ThyssenKrupp support projects for tsunami victims
The devastating tsunami in Asia took hundreds of thousands of lives and left millions of people behind who, although they managed to save their own lives that day, lost everything else.
For this reason, the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp AG released up to €2.5 million in donations directly after the tsunami. This money is to support long-term reconstruction projects to secure a sustainable future for those affected. The ThyssenKrupp relief efforts are focused on India and Thailand.
“One hour for Asia” poster
At the same time, the Group Works Council launched the “One hour for Asia” campaign calling on all Group employees worldwide to donate money for the tsunami victims. This campaign showed how extremely willing people were to make donations: Group employees donated around €300,000 for the victims of the tsunami – even though many had already made private donations.
Support projects in detail
- India
- Support for farm workers in the Nagapattinam region
(donations from staff) - The donations collected by the Group Works Council will be used to rebuild the livelihoods destroyed by the tsunami of farm workers living in the Nagapattinam district of India.
- Reconstruction and village development in the Kanyakumari region
- €500,000 of the ThyssenKrupp AG donations will flow into a village development project in the Kanyakumari region. This project in Southern India will be realized in collaboration with the charity Kindernothilfe e. V.
- Help for untouchables and the Irula people
- A project to support the poorest groups of the population is also planned - the untouchables and the Irula people in Kanchipuram and Cuddalore.
- Construction of medical centers in Kanyakumari and Nagapattinam
- Around €200,000 are planned for the construction of medical centers in Kanyakumari and Nagapattinam.
- Thailand
- Ban Tab La Mu School
- In the six southern provinces of Thailand the authorities have identified around 150 schools which need help. The Ban Tab La Mu School, located to the south of the tourist area of Khao Lak in Phang Nga province, was severely battered by the tidal waves.
- Baan Nam Kem Tsunami Memorial Park
- On December 26, 2005, the tsunami memorial park, the majority of which was financed by ThyssenKrupp, in Baan Nam Kem, where more than 700 died, was handed over to the public in a special ceremony.
- Kapong School for Life
- IIn a joint effort with other sponsors, ThyssenKrupp is supporting an initiative by the "International Academy for Innovative Education, Psychology and Economics at the Free University of Berlin" (INA) to build a school.
- Indonesia
- Medical Centers for Aceh/Sumatra
- In response to the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia at the end of December 2004 the ThyssenKrupp Group is donating medical centers for the Aceh region of Sumatra.
