Netherlands companies offer money for Haiti

Dutch companies have pledged hundreds of thousands of euros of aid to quake-hit Haiti. Food giant Unilever is spending 350,000 euros, and ING bank 72,000 euros. The money will be channeled through international aid organisations with which the two companies are co-operating on a regular basis.

ING and Unilever have called on their employees to join in by donating money, which the companies have offered to double. A similar request was made by mail delivery service TNT, which is collaboration with the World Food Programme of the UN. The company is providing logistical support to food transports.

A national collection in the Netherlands has so far received 1.2 million euros for Haiti. The association of aid groups is adding 700,000 euros which were not spent after the 2004 tsunami disaster in Asia.

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