UPS Mobilizes Global Logistics Network for Hurricane Matthew with $1 Million in Financial and In-Kind Support
October 24 2016 - 9:00AM
The UPS Foundation, which leads the global citizenship programs for
UPS (NYSE: UPS), today announced more than USD $1 million in
emergency funding and in-kind support to help response and recovery
efforts following the destructive hurricane that recently ravaged
Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and
North Carolina. The UPS Foundation contributions of logistics
support will enable the provision of urgent relief efforts.
“The UPS Foundation’s Humanitarian Relief & Resilience
program has mobilization protocols which are triggered when a
natural disaster occurs anywhere in the world. The backbone of our
program is the long-time partnerships that we have with the
preeminent relief organizations and United Nations agencies which
we engage to help support their life-saving operations to these
communities,” said Eduardo Martinez, president of The UPS
Foundation and chief diversity and inclusion officer at UPS. “When
a community is impacted by a crisis, we feel the need to assist as
we consider these communities, our communities. Our hearts go out
to those affected by Hurricane Matthew and we are committed to help
with this tragedy, sharing our logistics expertise to coordinate
urgent relief efforts.”
Through its Humanitarian Relief & Resilience Program, The
UPS Foundation has already contributed a significant portion of
these funds toward the immediate activation of emergency funds,
enabling the purchase and distribution of critical relief supplies.
For the Salvation Army, UPS transported almost
30,000 meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) to South Carolina and nearly 4
metric tons of clean-up kits to North Carolina. Additionally, UPS
is coordinating with the Salvation Army to deliver more than 70,000
bottles of water to South Carolina and more than 800 boxes of food
to Georgia. These supplies will serve as important resources for
residents who are in shelters or beginning to clean-up their
homes.
CARE is dedicating their emergency funding from
The UPS Foundation for aid focused on water and sanitation, food
distribution, shelter and psychosocial support. For the
American Red Cross, UPS provides annual support to
its Annual Disaster Giving Program. This upfront funding helps the
Red Cross to immediately open shelters after disasters. They’ve
already opened more than 200 shelters in Florida, Georgia and along
the Atlantic coast.
UPS is also using its global logistics network to deliver more
than 600,000 pounds of relief supplies in Haiti including food and
shelter, solar lighting, comfort kits, school supplies,
antibiotics, medication and water purification packets to help
combat Cholera. For the World Food Programme
(WFP), UPS airlifted two shipments containing 300,000 high
energy biscuit packages that will provide 30,000 families food for
a week. UPS also coordinated 2 additional flights from Panama for
the WFP Global Logistics Cluster with multi-agency supplies and
another from Dubai containing kitchen sets, solar lanterns and
plastic sheeting for tents. Additionally, UPS is coordinating
ground transportation of supplies from Port-au-Prince to Les Cayes,
which is also for the WFP Global Logistics Cluster.
Additionally, UPS is working with its partners to combat the
cholera outbreak in Haiti. From Copenhagen, Denmark, the company
flew in 100 metric tons of antibiotics and water purification
tablets for UNICEF and is transporting ocean
containers for MAP International with antibiotics,
medical equipment, and water purification supplies to Haiti.
Cholera is one of 10 identified “pandemic diseases” that UPS has
committed to assist with globally.
The UPS Foundation’s Humanitarian Relief and Resilience program
provides communities with crisis recovery support, from disaster
preparation to urgent relief following an event through post-crisis
rehabilitation. In 2016, The UPS Foundation committed $14 million
in funding, technical and in-kind services to support a broad range
of disaster resilience initiatives to strengthen preparedness,
response and post-crisis recovery. In 2015, The UPS Foundation
assisted with more than 350 shipments to 50 different countries to
help with disaster response and recovery efforts.
For more information about The UPS Foundation’s Humanitarian
Relief & Resilience Program, visit UPS.com/Foundation.
About The UPS Foundation
UPS (NYSE: UPS) is a global leader in logistics, offering a
broad range of solutions including the transportation of packages
and freight; the facilitation of international trade, and the
deployment of advanced technology to more efficiently manage the
world of business. Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a
legacy as a caring and responsible corporate citizen, supporting
programs that provide long-term solutions to community needs.
Founded in 1951, The UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship
programs and is responsible for facilitating community involvement
to local, national, and global communities. In 2015, UPS and its
employees, active and retired, invested more than $110 million in
charitable giving around the world and recorded more than 2.3
million hours of volunteer service. The UPS Foundation can be found
on the web at UPS.com/Foundation. To get UPS news direct, visit
pressroom.ups.com/RSS.
Kristen Petrella
404-828-4182
kpetrella@ups.com
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