World oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has pledged $5 million in direct contributions to relief efforts for victims of the Asian tsunamis that killed more than 150,000 people across 12 countries and left millions homeless and threatened by disease.<\/p>\n
In a news release, Mobil Oil Guam Inc. also said that it has launched a fundraising program that would last until March 31 in the Northern Marianas, Guam, and Micronesia.<\/p>\n
\u201c[The] program will match on a one-to-one basis contributions by employees, retirees, current dealers and distributors,\u201d said Mobil Guam\u2019s public relations manager, Cecile Bamba Suda.<\/p>\n
\u201cEligible participants can voluntarily give to endorsed, locally based or international relief organizations providing disaster relief assistance to the tsunami impacted areas,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
Suda said Mobil would give direct contributions and match donations made under the program to three international relief organizations\u2014American Red Cross, UNICEF, and Save the Children.<\/p>\n
Exxon Mobil has affiliate companies in Indonesia, India, Malaysia and Thailand, which employ approximately 5,000 people.<\/p>\n
Donations for tsunami victims continue to flow from various countries, as the United Nations-led relief efforts went on in affected countries including Indonesia, despite reports that rebellion has broken out in that country.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t believe that aid workers are targets,\u201d said Joel Boutroue, head of the U.N. relief effort in Indonesia\u2019s troubled Aceh province, in an Associated Press report.<\/p>\n
Aftershocks from the massive earthquake that spawned the killer waves, meanwhile, continue to rattle residents in the hardest-hit countries, the AP report said. A 6.2-magnitude temblor sent people scrambling from their homes early Monday in Banda Aceh, but no injuries or damage were reported.<\/p>\n
Before this, the U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 5.5-strong tremor off the coast of Northern Sumatra early yesterday morning. The 6.2-intensity quake followed about five hours later.<\/p>\n
The USGS also recorded a 5.1-strong earthquake in Simeulue, Indonesia more than four hours later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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