Rotary Club of Marina City bans together to donate oxygen concentrators
Marina City Rotarians have a special relationship with the Rotary Club of Greater Yangon. Since 2019, RCMC has supported the Irrawaddy Delta through the Swimming Doctors Project to provide medical care for villagers along the river.
Sandar Htun , a newly transferee fellowship in RCMC from rotary club of Yangon jumped in action in July when she was devastated by the the surge in Covid cases in Myanmar that stared in June.
Sandar explained, “by July when the third Covid wave hit Myanmar our citizens had nowhere to turn. There were shortages of medical professionals, medicine, beds and oxygen in hospitals and quarantine centers. Ivan Tam, President of the Rotary Club of Greater Yangon contacted me with an urgent appeal. To help, I reached out to my club members to raise funds.”
As of 9 September, RCMC collected SGD6400 for oxygen concentrators and other medical and PPE supplies. The oxygen concentrators and medical supplies will be donated to
• Ma Au Kone Center
• Inya Center
• Padummar Cancer and COVID 19 Support Group
• Myanmar Islamic Youth Federation
• Medical Action Myanmar
• MA KHIN SAN DAR KYAW COMMITTEE @ DAGON SEIKKN TOWNSHIP
• Taung Za Lat @ Myanmar Theological College (MTC)
• Medacross
• Putao Christian Charity Group
• Htoi San Buga Hpung Rung Church in Bamaw
• Informal Treatment Centres
Sandar explained that the project attracted clubs from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore. Twenty sets of oxygen concentrators have already arrived and are being distributed this week. The remaining concentrators being donated will be sent to the rural areas where infection rates are high.
