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Article: Students help raise RM25,000
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Veena Babulal
New Straits Times
02-10-2009
Students help raise RM25,000
Byline: Veena Babulal
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Main Section
BATU GAJAH: Even school-children are doing their bit for the Gaza victims.
At least 59 schools in the Kinta Selatan district collected RM25,000 for the Palestinians, of which RM10,189.43 went to the NSTP Fund for Gaza.
When district education officers distributed donation boxes to schools in Kampar, Gopeng and Batu Gajah on Jan 15, they had expected to collect only about RM10,000, said Kinta Selatan district education officer Mat Jaafar Mat Zain.
"It came up to RM25,000 and we were very surprised."
The rest of the donations went to Aman Palestine, a ...