Samsung Electronics decided to provide a total of 3 million dollars in cash and in kind for the victims of the earthquake in Turkiye on the 10th. It plans to donate 1.5 million dollars of relief money to the Turkiye Disaster and Risk Management Agency.
In addition to donations, portable ultrasound diagnostic devices needed at disaster sites, home appliances for temporary lodgings for victims, digital educational tablets for children of affected families and home appliances repair service vehicles will be provided with goods worth 1.5 million dollars.
“Samsung Electronics employees will voluntarily conduct fundraising activities to support affected areas.”
Samsung has taken the lead in donations to overcome crises whenever natural disasters such as wildfires and heavy rains occur in Korea, and as a global company, it has actively supported recovery even when disasters occurred overseas.
Status of Overseas Disaster Donations
– Haiti Earthquake (2010, $1 million)
– Japan Earthquake (2011, 100 million yen)
– Philippine Typhoon (2013, $1 million)
– China Sichuan Earthquake (2013, 60 million Yuan)
– Nepal Earthquake (2015) , $500,000)
– Mexico earthquake (2017, 20 million pesos)
– Sulawesi earthquake in Indonesia (2018, $600,000)
– Australian bushfires (2020, $1 million), etc.
