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Mobil pledges $5M for tsunami relief
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Posted on Jan 10 2005
World oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has pledged $5 million in direct contributions to relief efforts for victims of the Asian tsunamis that killed more than 150,000 people across 12 countries and left millions homeless and threatened by disease.
In a news release, Mobil Oil Guam Inc. also said that it has launched a fundraising program that would last until March 31 in the Northern Marianas, Guam, and Micronesia.
“[The] program will match on a one-to-one basis contributions by employees, retirees, current dealers and distributors,” said Mobil Guam’s public relations manager, Cecile Bamba Suda.
“Eligible participants can voluntarily give to endorsed, locally based or international relief organizations providing disaster relief assistance to the tsunami impacted areas,” she added.
Suda said Mobil would give direct contributions and match donations made under the program to three international relief organizations—American Red Cross, UNICEF, and Save the Children.
Exxon Mobil has affiliate companies in Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand, which employ approximately 5,000 people.
Donations for tsunami victims continue to flow from various countries, as the United Nations-led relief efforts went on in affected countries including Indonesia, despite reports that rebellion has broken out in that country.
“We don’t believe that aid workers are targets,” said Joel Boutroue, head of the U.N. relief effort in Indonesia’s troubled Aceh province, in an Associated Press report.
Aftershocks from the massive earthquake that spawned the killer waves, meanwhile, continue to rattle residents in the hardest-hit countries, the AP report said. A 6.2-magnitude temblor sent people scrambling from their homes early Monday in Banda Aceh, but no injuries or damage were reported.
Before this, the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 5.5-strong tremor off the coast of Northern Sumatra early yesterday morning. The 6.2-intensity quake followed about five hours later.
The USGS also recorded a 5.1-strong earthquake in Simeulue, Indonesia more than four hours later.
