Microsoft donates $5m for flood victims

KARACHI: Microsoft has been recognised as the most significant corporate donor to the Pakistan Flood Disaster with a contribution of over $5 million. Microsoft was accorded the recognition along...

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Microsoft donates $5m for flood victims
KARACHI: Microsoft has been recognised as the most significant corporate donor to the Pakistan Flood Disaster with a contribution of over $5 million.

Microsoft was accorded the recognition along with Coca Cola, GE and P&G as the four most significant corporate donors.

Microsoft’s contribution included over $900,000 in cash endowment and over $3.8 million in software donations to leading disaster relief organisations, $900,000 in kind for Eagle Disaster Management Response Software Package and $220,000 in gants from Community Affairs Division to support the Punjab Youth Council volunteer programme.