Nankang employees contribute to Japan disaster aid

Taiwan based tyre maker Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. reports its management and employees raised two million yen (£15,000) for the Japan Red Cross in order to aid victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami. “After the March 11 earthquake hit, our eyes, hearts and browser windows have been trained on Japan,” Nankang commented in a press statement. “As one of global citizens, we just do our responsibility to express our deepest condolences to the suffered people.”

To jumpstart the campaign, the company’s president initially sent a million yen donation to the Japan Red Cross. Inspired by this action, thousands of Nankang’s employees used their Facebook and other social network accounts to urge friends and relatives to support the fund to Japan Red Cross with small donations. The employees’ labour union gathered a million yen and stated they “really appreciate the participation and support of our employee-partners who volunteered their money to this worthy cause.”

“It is not the largest celebrity donation to the Red Cross since the disaster struck; however, Nankang’s charity was a large contribution to appeal people to give their hands to Japan.” the president of Nankang shared in a statement.