Hyundai Motor Group will donate H-1-based ambulances to the UN’s fight against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa
21 vehicles equipped with life-saving devices such as respirators, oxygen tanks and other medical kits will support medical activities in Liberia
February 04th, 2015 – Hyundai Motor Group announced that it will donate 21 H-1-based ambulances to the United Nations (UN) in support of the Global Ebola Response activities in West Africa, particularly in Liberia. The vehicles, equipped with respirators, oxygen tanks and other medical kits, will be delivered to the Liberian government through the UN to support medical activities.
Tom Lee, Vice President and Head of Hyundai Africa and Middle East Regional Headquarters, commented: “We are proud to be able to join in the vital global fight against Ebola and hope that our involvement can help bring some support to the UN and its dedicated team.”
The deadly Ebola virus, which broke out in Guinea last year, is currently spreading over several West African countries such as Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Mali and Senegal, with some cases in the United States and Spain. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a total of 7,645 deaths occurred out of the 19,648 reported cases (as of December 23, 2014).
Separately, Hyundai Motor Company, which leads the Hyundai Motor Group, has been active in creating jobs and providing educational opportunities in underdeveloped regions including Africa. Hyundai Motor opened in 2013 a ‘Hyundai-KOICA Dream Center,’ which is part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, in Ghana. The Hyundai-KOICA Dream Center is a government-approved technical high school, which Hyundai established in collaboration with KOICA, a Korean government agency, and Plan Korea, a branch of one of the oldest and largest children's development organizations, Plan International.
Hyundai Motor Company held a groundbreaking ceremony for its third ‘Hyundai-KOICA Dream Center’ in Cambodia April 2014, which follows openings in Ghana (January 2013) and Indonesia (January 2014).
Furthermore, Hyundai Motor Company have also launched a vocational education and training center in Rwanda in 2013, aimed at empowering local people with the employable skill and entrepreneurship capacities to help tackle the problem of unemployment in the country.