Updated: L-Istrina raises €2.3 million
Video: Mark Zammit Cordina
(Updated 6.30 a.m. on Monday)
The 11th edition of l-Istrina, Malta's annual charity event yesterday raised €2.3 million for charity.
For the second time in a row, it was devoid of prizes but still managed to raise €2,332,000 million.
The event, from the Lufthansa Technik hangar in Luqa, was aired on all television stations.
The public can still donate through a Facebook application, which is linked to L-Istrina’s Official Facebook Page. The actual page has claimed over 10,000 members since its creation last year.
Facebook members can give a donation by searching L-Istrina - F’Idejk, ‘Liking’ the page and following the links, or by directly accessing the application at apps.facebook.com/l-istrina.
The application will remain active for donations until January 6.
One can also donate by calling 5004 9005 (€12) or 5004 9010 (€24) or by sending an SMS on 5061 8918 (€6.99) or 5061 9222 (€11.65).
HSBC DONATION
The main sponsor of the event this year was the HSBC Malta Foundation which donated €100,000.
The donation was presented to President and Mrs George Abela by HSBC Malta’s head of service delivery Philip Farrugia and members of the staff who were also helping out during the event.
Over the last 10 years the Foundation has sponsored L-Istrina by donating in excess of €200,000 to the Malta Community Chest Fund.
Earlier this year, HSBC Malta Foundation organised a triathlon from Għarb to San Anton Palace to help with fundraising. The foundation has also contributed to the MCCF fund in aid of Maltese patients receiving treatment in London.
BOV DONATION
Another €100,000 were donated by Bank of Valletta.
The cheque was presented by chief officer operations Michael Galea, accompanied by staff members and children holding Piggy Banks used in the campaign.
€53,080 were collected in the campaign and the sum was topped up to €100,000 by the bank.
This is the seventh consecutive collaboration between Bank of Valletta and the Malta Community Chest Fund raising over €400,000 since the campaign's inception.
GO DONATION
Nearly €18,000 were donated by GO CEO David Kay, together with a number of employees, on behalf of the company.
GO prides itself in being one of L-Istrina's longest standing partners and supporters and has been actively involved in the event since its inception 11years ago.
GO sets a state-of-the-art communications infrastructure for this event, provides man-hours and various quad-play services at no cost.
It also waives call charges and other expenses connected with donations made by phone.
BANIF DONATION
A €151,000 donation was presented by Banif Bank later in the evening.
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GiovDeMartino@ M Bezzina
Dec 29th 2010, 11:33
Per ezempju? Il-mara tieghi, p.e. lejburista li dejjem teqred li ma tistax tlahhaq mal-oghli tal-hajja.
@ Dion Borg. Jiddispjacini ghalik li zgur li nt l-uniku wiehed li ma xtrajtx rigali. Meka ghanejk mhux f'wiccek? Kullimkiien imballat u kulhadd mghobbi b'xirjiet li anqas ikun jista jgorrhom. Kullimkien full up u kulhadd jiekol, ilegleg u jitlahlah. Tccajta hawx flus. Ma naghmlux li int tip[prtetendi li tiehu d-dawl u l-ilma b'xejn hux? Ghamilt sewwa ma xtrajtx rigali ghax dawk lussu.
GiovDeMartino
Dec 27th 2010, 17:40
Ikolli nghid, ma nafx, imma jkolli nghid li haw xi whud ma hadu pjacir xejn li ngabret dik is-somma. Tghid qed nghid sewwa? Nahseb li iva!
M.Bezzina
Dec 28th 2010, 10:49
BHALL PER EZ????IBDA SEMMI??
Dion borg
Dec 28th 2010, 11:38
Hazin qed tahseb,ghax kulhadd ha pjacir..u prosit lill kullhadd..pero Sur DeMartino biex isserrah rasek zgur li kollox miexi harir,idhol sal Belt u staqsi lil tal hwienet kemm kien tajjeb in negozju dan il Milied..!!..jien ma nahdimx u xorta tghid sehmi ghal Istrina..imma rigali ma xtrajtx,ghax il gimgha l ohra rcevejt il kont tad dawl,mank taw cans jghaddu il festi...Awguri.!!
Nick Falzon
Dec 27th 2010, 17:05
Lots of money raised but my goodness it's AWFUL television.
DGalea
Dec 27th 2010, 15:23
Will any of the money donated go to animal charities? I hope so.
M.Bezzina
Dec 27th 2010, 16:35
allahares jintefqu fuq l annimali!!!Dawk suppost ghamlu gabra ghalihom!!!Bla sens ghalija tonfoqom fuq l annimali.Dik kawza ghan nies morda serjament li ghandhom bzonn trattament.Mhux ma nhossx ghall annimali imma ghandu jkun hemm gabra ghalihom bhall ma ghamlu milux!!
Stefan Micallef
Dec 27th 2010, 20:31
Int qedt ticcajta huwx?Ghax jien flusi il min hu fil bzonn tajthom mhux lil annimali. Nies bhalek tal MISTHIJA int BNIEDEM mhux ANNIMAL ahseb fis simili tieghik li huma fil bzonn u wara dawk.
Charmaine Marmara'
Dec 28th 2010, 09:58
@Stefan Micallef tal misthija int u min u bhalek , ghadek ma ndunajtx li l annimali ahjar min nies ??? ahjar minni u minnek u min kull persuna li hawn fid dinja ,u naqbel 100% ma DGalea u l hadd ma nghati xejn le , ta l istrina qatt ma tajt u qatt mjien ha nati qabel ma jghoddu l annimali ghal gbir ukol , flusi ntijom il min irrid jien u kieku ghandi dik is somma f idi ma tarax annimal iehor barra siehbi ghax kolla nigborom...xorta nifrah li ngabret dik is somma ta tifimniex hazin ghax jien l ewwel wahda ma nafx fix nista nigi IMMA ninharaq meta xi hadd bhalek jitkellem hekk fuq l annimali , likbar imhabba huma jatuwa u mux in nies !!!!!
A Zahra
Dec 28th 2010, 14:55
Li ma tahqarx l annimali hija zgur xi haga accettata min grupp wiesa fis socjeta illum ibda l ewwel wiehed jiena li la qatt kelli u la qatt ser ikolli pet pero zgur li qatt ma nasal li nahqar annimal. Imma li tghid li l annimali ahjar mill bnedmin ma naccettaha qatt.
Li certi indiviwi fis-socjeta taghna huma aghar mill annimali nasal li naqbel mieghek. Imma nahseb li jekk qed tghid li l annimali ahjar mill bnedmin fil bzonn nahseb li ghandek problema gravi ta valuri u prijoritajiet f hajtek.
m.zammit
Dec 27th 2010, 12:49
Nistaqsi u njistenna risposta. il-2.3 miljuni huwa mit-telefonati tan-nies li cemplu jew hemm dawk id-donazzjonijiet il-kbar li bdew gejja bic-cekkijiet ukoll. Min huwa responsabbli jew inkellha jista iwiegeb din id-domanda jaghti l-informazzjoni please.
Paul Camilleri
Dec 27th 2010, 14:02
m.zammit skond kif beda jdur l-arlogg dawk jinkludu dwak ic-cekkijiet tal-banek ecc...
M.Bezzina
Dec 27th 2010, 11:09
@joe cassar
Naqbel mgjiek Joe mannix indahhlu l partiti fin nofs ghalkemm nemmen li jista jkollom efett fuq il media u jibatu messagg to generozita.
Ma naqbilx imbaghad ma certu nies fejn jghidu ''Kulhadd jeqred li ghaw il faqar u ha ara kemm gbarna",......ma nahsibx huwa lok li bniedem ghandu jitkellem hekk fl ahhar mill ahhar nista nkun jien li jkolli immur inhabbat il bieb tal Comm.Chest Fund u nitlob l ghajnuna,.Bi 20euros inqas fil but ma tammilix differenza lili imma lil dak li qijed fil bzonn zgur taghmel.
Grazzi tas Support u Grazzi Sur President.
