East Coast Relief Fund

Crisis

The monsoon floods of December 2014 – January 2015 were the worst to hit the country in over four decades. Four states in northeastern Peninsular Malaysia were affected, including parts of Sabah and Sarawak, in Borneo, causing displacement of over 200,000 people.

Campaign

A Malaysia-based campaign was initiated to provide free flights and cargo transportation for relief workers and emergency aid. In the second phase of the campaign, fund-raising was undertaken by AirAsia Berhad and AirAsia X Berhad.

Sponsored flights and cargo transportation
Donation boxes onboard all AirAsia Berhad and AirAsia X Berhad flights and at AirAsia airport counters in Malaysia
Fund-raising website at airasiafoundation.com

Lead Partner

MERCY Malaysia is a non-profit organisation focusing on providing medical relief, sustainable health-related development and risk reduction activities for vulnerable communities in crisis and non-crisis situations, in Malaysia and abroad. MERCY Malaysia upholds the Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and NGOS in Disaster Relief. The organisation is mainly reliant on public donations to ensure independence and impartiality. Eighty percent of its income goes into carrying out relief operations and support.

Results

Clinic Refurbishments	Repair and re-equip 2 rural clinics	MYR 340,930
Schools Preparedness Programme	Train teachers and students in 30 primary schools nationwide	MYR 335,500
Orang Asli Water Project	Repair piping systems in 4 villages	MYR 226,017