Microsoft has donated 1,001 Encarta Encyclopaedia packages as giveaway prizes to raise money for the annual fund raising marathon l-Istrina to be broadcast on TVM on Saturday.
Justice and Local Government Minister Austin Gatt said when he presented the material to presenter Peppi Azzopardi that the donation, worth thousands of liri, was probably the largest single donation ever made to l-Istrina.
Dr Gatt said that those who will be contributing to l-Istrina this year would also have the chance to obtain Encarta.
He also augured success to the l-Istrina team in raising money for the needy.
Through an agreement with Microsoft, the Microsoft Academy will be opening its doors to its first students in February.