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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 22 OCTOBER 2023 8 COMMERCIAL Join the Crowdfund for Moroccan earthquake victims A crowdfunding campaign on local platform Zaar hopes to offer urgent relief and support to victims of the earthquake in Morocco. The powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Morocco at night on 8 September, killing and injuring thousands of people and devastating rural towns and vil- lages near the city of Marrakesh. According to the Moroccan au- thorities, the earthquake is one of the deadliest to hit the country in decades. The Hudson Foundation hopes to raise €10,000 through the crowdfunding campaign, which closes on 1 November. These vi- tal funds will help support Hud- son employees, their relatives and many others in Morocco who have been directly impact- ed by the disaster. Every dona- tion received will go towards the immediate care of the homeless, providing housing, blankets and basic needs, while caring for or- phans and those experiencing difficult and traumatic situations related to the earthquake. Funds raised via the campaign will also help rehabilitate and re- construct destroyed houses, cov- er economic expenses in the area related to management of the earthquake's effects and boost the country's reserves and stocks of necessities. Hudson Holdings Ltd develops brands, mainly in the fashion and sportswear sectors, with teams based in each of its focus mar- kets across Europe and Africa, specifically Malta, Italy, Cyprus, Algeria, Morocco and Nigeria. It established The Hudson Foun- dation in Malta with the inten- tion to give back to society and help 'give a voice to the voiceless'. "Natural disasters such as the earthquake in Morocco can affect us all, when we least ex- pect it," says Giselle Borg Oliv- ier, CEO at Zaar Crowdfunding Malta. "Crowdfunding can bring people together to collaborate and unite our efforts to make a real difference in the world, and to offer urgent relief to those who have been impacted by the dev- astation of an earthquake such as this. Every donation made to this Zaar campaign represents a helping hand to those who need it most." Donate to the Hudson Foun- dation – Morocco Earthquake Donations crowdfunding cam- paign today at www.zaar.com. mt. Melita receives FHRD award for high-quality HR MELITA Limited has once again significantly outscored benchmark levels during the re-certification process to achieve FHRD HR Quality Mark certification in recogni- tion of its outstanding human resources practices. Melita will be presented with the award for the second time at this year's 'HR Transform – the Future of Work' conference and expo organised by the Mal- ta Foundation for Human Re- source Development (FHRD) . The HR Quality Mark is awarded for a period of three years to organisations based in Malta for the professionalism, competency and contribution of their HR function. Jacqueline Abela, Head of Hu- man Resources at Melita Limit- ed, said: "Melita is delighted to have significantly exceeded the levels required to obtain FHRD certification. This is a testa- ment to our high-quality HR practices and we will continue to work hard as a team to build on the positive and inclusive environment we have created for all our employees." The FHRD carried out a thorough evaluation process of Melita's HR practices. Meli- ta was assessed against six key HR functions: Strategy, Talent, Engagement, Career, Efficiency and Relations.