The €1,164,000 collected during last year’s Istrina have been presented to the beneficiaries in a ceremony presided over by President Eddie Fenech Adami.
Dr Fenech Adami chairs the Community Chest Fund which received half the sum collected.
The other 10 beneficiaries were the Arka Respite Centre, the Augustine Sisters Servants of Jesus and Mary, Ejjew Ghandi, Dar Saura, the Eden Foundation, Fondazzjoni Suret il-Bniedem, the Ghaqda Persuni Neqsin mis-Smigh, the Gozo CCU Monitors Foundation, Puttino Cares and the YMCA Homeless Shelter.