The Dangote Foundation – the global philanthropic arm of Dangote
Industries Limited donated $1million to the government of the earthquake
hit Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal as humanitarian aid and disaster
relief for response and recovery efforts in Nepal.
“The Dangote Foundation donation builds upon our community intervention
initiative and longstanding commitment to providing development assistance
that alleviates pains of people around the world” said Mrs. Zouera
Youssoufou, The Managing Director/CEO of the Foundation. “Through this
donation we hope to support Nepal government’s emergency efforts in
providing relief and life-saving priorities to the victims of the
earthquakes that occurred in the country.”
It what would recorded as the worst quakes to hit the Himalayam nation in
nearly a century, it would be recalled that two devastating earthquakes
of magnitudes 7.8 and 7.3 hit the country on the 25th of April and 12th of
May 2015, respectively causing a high number of deaths, injuries and
destruction of over 600,000 homes.
The Chairman of Dangote Foundation, Mr. Aliko Dangote, in his message to
the Prime Minister, conveyed his sympathy to the government and people of
Nepal, assuring them of the Foundation’s support in rehabilitating the
victims of the unprecedented tragedy.
Mr. Aliko Dangote said: “We join the rest of the world to express our
sympathies over this unfortunate incident. We hope this donation will help
alleviate the suffering of the Nepalese people who have been devastated by
the earthquakes.”
Responding to this kind gesture, the Prime Minister expressed the
gratitude of the people and Government of Nepal to Aliko Dangote and the
Foundation, for their humanitarian support at this difficult moment in his
country’s history.
The Dangote Foundation has been touching lives both within and outside the
shores of Nigeria since its establishment in 1993, providing opportunities
for social and economic transformation through investments and
interventions that improve and promote health, education and broaden
economic empowerment opportunities.
In September 2010, the Foundation made a similar donation of $2million
through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), to assist
survivours of flood that ravaged Pakistan. Through this donation, the
Foundation extended its support to more than 325,000 children in need in
that country.
Dangote Foundation spent about $5million as part of its intervention to
combat the Ebola Virus Disease that affected four West African countries
namely Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and Nigeria, last year. In addition
to these, the Foundation donated $16million to the Nigerian government to
assist victims of flood that ravaged many states of the federation in
2011.
Aliko Dangote endowed the Foundation with $1.35billion in March 2014, to
ensure that the Foundation, has secure and steady funding to carry out its
mission as it significantly scales up its work both within and outside the
shores of the country.
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