUR: Several top local artistes have put together a special album, Hulurkan Cinta, to help children with autism and dyslexia as well as the intellectually challenged.
The album, the initiative of Procter & Gamble (P&G) Malaysia Sdn Bhd and EMI Malaysia, features Ella, Anita Sarawak, KRU, Billy Zulkarnain, Vince, Rabbani and Shazzy.
The money earned from sales of the album will go to special education schools and education centres through Yayasan Nikmat Untuk Rakyat (Yayasan Nur).
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abd Jalil, who launched the album at her ministry yesterday, urged more companies to “join forces with us to help the poor and the needy.”
P&G said that it aimed to raise RM2mil for the Open Minds-Yayasan Nur ChildAid fund in co-operation with the ministry.
P&G CEO Patrick Lockwood-Taylor said the company had so far raised RM200,000 from other activities, and in addition pledged another RM500,000 to the fund.
EMI pledged to contribute RM10 from the sale of every CD and RM5 from every cassette to the fund.
Konsert ChildAid will be staged at Stadium Melawati in Shah Alam on Dec 3.
The public can also donate money by making out cheques to Yayasan Nur and posting them to Open Minds Fund Raising, c/o P&G Malaysia Sdn Bhd, 9th Floor, West Wing, Wisma Consplant 1, No. 2 Jalan SS16/4 Subang Jaya, 47500 Petaling Jaya.
Donations of RM2, RM5 or RM10 can also be made via SMS, by typing OM2, OM5 or OM10 and sending the SMS to DAPAT/32728.