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By Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ:) and its employees have donated $15 million to Israeli and foreign nonprofit organizations supporting civilians affected by Israel's war against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. .
Thousands of employees from more than 30 countries donated a total of $5 million, which the company matched and doubled to $10 million under a special program introduced to help those affected by war, Nvidia said Sunday.
He noted that the donation was the largest humanitarian fundraiser in the company's 30-year history.
“We are proud to see such widespread support from Nvidia families in Israel and around the world, and we are grateful for their prayers and hopes for the return of our colleague Avinatan Or and the other hostages from Hamas captivity,” said Gideon Rosenberg, head of Nvidia. deputy general counsel.
“We are truly inspired by the genuine care of our employees around the world.”
Or, 30, has been an engineer at Nvidia since April 2022, according to his LinkedIn page. He was captured by Hamas at the Nova music festival on October 7 along with his girlfriend Noa Argamani and around 240 others, some of whom have since been released.
Nvidia said employees had chosen to donate to organizations in the region, including Asor Fund (JGive), American Friends of Magen David Adom, Doctors Without Borders, Friends of United Hatzalah, IsraAID (USA) Global Humanitarian Assistance, Jewish Agency for Israel, World Central. Kitchen and Zaka.
Nvidia also said it had donated hundreds of computers to evacuated families in northern and southern Israel and had provided thousands of hot meals in the cafeteria at its Yokneam office.
(This story has been corrected to clarify that donations were not made only to Israeli nonprofits)
