SINGAPORE: The Singapore government will contribute US$100,000 (S$129,000) as seed money to support the Singapore Red Cross’ (SRC) public fundraising efforts for the humanitarian crisis resulting from the recent cyclone in Sri Lanka.
The contribution will supplement the SRC’s pledge of S$50,000 to support the immediate needs of affected communities in Sri Lanka, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said in a statement on Friday (Dec 12).
Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan have also written to Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Minister of Foreign Affairs Vijitha Herath respectively to convey their condolences over the tragic loss of lives and destruction caused by the cyclone, MFA said.
