Passenger flying with Norwegian have donated more than £130,000 to UNICEF’s work for children. The funds have come through customers donating money when buying flights online between June and October.
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UNICEF boosted by over £130,000 from Norwegian’s passengers donating online
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Passenger flying with Norwegian have donated more than £130,000 to UNICEF’s work for children.
The funds have come through customers donating money when buying flights online between June and October.
A partnership between the children’s charity, Amadeus and Norwegian has made the donations possible.
Norwegian and UNICEF will send an aircraft loaded with emergency aid and school supplies from Oslo to Amman in Jordan next month to help Syrian children living in the world’s second largest refugee camp, Za’atari.
All donations made by passengers this month will be used to help fill the aircraft with school supplies and emergency aid to Syrian refugee children.
The ‘Help us fill a plane’ initiative enables passengers to make direct donations or add funds when booking tickets.
Norwegian chief executive, Bjørn Kjos, said: “I would like to thank our passengers for their generosity. The total amount of more than £130,000 shows that a small contribution from many passengers will help children get the future they deserve.
“We are eager to do whatever we can to help the dispersed refugee children of Syria, and our signature partnership with UNICEF makes this possible.
“We will provide an aircraft and crew so that we can carry emergency aid and school supplies. We encourage our customers and partners to contribute to preventing a lost generation of Syrian children.”
Amadeus IT Group senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, Tomás López Fernebrand, said: “Such a large amount of donations in the first months shows how much can be achieved when the travel sector and humanitarian causes work together.
“Using this example for inspiration, we ask our travel industry partners to consider the enormous potential for similar worthy outcomes by using this technology – which we are pleased to offer free of charge.”
