KUALA LUMPUR: Stars lit up a room full of Puteri Umno members as they gathered in the name of charity at the Putra World Trade Centre here yesterday.
Popular actors and singers came to pledge their support to the "Misi Bantuan Prihatin" programme, an emergency response team under Puteri's Voluntary Group For Everyone (Vogue) Squad.
Actor Zed Zaidi, TV3 show host Nas Ahmad and rock singer Asheed, or Mohd Ashid Ahmad, of Def-Gab-C, proved to be show-stoppers when they appeared before the eager members in the function.
Puteri Umno Chief Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin launched the programme and revealed that its 200-odd volunteers would be supported by the celebrities.
She said members of the Persatuan Karyawan Malaysia, led by its president, Datuk Freddie Fernandez, and Zed, who represented the Persatuan Seniman Malaysia, would team up with them.
"Voluntary help can come in many forms and I believe the presence of popular celebrities will ease the concerns of disaster victims who are in distress," added Rosnah, who is also deputy health minister.
She said the volunteers would kick off the programme in Kelantan and Terengganu to help flood victims, adding that rainfall was expected to increase between 20 and 40 per cent from this month until March next year.
"We have to prepare for the worse and this includes preparing the volunteers for all eventualities," Rosnah said, adding that the volunteers might also be despatched to help victims of other disasters.
The group will also be moving to other states affected by the floods and will distribute basic essentials, such as clothes, toiletries, food and water, to the victims.
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