RABAT, Jan. 12 - The Moroccan civil society has launched a campaign to collect donations for the "Children of Asia" hit by the Tsunami .
"In the aftermath of the natural disaster that hit some south-eastern Asian countries, the Moroccan civil society (...) is launching a campaign to allow all Moroccans show their solidarity with the people affected by the disaster," said in a release a group of associations that launched the campaign to last from January 13 to 20.
The donations will be received in all banks under the form of a crossed check or transfers to the bank account N: 2623.01.3926.08, in Bank Al-Maghrib in the name of "children of Asia."
Donations will also be collected under the form of SMS to cost 5 Dhs, (nearly half EURO) to number "530" in the two Moroccan telecom operators. The sum gathered will be transferred to the same bank account.
The donations will be handed to the UNICEF.
The associations taking part in this operation include Mohammed V Foundation for solidarity, the Collective for Modernity and Democracy, Zakoura Foundation.
Donations have been unprecedented to help victims of the earthquake and tidal wave that swept across the Indian Ocean.
Morocco has already sent an emergency aid to the Tsunami victims consisting of 25 tons of medical products.
The Tsunami devastated coastlines in Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka and India and reached as far as Somalia on the east African coast. Death toll in this natural disaster exceeded 157.000 victims and could reach as high as 200,000.
