Boeing (NYSE: BA) has donated $900, 000 to support the reconstruction of Haiti’s public education system.
According to the firm, “Boeing and its employees, through a company-sponsored appeals program, committed $2.2 million to help the people of Haiti. The American Red Cross received $1.3 million of that amount for immediate relief efforts, and Boeing committed the remaining $900, 000 to help Haiti rebuild its infrastructure.”
“We hope our contribution will help ease the Haitian government’s enormous task of rebuilding schools and training classroom teachers, ” said Boeing chairman, president and CEO Jim McNerney. “Few things are more important to a country and its people’s future success than an accessible public education system.”
