T-Mobile launches employee collection for Haiti

Public 15.01.2010 in category Press News / CSR and Sponsoring

More than CZK 150,000 raised during the first day
T-Mobile to match the amount donated by T-Mobile employees

Prague, 15 January 2009 - All people who help others have our respect and we also want to extend a helping hand. T‑Mobile employees have already donated more than CZK 150,000 to help the victims of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. T-Mobile will then match the total amount collected and transfer the entire sum to the account of Charita CR (Caritas CR).

Haiti, an island state located in the Great Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, was hit by a massive earthquake on Tuesday, damaging almost all buildings in the capital city, Port-au-Prince, including schools, hospitals, the presidential palace, parliament and the local UN headquarters. T-Mobile therefore launched the collection of donations from employees for the victims of this natural disaster.

Beginning yesterday, all employees can take part in the collection to raise money for Haitian earthquake relief. More than CZK 150,000 has already been raised in less than 24 hours. T-Mobile will match the total amount collected and transfer the entire sum to the account of Charita CR, one of the few European organizations that have long been providing assistance directly in Haiti. It can therefore rely on its long-term experience and contacts, thus making sure that the donations are used, in cooperation with its partners, in the most efficient manner.

Charita CR has already released CZK 500,000 of the money raised during the recent Three-Kings Collection, to which T-Mobile has also contributed, for immediate assistance. The organization is now coordinating mainly the most essential relief activities, such as the provision of food, water, medication, tents, gas cookers, electricity generators, etc.

In addition to donating money within the employee collection, T-Mobile employees as well as others can also help by sending a DMS with DMS HAITI to 87 777.

Other forms of help are:

	Humanitarian foundations - bank account details
	Bank transfer		Donor SMS (DMS)
	Account number	Variable symbol (VS)	DMS with*	Odeslat na cislo
Clovek v tisni(People in Need)	4095 4095/0300	-	DMS SOSHAITI	87777
Charita Ceska republika(Caritas Czech Republic)	35-1868350237/0100	99999	DMS HAITI	87777
ADRA Foundation	4028 4028/0300	391	DMS ADRA	87777
Cerveny kriz(Red Cross)	222826/5500	-	-	-
Lekari bez hranic(Medecins sans frontières)	210 10 50 700/2700	111	-	-

Note: *One DMS costs CZK 30, of which CZK 27 will be used for Haitian earthquake relief.

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T-Mobile Czech Republic has been operating in the Czech market since 1996. As of 30 September 2011, almost 5.4 million customers were using T-Mobile services.

T-Mobile operates a public mobile communications network on the GSM and UMTS standards. Since 1 January 2008, T-Mobile has been offering fixed data and voice telecommunications services. In 2009, T-Mobile extended its portfolio to include ICT services and, since November 2010, the operator also offers the T-Mobile TV satellite television service.

T-Mobile has always focused on the quality of offered services. Independent tests have repeatedly confirmed that T-Mobile is the quality leader in 2G and 3G (UMTS FDD) data services, as well as in GSM voice services.

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