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FedEx commits over $1m to earthquake relief

[ February 24, 2023   //   ]

FedEx Corp says it has committed more than $1m worth of in-kind shipping so far to the earthquake relief effort in southern Turkey and Syria. To date, it has chartered five freighter aircraft between February 17 to 21 delivering approximately 230 tonnes of relief supplies including tents, blankets and baby items, household supplies and hygiene kits from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

It has also made a cash donation to the American Red Cross, delivered critical humanitarian supplies from Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport to Malatya, Turkey, provided shipping support for Canadian disaster-relief organisation GlobalMedic, and worked with US-based World Central Kitchen to ship aid from Madrid, Spain and the US. to Adana, Turkey.

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