Accra, Feb.10, GNA – Delta Air Lines on February announced that it will contribute $100,000 to the American Red Cross to support the operations and response of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in the two earthquake hit countries.
Delta has rallied support from its customers and the public in a bid to help the earthquake victims through a link on their website, an official statement issued to the Ghana News Agency, by the KCC in Accra, said on Friday.
Delta, therefore, urged people living outside of the United States but hoping to donate towards the worthy cause to do so via the website.
“All contributions will be sent to the IFRC,” it assured.
The donations marked for disaster relief purposes is in addition to the one million dollars contributed by the Airline to the Red Cross yearly.
It would be used to support search and rescue operations; offer first aid and psychological support; perform emergency medical evacuations and transport injured people to hospitals.
It would also go towards the distribution of blood and plasma to affected regions; and deliver hot meals and basic aid items, such as tents and blankets for those injured and evacuated.
Tad Hutcheson, Delta’s Managing Director of Community Engagement remarked: “The most important way to help is through financial giving, as the American Red Cross and the IFCRC have the resources and infrastructure to obtain and deliver goods, supplies and trained volunteers to the places and people that need it most.”
The American Red Cross and Delta have a long-standing partnership dating back to 1941.
The $100,000 stipulated for disaster relief in Turkiye and Syria is inclusive to the carrier’s one million dollar grant to the American Red Cross as an Annual Disaster Giving Program partner.
Over the years, the airline has also lent additional assistance to hurricane relief in the US, post earthquake operations in Haiti, and also organised blood drives.
GNA