Humanitarian response by for-profit organisations to the 2010 Haiti earthquake

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This article describes humanitarian responses from for-profit organizations, such as business corporations, following the January 12, 2010, Haiti earthquake.

[edit] Africa

[edit]  Kenya

In coordination with the Kenya Red Cross, Kenya Airways - the country's largest airline and flag carrier - implemented a program which raised money for earthquake relief efforts by collecting donations on local and international flights.[1]

[edit] Asia

[edit]  Israel

  • Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Israel which is the world's largest generic drug manufacturer, donated over $7 million worth of medication to relief efforts.[2]

[edit]  Japan

  • Daiichi Sankyo, a major international drug manufacturer based in Japan, donated pharmaceutical products worth approximately US$1,600,000 to relief efforts. The company also gave approximately US$54,000 to the Japanese Red Cross, and US$50,000 to the American Red Cross, to support their humanitarian responses.[3]
  • Several Japan-based automobile giants made monetary donations to the relief efforts. Nissan gave a donation exceeding US$100,000,[4] while Toyota gave a half million dollars (US$500,000) to support the humanitarian response.[5]
  • Tokyo-based Canon, the multinational manufacturer of imaging and optical products, contributedUS$220,000 to Haitian relief efforts.[6]

[edit]  Pakistan

[edit] Europe

[edit]  Azerbaijan

[edit]  Finland

  • Finnish communications multinational Nokia contributed US$200,000 to Haitian relief efforts.[11]

[edit]  Germany

  • Several days after the earthquake, Deutsche Bank announced that it would donate 100 percent of net US agency equity trading commissions on January 15 to the humanitarian cause. The initiative raised approximately US$4,000,000 for disaster relief efforts.[12]
  • Deutsche Post DHL sent to Haiti one of its Disaster Response Teams, which are deployed free of charge, at the request of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to airports in disaster-affected areas to assist with the logistics of coordinating relief supplies. Following the earthquake, OCHA deployed a Disaster Response Team to Haiti to help manage the large influx of relief supplies into the country, by supporting key logistical efforts like warehousing and inventory, and managing incoming supplies effectively in order to prevent bottlenecking at the airport and ensure that badly needed medical and other relief supplies would keep moving into the country.[13]

[edit]  Ireland

  • The Irish telecommunications company Digicel, which is a major mobile phone provider in Haiti, pledged US$5 million to support aid agencies and to help repair the damaged phone network in the country.[14]

[edit]  Netherlands

Various Dutch organizations raised money for the Samenwerkende Hulporganisaties (Giro 555), a cooperative effort of aid organizations:

  • Radio 538, Radio 2, 3FM, Q-Music, SLAM!FM and Radio Veronica broadcast a joint special from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm on January 22, under the name Radio 555, to raise money for relief efforts. Discovery Network Europe also participated in raising funds for Giro 555, by placing a ticker requesting donations on top of their regular broadcasts on Discovery Channel and Animal Planet.
  • Following the radio special, the Dutch public television station Nederland 1, and various commercial stations (RTL4, SBS6, and TMF) broadcast a joint evening special under the name "Nederland helpt Haïti" (The Netherlands helps Haiti).

By the day's end, the joint specials had raised over €41 million. This sum was doubled by the Dutch government, raising the total to over €83.4 million (US$118 million). Later, another €18.6 million was raised, bringing the total Dutch contribution to €100.6 million (US$140 million).[15]

  • Also on January 22, an extended-length episode of Jeugdjournaal was broadcast on all public and commercial cable networks aimed at younger audiences, such as the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.
  • The Dutch retail and pharmacy chain Kruitvat donated US$141.000 to relief efforts.[16]
  • Customers of ING, an international financial institution of Dutch origin, donated US$596,926 to the humanitarian cause. Immediately after the earthquake, the company itself contributed €30,000 from the ING Group Disaster Relief Fund to the Red Cross to provide emergency items, such as blankets, water containers, and cooking equipment, to quake survivors.[17] Immediately after the earthquake, the company itself contributed €30,000 from the ING Group Disaster Relief Fund to the Red Cross, to provide emergency items - including blankets, water containers, and cooking equipment - to quake survivors.[18]
  • Unilever, a British-Dutch multinational corporation which owns a number of global food and home product brands, donated US$500.000 to the Haitian cause.[19]
  • Deloitte, the world's largest private professional services organization, contributed US$42,428 to relief efforts.[20]
  • TNT NV, an international express and mail delivery company headquartered in the Netherlands, participated in sending an Emergency Response Team to Haiti. As part of an ongoing collaboration with the World Food Programme, TNT partnered with UPS and Agility to send a "logistics emergency team" to Haiti to assist the WFP in coordinating relief supplies and disaster response efforts.[21]

[edit]  Sweden

[edit]  Switzerland

[edit]  United Kingdom

  • Diageo donated 45,000 pounds of food and emergency supplies.[29]

[edit] North America

[edit]  Aruba

  • Setar Aruba, a telecommunications company, is donating money raised by every customer who texts the word "Haiti" to their call line, which will collect about $3 per text.[30]
  • Digicel Aruba, a telecommunications company, has donated $100,000 to a relief fund for Haiti, and is also donating 100 percent of proceeds from all customers who text the word "Help" to a call line that has been set up for the relief effort.[30]
  • MetaCorp, an Aruba-based holding company, has donated about $28,000 to Red Cross relief efforts.[30]
  • Burger King in Aruba has donated roughly $3,000.[30]
  • De Schakel College, a private school on the island, is organizing fund raising activities and collecting clothing and supplies.[30]

[edit]  Canada

[edit]  United States

[edit] Oceania

[edit]  Australia

Triples play during the "Hit for Haiti" charity event held prior to the 2010 Australian Open

[edit]  Fiji

  • Fiji Water - donated 136,000 liters of bottled water to be distributed directly to the victims of the Haiti earthquake.[121]

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