Nvidia, a chipmaker, contributes $15 million in humanitarian aid to civilians affected by the Israel-Hamas conflict.
US chipmaker Nvidia and its employees have donated $15 million to Israeli and foreign nonprofits that support civilians affected by Israel’s war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Thousands of employees from more than 30 countries donated a total of $5 million, which the company matched and doubled to $10 million under a special program set up to help victims of the war, Nvidia said on Sunday.
It stated that the donation was the largest humanitarian fundraiser in the company’s 30-year history.
“We are proud to see such an outpouring of support from the Nvidia families in Israel and around the world, and we are grateful for their prayers and hope for the return of our colleague Avinatan Ori and other hostages taken from Hamas captivity,” said Nvidia CEO Gideon Rosenberg. assistant solicitor.
“We are truly inspired by the genuine care of our employees around the world.”
Tai, 30, has been an engineer at Nvidia since April 2022, according to his LinkedIn page. He was captured by Hamas at the Nova music festival on October 7, along with his girlfriend Noa Argaman and about 240 others, some of whom have since been released.
According to Nvidia, the employees had chosen to donate to organizations in the area such as Asor Fund (JGive), American Friends of Magen David Adom, Doctors Without Borders, Friends of United Hatzalah, IsraAID (US) Global Humanitarian Assistance, Jewish Organization of Israel, World Central Kitchen and Zaka.
Nvidia also said it donated hundreds of computers to families evacuated from northern and southern Israel and delivered thousands of hot meals from the Yokneam office cafeteria.
(This story has been corrected to clarify that the donations were not only made to Israeli nonprofits)
