JERUSALEM: US chipmaker Nvidia and its staff have donated US$15 million to Israeli non-profit organisations which are supporting civilians affected by Israel’s war with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
1000’s of staff from greater than 30 nations donated a complete of US$5 million, which the corporate matched and doubled to US$10 million beneath a particular program launched to assist these affected by the conflict, Nvidia mentioned on Sunday (Dec 24).
It famous that the donation was the biggest humanitarian fundraiser within the firm’s 30-year-old historical past.
“We’re proud to see such broad help from Nvidia households in Israel and all over the world, 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 staff all over the world.”
Or, 30, has been an engineer at Nvidia since April 2022, in line with his LinkedIn web page. He was captured by Hamas on the Nova music festival on Oct 7 alongside along with his girlfriend Noa Argamani and round 240 others, a few of whom have since been launched.
Nvidia mentioned staff had chosen to donate to organisations within the area together with Asor Fund (JGive), American Buddies of Magen David Adom, Medical doctors With out Borders, Buddies of United Hatzalah, IsraAID (US) International 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.