On 12 May, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit
the town of Namche Bazaar, Nepal. Hundreds of homes have collapsed, many of
which were already damaged by the previous 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck
the country just weeks ago.
These earthquakes claimed thousands of
lives, and left innumerable Nepalese injured and homeless. While countries in
the world are stepping up to provide relief packages and deploy crisis response
teams to aid in Nepal’s relief efforts, the United Nations has said that at
least two million people need tents, water, food and medicine over the next
three months.
NOL would like to lend our support to the
victims during this difficult time. We are appealing to our staff to come
together and donate towards the cause. All monies collected will be channeled
to the Singapore Red Cross “Nepal Earthquake Relief Fund“ to provide earthquake
survivors with relief items and emergency supplies. NOL will match
dollar-for-dollar for all the donations made by staff through this web portal.
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- Please ensure to submit using
your corporate email address. Do not provide your private/personal email
address.
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- Please note that online
donations will be made in Singapore dollar (SGD) via credit cards. Donations
are subject to credit card transaction fees. Currency exchange rates apply for
international donations (for staff donating outside Singapore).
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- Singapore Red Cross will deduct
5% of the donations to pay for administrative and service fees as part of their
Programme Support Recovery. You can
choose to round up your donation to cover this fee on behalf of Singapore Red
Cross. Just tick the box on the donation page before you confirm your donation.
This is a global donation drive and will
run from 20th May 2015 until 29 May 2015, 10am GMT.
To find out more about Singapore Red Cross’
relief efforts for the Nepal earthquake, please click
here.
Thank you for your support and
contribution.
