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Disaster Relief
With cash contributions, employee volunteer hours and expertise, equipment
and technology, Intel and our employees actively responded to many natural
disasters that affected the world during 2005.
Tsunami in Southeast Asia. Following the devastation caused by the Southeast Asian tsunami in
December 2004, Intel and more than 13,000 of our employees contributed more than $4 million toward
tsunami disaster relief. In addition to our financial contributions, we have provided technology support to
Arkadutharai in South India and Banda Aceh in Indonesia.
In India, we are helping to rebuild a school, start an Intel® Computer Clubhouse and support the creation
of a vocational center. Our work in Banda Aceh involves helping to reconnect this area to the rest of
the world. Using wireless networking technology, we created a large broadband “umbrella” covering
approximately 600 square miles that lets humanitarian and disaster relief groups communicate with each
other and the outside world. This and other Intel® technology donations make it possible for the many
organizations offering disaster relief—such as the United Nations, the Red Crescent Society, Mercy Corps,
and the World Food Bank—to reach the local population with the help they need.
Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Intel mobilized financial resources,
technical expertise and equipment. Immediately following the disaster, the Intel Foundation made a
$1 million donation to the American Red Cross and announced that it would match employee contributions.
The total Intel cash contribution, including employee donations and Intel matching contributions,
totaled $4.3 million.
A Note from the Red Cross
Sometimes words like “thank you”
and “grateful” are not enough. This
is one of those times. Intel Corporation’s
many levels of sustained
support to our Hurricane Katrina
relief efforts are an impressive
example of corporate compassion
and successful philanthropic partnerships
for humanitarian relief.
Even under extremely difficult
circumstances, Intel employees
demonstrated kindness, skill and
concern. It is something that is
frequently spoken of by Red Cross
employees.
Jack McGuire
President and CEO
American Red Cross
In typical fashion, Intel employees responded to the tragedy with strong support and dedication. Within
two days of the hurricane, a team of Intel technical experts was embedded at Red Cross headquarters
in Washington, D.C. to help the organization develop a plan for using information technology in disaster
recovery and relief efforts. Hundreds of other Intel employees volunteered to be dispersed throughout
the region.
As a result of Intel’s involvement, we immediately recognized an opportunity
to help the Red Cross more effectively get the region and victims of
Hurricane Katrina back on their feet. Intel led an effort to donate approximately
3,000 laptop computers to the American Red Cross for use in call
centers, emergency efforts and shelters. More than 1,500 of the laptops
came directly from Intel inventory for its own employees, and Intel also coordinated donations from
technology companies that included Cisco, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba and AT&T, among others. These systems
as well as the technical support provided by hundreds of Intel employees helped Katrina victims reach
families, access emergency funds, and search for jobs and permanent shelter. At the Houston Convention
Center, volunteers on 50 laptops processed case forms for 4,400 families in 2.5 days. At the Houston
Astrodome, volunteers with 350 laptops processed case forms for 3,000 families in roughly four hours.
In addition to PCs, Intel donated 150 wireless Internet access points and helped establish wireless
networking connectivity in locations throughout the Gulf Coast, including Biloxi, Mississippi and Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. Working with the Red Cross, the federal government and local emergency responders,
Intel volunteers, along with volunteers from other technology companies, managed the configuration,
distribution and installation of computing resources. By re-establishing connectivity and communications,
families and businesses were able to begin simple tasks such as verifying bank account funds, filing
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