Members of the public can continue to drop off donated items on Friday from 10am to 6pm at 10 Genting Lane.
SINGAPORE: At an industrial building in the MacPherson area on Thursday , members of the public steadily turned up with winter clothing, blankets, diapers, baby food, sanitary products and other supplies in tow.
The company had opened its space to receive donations around noon on Thursday after the embassy became too packed. Diapers donated by Singaporeans for victims of the Türkiye-Syria earthquakes, at The Black Hole Group headquarters on Feb 9, 2023. Mr Ramani Anantharaman, 42, had taken time off work to help out with the donation drive. He turned up with bags of winter clothing and a “huge Redmart order” of diapers and baby food from his wife, friends and colleagues.
Members of the public bringing in donated items for the Türkiye-Syria earthquakes to the Jay Gee Melwani House on Feb 9, 2023. But for Mr Calvin Seah, the co-founder of The Black Hole Group, the outpouring of support was something out of the blue.
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