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Jewelers for Children announced Wednesday that is has made a $100,000 donation to the Ebola Children’s Relief Fund, which Save the Children has put together to support efforts in combating the worldwide outbreak of the deadly virus.
New York--Jewelers for Children announced Wednesday that is has made a $100,000 donation to the Ebola Children’s Relief Fund, which Save the Children has put together to support efforts in combating the worldwide outbreak of the deadly virus.
In making the donation to the fund, JFC received pledges from donors Sterling Jewelers, Hearts on Fire, J.C. Penney, Pandora and Jewelers Mutual Insurance Co.
According to the World Health Organization, as of this week there were more than 8,000 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola in seven countries: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain and the United States. The virus has caused more than 4,000 deaths.
JFC Executive Director David Rocha said the donation to the fund is being made in addition to the $2.9 million the organization already gave to its charity partners this year. JFC has made past donations to Winston, Conn.-based Save the Children in other emergency and disaster situations, including the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the South Asian tsunami in 2004 and the tsunami that devastated Japan in 2011.
Save the Children, a nonprofit, is on the ground in Africa, building treatment centers, supporting orphans and educating people on how to prevent the spread of Ebola.
“Everyone is concerned about the rapid spread of the virus in Africa and so many children have died and so many more are now orphans,” JFC board chair Ruth Batson said. “Our generous industry has once again stepped up to help in a crisis where children are involved.”
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