Western Union Provides Relief to United Way India Amidst Second Year of Extreme Flooding
September 11 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Supporting communities affected by monsoonal flooding in
Maharashtra, Western Union (NYSE: WU), a global leader in
cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and the
Western Union Foundation today announced USD $150,000 in
humanitarian relief to United Way India.
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“India is experiencing its second year of devastating flooding,
drastically impacting daily life,” Western Union Foundation
Executive Director and Western Union Head of Corporate Brand &
Purpose, Elizabeth Roscoe said. “Our funding to United Way India
will provide critical immediate relief including safe drinking
water, hygiene kits and resources to make it easier for students to
resume their studies.”
This marks the second consecutive year Western Union and the
Western Union Foundation have provided humanitarian relief to the
United Way India for heavy monsoon rains and extreme flooding. In
2018, relief efforts were directed at the refurbishment of schools
in response to monsoonal flooding in Kerala.
“We are committed to helping lift up the communities where we
operate and our employees work,” Head of Network, Middle East and
APAC at Western Union and Western Union Foundation Board Member,
Sohini Rajola said. “A fruitful epicenter for global innovation,
Maharashtra is home to two of Western Union’s global offices
including the WUTECH center that was launched nearly two years
ago.”
Local Western Union employees have also committed a donation to
United Way India that will result in the distribution of an
additional 350 hygiene kits in Maharashtra.
Western Union and the Western Union Foundation were at the
forefront of major disaster relief efforts, including flooding in
Kerala and Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Since 2001, the Western
Union Foundation has donated more than USD $17 million for relief,
to aid 180 disasters in 80 countries around the world. In 2018, the
Western Union Foundation responded to 13 disasters around the
world.
About Western Union Foundation
The Western Union Foundation believes that education is one of
the surest pathways to economic opportunity. Through collaborations
with NGOs around the world, the Foundation has embarked on a
mission to connect 50,000 migrants, refugees, women and youth to
the global economy through demand-driven skills training and
workforce enablement programs by 2020. The Foundation also offers a
global scholarship program that helps put a post-secondary
education in reach for in-need students studying in the STEM fields
and business. To date, more than $120 million has been given to
fund projects in 137 countries across the globe, including disaster
relief for communities in crisis. The Western Union Foundation is a
separate charitable corporation that is tax-exempt under 501(c)(3)
of the US Internal Revenue Code, and receives support from The
Western Union Company, its employees, agents and business partners.
Contributions to the Foundation are tax-deductible for US income
tax purposes. To learn more, visit www.foundation.westernunion.com
or follow us on Twitter @TheWUFoundation.
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Rachel Rogala, Western Union 720-332-2686
Rachel.Rogala@westernunion.com
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