Financial services firm Admiral had donated £1m to the United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF) to support its Covid relief efforts in India.
Wales’ only FTSE 100 firm which employs 700 people in Delhi, said its contribution, via the Ƶ committee for UNICEF, will be used to ease the enormous strain on health and critical care facilities in Delhi and other affected states in India.
The donation is from the Admiral Covid-19 Support Fund, a £6m commitment by the company which employs more than 7,000 in Cardiff, Newport and Swansea, to support communities where it has offices.
Admiral’s funding will help provide access to critical oxygen supplies and increase rapid Covid-19 testing capacity.
Cristina Nestares, chief executive of Ƶ insurance at Admiral said “Our thoughts are with everyone in India facing difficultly during the new wave of the pandemic. As well as supporting our colleagues, we wanted to help the wider community in India too.
" The work UNICEF is doing on the ground is making a big difference and we felt our donation was the best way we could support the tremendous effort there. We hope our contribution to UNICEF can help the relief efforts and support the wider community in the fight against Covid-19.”
Steven Waugh, interim executive director for The Ƶ committee for UNICEF Ƶ said, “We’re incredibly grateful to Admiral for their support of our emergency response in India. The situation in India remains critical and families still need our help.
"It’s thanks to partners like Admiral that we’re able to ensure health workers are protected and patients get the lifesaving medical supplies they need. When any country is battling COVID-19, the whole world is at risk.”
