PRESS RELEASE
In response to last week's tragic earthquake in Haiti, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are responding to bring relief to the millions of people affected by this disaster.
To date, our support for relief efforts stands at more than $1 million. This includes direct financial support from Walmart operations around the world, as well as in-kind contributions, such as our donations of pre-packaged food kits, blankets and face masks.
In addition, through various in-store and online fund-raising campaigns, Walmart associates and customers globally have contributed nearly $1.9 million to date for the relief effort.
We will continue to coordinate our efforts with the Red Cross, Partners in Health and CARE to help in any way that we can. To view the most recent information about how Walmart is responding to this disaster, please visit walmartstores.com/haiti . If you'd like to learn more about the international relief effort, we encourage you to visit the Red Cross Web site.
Our thoughts are with everyone who has been impacted by the devastation in Haiti, including hundreds of thousands of Haitians who are our customers and associates in the U.S. and abroad.