M.Bezzina
Dec 27th 2010, 11:04
Jalla nuru solidarjeta wkoll mad Dar Tal Providenza fl 1 ta Jannar.Dar li minghajr l ghajnuna u l generozita taghna zgur ma tkunx tista topera.
mary pace
Dec 27th 2010, 10:25
WELL DONE TO ''GO'' for thier great support & WELL DONE to ALL WHO DONATE ,the money,I'm very proud to be called MAltese, we got great heart!!!
Adrian Cardona
Dec 27th 2010, 10:05
@Albert Camilleri
you're sad. I give to both because I want to help both animals and humans...even though I find it very hard to do the distinction sometimes....
C Dalli
Dec 27th 2010, 09:48
Prosit to all. I have a question regarding the league table of donors by town or village - expectedly most of the time this was topped by the largest towns including Birkirkara, Mosta Qormi and so on. But later in the day the village of L-Ghasri in Gozo made it to the top ten donor communities. How is that possible with a tiny community of 400? Was 'L-Ghasri' representing the whole of Gozo by any chance??
J. Bugeja
Dec 27th 2010, 10:24
Or a very generous benefector lives there. :)
Warren Galea
Dec 27th 2010, 10:25
The tables may have represented percentages from locations and not actual numbers of people who donated. This may mean that Ghasri had one of the largets donor percentage of all locations in Malta and Gozo.
C Dalli
Dec 27th 2010, 12:56
No - The impression I got (it may have been wrong) was that the percentage next to each locality in the table was a percentage of the total number of donors, for eg Valletta 3% means 3% of all people who have donated by that point in time are from Valletta. Otherwise it would not make sense - for eg a hamlet with 20 generous residents who all give donations will immediately make it to the top of the table at 100%.
E Vella
Dec 27th 2010, 08:54
I wonder why a Eur150,000 donation is not mentioned. everyone is equal but some are more equal than others.
kevin sammut
Dec 27th 2010, 08:40
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Alex Fenech
Dec 27th 2010, 08:19
Another bank operating in Malta donated over Euro 150,000 to this year's Istrina...
Seems it did not get same CSR publicity as organisations listed here....
Jonathan Portelli
Dec 27th 2010, 09:04
Agree with you!! Or you're going to mention everbody who donated or organized something to raise money like Tonio of PaqPaq who also managed to raise more than 80,000euro or mention nobody. But still i'm so happy of us maltese that in this so called Global Crisis we are going through, we still managed to unite and raise 2.3million for good, sincere causes. Prosit kbira lil Maltin u lil Ghawdxin kollha!!
K.Zammit
Dec 27th 2010, 09:07
Same goes for Vodafone who have donated 30,000 if I'm not mistaken!
Robert Spiteri
Dec 27th 2010, 09:20
Yes you're right, why was it not mentioned??
Andrew Hili
Dec 27th 2010, 00:50
I cannot understand this donating thing....all year long you hear the same chanting that people are hard up, expenses have soared, bills are out of this world, people are barely making it through the week on their measley wages, grumbling about the government for constantly putting up prices on fuel, electricity, etc...making one think that we are really going through some bad times here.
Yet come Istrina and this problem seems to vanish into thin air!!!! Miraculous!!!
I just wonder when we are going to learn to go along with what we grumble about, otherwise why bother grumbling!
Michael Cassar
Dec 27th 2010, 07:19
Maltese gemgem
John Borg
Dec 27th 2010, 07:50
Maybe because money to l-Istrina has been donated voluntarily while the hikes in fuel prices, electricity bills, gas etc is being seen as an extortion
edward ciantar
Dec 27th 2010, 08:30
do not rush into conclusions. Eliminate the donations by the private entities (companies) first. Still, a fantastic gesture to donate without the perception of winning back something :)
J.Camilleri
Dec 27th 2010, 09:18
Mr. Hili, I'm a pensioner and really squeezed for money.
Couldn't afford to buy presents for my three nephews, but I couldn't not donate some money for people who are really in distress.
I can do without my medicine for this week.
B.Bonello
Dec 27th 2010, 09:21
Because a Euro 24 donation, once a year wouldn't make a big difference in your life..but it will make a massive difference in others life..
joe cassar
Dec 26th 2010, 23:51
Sena ohra halikhom mil partitti nies.Nghtuhom lill-istrina kawza ta vera.
