The Taiwan Foundation for Disaster Relief on Thursday said that a special account set up on July 21 to collect donations for Typhoon Danas relief closed on Wednesday, having received NT$539 million (US$17.6 million).
The foundation said the funds would support disaster relief, emergency medical services, shelter, resettlement and post-disaster recovery. More than 30,000 transfers were made, surpassing the NT$500 million fundraising goal.
More than 30,000 transfers were made, surpassing the NT$500 million goal, the foundation said in a statement.
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Among the donations, 98 transfers were NT$1 million or more, while contributions from state-owned enterprises affiliated with the Ministry of Finance totaled NT$440.9 million, it said.
The foundation said that NT$200 million would be allocated to municipalities in central and southern Taiwan to assist about 5,000 families affected by fatalities, missing persons, severe injuries, flooding, rental costs and relocation.
The remaining NT$330 million would support about 1,100 underprivileged households, including those with physical disabilities, low-income families and low-income or single elderly people, it said.
In addition, NT$50 million would be distributed as financial assistance to about 200 disadvantaged families to help ease the disaster’s economic impact, it added.
With total payments reaching NT$580 million, the foundation said that it would supplement the NT$539 million raised with its own funds to cover the shortfall.
Typhoon Danas made landfall in Chiayi County’s Budai Township (布袋) on July 6, causing power outages, water supply disruptions, flooding and widespread property damage across central and southern Taiwan.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare launched the donation account on July 21 to solicit private contributions for relief efforts.
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