SINGAPORE, April 13 — Maybank Singapore’s Islamic Banking has partnered with Free Food for All (FFFA) to contribute Ramadan food packs consisting of food items and vouchers to 150 low-income Malaysian workers working and living in Singapore.
This is part of Maybank’s group-wide Regional Ramadan Relief (RRR) programme.
“In the spirit of our corporate mission of ‘Humanising Financial Services’, we hope that this Zakat fund contribution will help FFFA in their outreach efforts to assist the beneficiaries, especially during this festive period where borders are closed,” said Country Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and CEO of Maybank Singapore Dr John Lee, in a statement here.
Lee said the partnership had begun last year during Circuit Breaker where Maybank and FFFA helped stranded Malaysian workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic through distributing meals and financial support to them.
RRR is Maybank Group Islamic Banking’s flagship corporate responsibility programme using Zakat funds (Alms tax) which is aimed at distributing food supplies to the underprivileged families to meet their basic dietary requirements during the fasting month.
Maybank Singapore has been rolling out RRR programme since 2017 where the bank has distributed food vouchers to more than 1,000 disadvantaged families in Singapore.
FFFA has been instrumental in its efforts to aid the less fortunate in Singapore and globally by serving over 500,000 meals and pioneering in initiatives such as Halal ready-to-eat meals for the underprivileged.
Each Ramadan food pack contains grocery vouchers worth S$60 as well as Halal food items, such as dates, 3-in-1 beverages, and ready-to-eat meals.
Since 2013, Maybank Group’s RRR programme has allocated a total of close to S$4.5 million to benefit about 120,000 families, including single mothers, people with disabilities, orphans, fishermen, farmers and disadvantaged groups in more than 10 countries.
The group-wide giving programme has entered its ninth year and benefited underprivileged groups in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei, Dubai and the marginalised community in Myanmar of the Rohingya ethnic group.
