By Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Nvidia and its workers have donated $15 million to Israeli and international non-profit organisations which might be supporting civilians affected by Israel’s conflict with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
1000’s of workers from greater than 30 international locations donated a complete of $5 million, which the corporate matched and doubled to $10 million below a particular program launched to assist these affected by the conflict, Nvidia mentioned on Sunday.
It famous that the donation was the most important humanitarian fundraiser within the firm’s 30-year-old historical past.
“We’re proud to see such broad assist from Nvidia households in Israel and around the globe, and are grateful for his or her prayers and hope for the return of our colleague Avinatan Or, and the opposite hostages from Hamas captivity,” mentioned Gideon Rosenberg, Nvidia’s deputy basic counsel.
“We’re really impressed by the real care of our workers around the globe.”
Or, 30, has been an engineer at Nvidia since April 2022, in response to his LinkedIn web page. He was captured by Hamas on the Nova music competition on Oct. 7 alongside together with his girlfriend Noa Argamani and round 240 others, a few of whom have since been launched.
Nvidia mentioned workers had chosen to donate to organisations within the area together with Asor Fund (JGive), American Associates of Magen David Adom, Docs With out Borders, Associates of United Hatzalah, IsraAID (US) World Humanitarian Help, Jewish Company for Israel, World Central Kitchen and Zaka.
Nvidia additionally mentioned it had donated tons of of computer systems to households evacuated from the north and south of Israel, and offered hundreds of sizzling meals from its Yokneam workplace cafeteria.
(This story has been corrected to make clear that donations weren’t made solely to Israeli non-profits)
(Reporting by Steven Scheer; Enhancing by Kirsten Donovan)
