KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 -- Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) has mobilised employee volunteers to deliver immediate disaster relief worth RM270,000 to 1,000 families displaced by the recent fire in Kampung Bahagia, Sandakan.

The foundation said in a statement that the assistance, provided with support from Sime Industrial and SD Guthrie volunteers, was distributed between April 26 and 28 in collaboration with the Sabah Social Welfare Department (JKM) and local community leaders.

"When families suddenly lose everything overnight, the immediate priority is to restore stability and dignity; and in times like these, caring for one another matters more than ever," YSD chief executive officer Yatela Zainal Abidin said.

She said YSD viewed it as a shar...