Asthma foundation to start raising funds<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Asthma Foundation is aiming its
\nlatest fund-raising activities at golfers and domestic flight
\npassengers in October, November and December.<\/p>\n
Chairperson of the Foundation Mrs. Radinal Moochtar said that
\nthe fund-raising is aimed at collecting funds to help finance
\nactivities of the foundation's branches in 14 provinces.<\/p>\n
\"The fund raising is expected to help our branches establish
\nasthmatic clubs and hold seminars on asthma and conduct public
\npresentations on the illness,\" Mrs. Upin Radinal Moochtar told
\nreporters yesterday.<\/p>\n
Officers of the foundation will be present at airports, asking
\npeople to make donations in denominations of Rp 500, for which
\nthey will be given receipts.<\/p>\n
\"I hope people, especially of the middle and upper level,
\nwill be willing to donate,\" she said.<\/p>\n
She said that the foundation expects to collect about Rp 1.5
\nbillion (US$681,818).<\/p>\n
\"The foundation has printed about 3.4 million receipts and
\nthey will be ready for distribution soon,\" she said.<\/p>\n
The foundation was established in 1986 to help people with
\nasthma, through public presentations on asthma and medical
\nassistance.<\/p>\n
Currently it has 14 branches, including in West Java, Lampung,
\nBali, South Kalimantan and South Sulawesi. (yns)<\/p>",
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