Posted on September 30, 2009	print  e-mail
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UPS and the UPS Foundation have announced a two-year, $9 million initiative to improve the capabilities of relief organizations to respond to global emergencies.

Announced during the fifth annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, which took place September 22-25 in New York City, the initiative will provide grants, in-kind services, and logistical expertise to leading relief organizations around the globe. According to UNICEF, in the past decade an estimated twenty million children have been forced to flee their homes because of natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies while more than one million have been orphaned or separated from their families.

As part of the initiative, the American Red Cross will receive a $500,000 cash and in-kind gift for logistics, shipping, and warehouse support; the U.S. Fund for UNICEF will receive $1 million to strengthen UNICEF's emergency response capacity of its disaster preparedness program in the Asia-Pacific region, among other things; and CARE will receive $250,000 for the use of Aidmatrix technology and to hire a logistics professional.

"This broad strategy for global disaster preparedness and response extends well beyond traditional financial support," said UPS Foundation president Ken Sternad. "We are combining our supply chain expertise, our assets, and linking our key partners to enable more effective response to global emergencies."

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