30-hour fasting event raises RM2.2mil

In the spotlight: The crowd being entertained by artistes including singer-songwriter G.E.M. at World Vision Malaysia’s 30-Hour Famine countdown at Stadium Malawati in Shah Alam.

SHAH ALAM: The grand efforts of some 15,000 people who gathered here and at various other locations in the country for a 30-hour charity fasting event proved not to be in vain.

In all, they managed to raise RM2.2mil in aid of impoverished children and communities all over the world.