Families appear to be uninformed of an education fund set up for the children of those on board ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flights MH370 and MH17.

According to the New Straits Times, several MH370 crew members' next of kin had never been approached by the Flagbearer Education Foundation, set up in 2014.

The foundation was established by Chinese medicine company Eu Yan Sang's chairperson, Anne Eu, with an initial pledge of RM500,000 from her firm and Genting Group Bhd.

Eu had made it to the Forbes list of philanthropic Asian heroes for her charity work, which includes the Flagbearer Education Foundation.

However, three MH370 next of kin, including chief steward Wan Said Wan Ismail's wife Nur Laila Ngah, said they had never received any assistance from the foundation.

"As far as I know, there has never been such support from anybody," Nur Laila was quoted as saying in NST.

"When news of the aircraft's disappearance was still fresh, we (the next of kin) had heard of a few foundations that wanted to help our children, but none of them approached us," added the mother of three children, aged 14, 12, and 10.

Similarly, MH370 crew member Hazrin Hasnan's seven-year-old daughter also did not receive assistance.

"We received many promises to support her education, but nobody has come forward," said Hazrin's sister, Syafinaz.

Jacquita Gonzales, wife of MH370 inflight supervisor Patrick Gomes, also said she never received education aid for her 17-year-old son.

"As far as I know, none of the MH370 children received any educational support."

NST said it was unable to get in touch with the relatives of those on board MH17.

A spokesperson for Eu told the English daily there would be an update regarding the foundation on Thursday.

Flight MH370 was carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew when it went missing while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, on March 8 2014.

Months later on July 18, MH17 was shot down while flying over Ukraine, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.