Telenor is calling on its 22 million customers in Myanmar to be part of the nationwide prevention, control and treatment of covid-19. Since 9 April, Telenor has been using its platform to raise funds for the on-going fight against covid-19, telecompaper reported.

Telenor Myanmar is raising funds for the National-Level Central Committee for covid-19 Prevention, Control and Treatment through an SMS-enabled donation programme.

Customers can send an SMS with the text “1000” to a special short number to make a MMK 1,000 donation, which will be deducted from their prepaid balance. They can text as many times as they want and all donated funds will go directly to the activities of the covid-19 Committee. All funds gathered will be matched 1:1 by Telenor up to a total of USD 75,000 to support the project.

The initial timeline for the SMS donation is until June, subject to extension if the situation requires.