SERDANG: A non-governmental organisation here is calling for the public to help send 1,000 teddy bears to Syrian children. MICF organiser, Zurriyat Ventures Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Dayang Lily Maznah Abang Muas, said the project is focused on encouraging children to donate old and new teddy bears, and plush toys for the campaign. “The teddy bears and plush toys will be distributed to the Syrian children at the Syrian refugee camp in Idlib, Syria. “We want them to be grateful for what they have been given,” she said, adding that they were aiming to collect at least 1,000 teddy bears and plush toys. “The prolonged war in Syria has robbed Syrian children of their childhood.

Source: New Strait Times July 27, 2017 12:45 UTC