STO staff donate MVR 300,000 to Palestine

State Trading Organization (STO)’s staff have donated MVR 300,000 to Palestinians amid Israeli forces’ continued assault on Gaza.

The donation was made during Wednesday’s nationwide telethon campaign to raise funds for Palestinians.

The telethon, conducted under the slogan “Falastheenaa Eku Dhivehin,” which translates to “Maldivians in Solidarity with Palestine,” was organized by the Public Service Media (PSM), in partnership with local media, including SSTV, at President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu’s request.

Government ministries, institutions and companies have also made generous donations during the telethon which will continue until midnight.

The funds raised through the telethon will be sent to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), via the Foreign Ministry.

Israel’s current war on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children. It has also reduced much of the Palestinian territory to rubble, displaced the vast majority of residents, and resulted in widespread malnutrition.