Kiwi entrepreneur and philanthropist Owen Glenn has donated $1 million to the Christchurch quake recovery fund.
Mr Glenn said today he was motivated to give because he was a New Zealander and he wanted to help in some small way.
“I grew up in New Zealand, it holds a special place in my heart and to see such devastation, such hurt and such loss makes you want to help,” he said from London.
“This donation is something I can do and I strongly urge other expatriate business people to do the same. We all need to pull together and while we are a small country, it is a country made up of people with huge hearts. That’s what gets you through in times like this.”
Israel to send New Zealand emergency equipment, temporary shelters
Prime Minister Netanyahu responds to Wellington’s request for aid to cope with the devastation in Christchurch wrought by Tuesday’s earthquake.New Zealand’s government requested aid from Israel in the form of sanitation, water purification equipment and temporary shelters, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday night, after a massive earthquake struck the city of Christchurch on Tuesday.
Netanyahu gave instructions to immediately answer the call for help.
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