Microsoft has confirmed it plans to make an initial commitment of $1.25 million to support the relief efforts in Haiti following a massive 7.0 (on the richter scale) earthquake on January 12.
The software giant is providing support via cash and in-kind contributions and said it will match US based employees donations up to $12,000. It also plans to assist the relief efforts in the following ways:
- Disaster Response team - Microsoft"s team is currently engaging with humanitarian relief organizations to assess how they can make a difference. The Disaster Response team plans how Microsoft"s company, people and partners can be mobilized during issues such as Earthquakes - through outreach to lead government, inter-government and non-government agencies involved in leading local and global response efforts.
- Working with impacted customers and partners to help get critical systems up and running.
- Helping drive awareness and donations for relief efforts through MSN and Bing.
- The NetHope Emergency Working Group was activated last night to set up the basic telecommunications communications between the relief agencies operating in the affected areas.
- The NetHope Haiti Emergency Center (a secure Sharepoint application used by all of the NetHope members) is active and serves as a focal point for all reports, events, contact lists and collaboration.
American Red Cross: https://www.redcross.org/
Care: https://www.care.org
NetHope: https://www.nethope.org/
MercyCorps: https://www.mercycorps.org/
Save the Children: https://www.savethechildren.org/
Unicef: https://www.unicef.org
World Vision International: https://wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf