PUTRAJAYA: The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, through Yayasan Kebajikan Negara, will donate RM3,000 to the families of the victims who perished in the helicopter collision incident in Lumut.
Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri (pic) hopes that the Skim Pemberian Ehsan Kepada Keluarga Mangsa aid, which will be channelled soon, will help lessen their burden and ease their sadness and grief.
“I will hand over the aid to the family of the victim in Sarawak while my deputy (Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad) will do the same for the families of the victims in Sabah and Lumut,” she said after the yasin and tahlil recitation for the victims of the helicopter tragedy here yesterday.
About 200 ministry personnel attended the recitation, which was led by the ministry’s Islamic affairs assistant officer Muhammad Zaid Jumali.
Nancy said the ministry will reach out to the families of the victims through counselling by the one-stop social support centres and Social Welfare Department, Bernama reported.
She said her ministry will also collaborate with the Education Ministry to provide counselling to the victims’ families, including their school-going children.
“The ministry is always committed to helping those in need, including the next of kin of the victims who may now have no one to depend on to continue living.
“Everyone in the ministry is saddened by the incident and are praying for their souls to be placed among the righteous,” she said.
