Intel donates in Israel: every $ given by a company employee will be matched up to $ 2 million

Intel contributes to the fight against the Corona virus and launches a new program under which every dollar donated by an Intel employee will generate another donation from the Intel Foundation up to a maximum of $ 2 million in employee contributions. In total, Intel seeks to raise $ 4 million for donations to fight Corona. The financial donation is for nonprofits operating in the health, education and welfare sectors. Here in Israel, donations have been selected, according to the Intel Foundation, NGOs: MDA, for Strengthening Teams The medical through the provision of protective equipment and test kits; The Rashi Foundation through a stable home for the implementation of an educational program to strengthen the learning abilities of peripheral children who are unable to learn at a distance. The program will provide them with emotional, educational and material support; and an organization to provide, for the supply of food products and hygiene for the welfare of poor families, to help them overcome the crisis. .
MDA states that due to the anticipated rush of hospitals and the inability to evacuate patients, medical assistance is needed at the home of the isolated patients. MDA will purchase through donations from Intel drive files, which include protective clothing, defibrillators, respirators, medication oxygen balloons and corona test kits, Serving 3,000 paramedics and paramedics.
The organization does indicate that donations from Intel will help them purchase food and other products for Holocaust survivors, the elderly and needy in the shadow of the Corona crisis and for Passover.
According to Stable House, the Corona crisis has led to the situation where there are thousands of students living in the periphery and defined as "contact disconnected" - unable to do distance learning. The donations from Intel will help establish a virtual hotspot that will operate in dozens of localities and students in grades 9-12. The project will provide a scholarly answer, focusing on strengthening skills for the matriculation exams in the mathematics, English, physics and chemistry subjects.
From today until April 10, the Intel Foundation will encourage its employees to donate to the three organizations to maximize the donation. The campaign will run in Israel, as well as in several other areas where Intel has contact with major communities: Costa Rica, India, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico and Vietnam.
Intel employs approximately 13,000 people in Israel. Employees who choose to donate will do so through a dedicated site that Intel has set up. The company will encourage its employees through an internal advertising campaign to donate as much as possible.
Bella Abrahams, VP of Government, Communications and Intel, says: "We are on challenging national, social and economic days. This is our true test as a company to demonstrate our true and robust resilience, which has been part of Israeli DNA for years. A dollar-for-every-dollar plan, in partnership with company employees, is an integral part of our commitment to social solidarity that is essential and necessary these days. I am proud to be associated with an organization that knows how to drive such projects and I believe that strengthening the organizations - MDA, a stable home and giving organization is a first swallow for better days to come soon. "
These efforts come from previous support announced by Intel Israel, which includes a donation of about NIS 1 million for the purchase of a machine that will significantly increase the number of corona disease kits for Rambam Hospital.