Korean-based electronics firm donates $1M to Yolanda victims

Residents of Tacloban City cover their face due to stench from decomposing bodies that lined the road after typhoon Yolanda hit the city. LITO TECSON/CDN FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines – Samsung Electronics Philippines donated $1 million to help with recovery and rebuilding efforts in provinces, particularly in Central Visayas, heavily damaged by supertyphoon “Yolanda” (iternational name: Haiyan).
The money was given to the Philippine Red Cross, the ABS-CBN Foundation and World Vision.

Volunteer Samsung employees, which include service engineers, will also provide on-ground assistance in the disaster areas.

Samsung Philippines also expressed its deepest sympathies to the Filipinos shaken by the disaster.

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