P Borg
Dec 26th 2010, 18:59
Many will opt to donate to Dar tal-Providenza this year, the latter beneficiaries are much closer to home than the beneficiaries of l-Istrina.
C.t Ciappara
Dec 26th 2010, 20:49
I agree with you 100%.
Ninette Zammit
Dec 26th 2010, 23:05
Qisu anki f'haga hekk sabiha tridu ddahhlu l-pika u l-kompetizzjoni. Halluhom lin-nies jaghtu lil min iridu
Steve Demicoli
Dec 27th 2010, 06:23
Agree 100% too
Albert Camilleri
Dec 27th 2010, 08:13
basta l-flus ma jmorrux ghall-annimali. Ghax inkella dak huwa dnub. Meta nghidu li hawn tant tbatija li taghti flus ghall-annimali huwa dghawa kbira.
Alfredo Agius
Dec 27th 2010, 08:26
@Albert Camillieri - Seriously .... Go live in a hole somewhere. I can't believe you even had the guts to say that in public.
M Vella
Dec 27th 2010, 09:06
@Albert Camilleri - I do not know whether to take you seriously or not. If you're not being sarcastic i can't believe that such people exist.
K.Zammit
Dec 27th 2010, 09:10
@Albert Camilleri - Il-vera tal-misthija li ghad hawn nies jahsbuha bhalek. Ma tridx tara flus haddiehor sejrin ghall-annimali - mur gibek jghidulek titmahhom mela. Bhal dak li qallu dawk mhux kreaturi li halaqhom Alla wkoll.
Alan Grech
Dec 27th 2010, 09:18
Albert...I'm sorry for you
Stefan Micallef
Dec 27th 2010, 09:33
Alfredo Agius-..so you think that NORMAL people would laugh in Albert Camilleri face if he says that?
Go say this in the public that animals should have 1/4 of the money given to "l-istrina" and you will see who will want to dig a hole to put his head in!!
Alfredo Agius
Dec 27th 2010, 10:58
@Stefan Micallef - Where did I say about 1/4's exactly? My disgust was towards Mr Camilleri's hypocritical religious attitude. Would have made more sense if my message wasn't half censored off.
Stefan Micallef
Dec 27th 2010, 12:01
Look if they say that the money collected is going for the animals its ok,But lets say i have 20Ewro and there is a person that is sick and needs money and there are some groups of people who always say they need donations for animals i wouldnt hesitate to give all the money to the "sick" person.Hope you understoud me better,because humans needs first then animals.
Marthese Mussett
Dec 27th 2010, 22:57
@Albert Camilleri. Ha nitkellem ghalija u ghall kull min ihobb l annimali:Taf ghalfejn inhobbuhom l annimali?Ghax dawk ma tantx ghandhom min jaqbez ghalihom,annimal la jghid bik u lanqas jabbandunak u jghajrek.Ma nippretendux li naghtu xi somma kbira ghall annimali ta,ovvja li le..imma ghalfejn xejn?Dawk in nies li joiehdu hsieb l annimali abbandunati qeghdin jghinu biex ma jkunx hawn klieb u qtataes jigru barra wara biebek,u bieebi.Hafna minn dawn l annimali jkunu ntremew barra minn sidhom stess.L ebda annimal ma ghamel hekk lil sidu.Din il problema tezisti habba l krudelta ta certi nies.Jien anka qattusa b denbha maqtugh rajt jien u nwassal lil ibni l iskola.Din hi l qalb tajba u generuza taghna l Maltin.Umbaghad jigi xi hadd bhalek u jghid biex ma nghinuhomx.
Sean Chircop
Dec 26th 2010, 16:52
Prosit lil Glenn Chircop Galea li holoq din il-pagna ta' L-Istrina - F'idejk li qabzet il-11,000 ammiratur
Alison Casha
Dec 26th 2010, 15:48
Every Facebook member can log in at http://www.l-istrina.org or http://istrina.seasus.com to make an online donation of €7,€10,€20 or €50 via the Facebook Donation Application, developed by Seasus Limited for L-Istrina.