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New Delhi: Walmart Inc, Walmart Foundation and e-commerce major Flipkart on Saturday committed to spend Rs 38.3 crore to support India’s COVID-19 response by donating personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers and funds for organisations providing essential relief materials to farmers and small businesses, a statement said.
“The companies will focus on providing PPE, such as N95 masks and medical gowns, for distribution by non-government organizations (NGOs) to public healthcare workers.”
“Walmart and Flipkart have already secured 300,000 N95 masks and 1 million medical gowns, and they will continue to leverage their global supply chains to source these critical necessities for medical workers,” it added.
In addition, Walmart Foundation is donating a total of Rs 7.7 crore to the NGOs Goonj and Srijan, which are supporting vulnerable communities through the crisis.
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