A gift free Istrina this year

A gift free Istrina is being organised by the Community Chest Fund this year following an agreement reached with Public Broadcasting Services, President George Abela said today.

The PBS would be broadcasting the fund collection campaign for people in need l-Istrina and the adverts promoting it free of charge, giving private stations the opportunity to also transmit the activity through feeds.

President Abela said that philanthropic organisations would have the opportunity to submit their requests for assistance and a board appointed by the MCCF would then evaluate the requests to choose the beneficiaries.

He said that the value of Maltese society was that it did not have to get something in return to assist those in need.

“We will live beautiful moments of giving without expecting anything in return. It should be a day of generosity when the people unite for a common aim,” Dr Abela said.

The President said that although gifts to be given out during the activity were not going to be accepted, white goods to be distributed to people in need throughout the year would continue to be received.

L-Istrina is being held on December 26 and will be broadcast from the Lufthansa Technik hangar, which has been offered for the purpose and which was inaugurated on the same day that Dr Abela took his Presidential oath.