A helping hand for Segamat school

Clean-up: Volunteers using a power jet to spray down the canteen tables.

Severe flooding affected various parts of Johor, Melaka, Pahang and Sarawak during the beginning of March, displacing tens of thousands of Malaysians and leaving many schools in a state of dire need.

SK Canossian Convent in Segamat, one of the worst hit areas in Johor, subsequently reached out to the Financial Industry Collective Outreach (Finco) to request assistance with clean-up efforts. The school, which largely draws enrolment from B40 schoolchildren, had suffered damage to its canteen, school fences and classroom furniture.