An ongoing Orange text donation appeal, launched in the first week of the disaster, has so far raised over £126,470 to support UNICEF’s efforts to bring relief to those affected in South Asia.
UNICEF is Orange’s global charity partner, and Orange customers in the UK can continue to make a donation of £2.50 by texting the word “DONATE” to 864233 (which spells UNICEF in alpha-numerics). The full amount charged for each text message will be donated to UNICEF, with no VAT or operator contributions deducted.
One month after the earthquake, conditions in the affected areas are still extremely tough and UNICEF has warned that tens of thousands of children are in peril in remote mountainous regions of Pakistan because of deteriorating weather, injury, and illness. Further steps must be taken immediately in order to boost the number of children being...
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