Tesco donates to Red Cross Haiti Appeal


The Tesco/British Red Cross emergency partnership has made a donation of £50,000 to the emergency appeal for Haiti to help with the terrible earthquake that has hit the country.

Lucy Neville-Rolfe, executive director at Tesco, said: “We are shocked by the devastation that the earthquake has caused in Haiti. We have made a donation of £50,000 through the British Red Cross who have already arrived in the area.

“Our donation will help thousands of families who have survived the earthquake with family kits containing vital items such as blankets, tarpaulins and first aid kits.”

This donation is part of the emergency partnership between Tesco and the Red Cross, which began in 2000.

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