Walmart, Flipkart and Walmart Foundation provide Rs 460 million of support to India’s Covid-19 fight
Kolkata/IBNS: Walmart Inc., Flipkart and the Walmart Foundation have come together to contribute needed personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers and financial support for organizations providing essential relief materials to farmers and small businesses to join the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a release from the collaborators, Walmart Inc. and Flipkart will spend Rs 383 million to bring in-kind donations into India to help with the front-line response efforts.
The companies will focus on providing PPE, such as N95 masks and medical gowns, for distribution by non-government organizations (NGOs) to public healthcare workers.
Walmart and Flipkart have already secured 300,000 N95 masks and one million medical gowns, and they will continue to leverage their global supply chains to source these critical necessities for Indian medical workers, the release said.
In addition to this in-kind support, the Walmart Foundation is donating a total of Rs 77 million to Goonj and Srijan, NGOs supporting vulnerable communities through the crisis.
The funds will be used to support the procurement of essential relief materials, such as food, medicine, and hygiene items, for distribution by the organizations to support farmers, rural communities, and the micro-businesses.
“Our customers and associates in India have been deeply impacted by Covid-19 and our hearts continue to be with them,” said Kathleen McLaughlin, executive vice president and chief sustainability officer for Walmart and president of the Walmart Foundation. “In times like these, we all need to come together to support our communities and the efforts of healthcare workers, NGOs and government organizations. We are grateful to all those providing relief in India and we want to help.”
Said Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart Group , “Our Flipkart teams are working around the clock to respond to the Covid-19 crisis with care and compassion. We are very proud of them. The emergency relief efforts we are announcing today underscore our commitment to continuing to work with the private and public sector in India to respond to this unprecedented challenge."
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