The President’s wife, Margaret Abela, is visiting schools to collect about 5,000 piggy banks distributed last October.
Tonnes of coins and paper money are now being taken for sorting and counting by Bank of Valletta, a mammoth task that will take several days.
L-Istrina BOV Piggy Bank campaign last year raised more than €115,000 for the Malta Community Chest Fund.
This year, Bank of Valletta has pledged to match the amount collected from the schools, which will then be presented during L-Istrina on Boxing Day.