Radware (NASDAQ:RDWR), the leading provider of integrated application delivery solutions for business-smart networking, today announced that the Company and its employees donated the equivalent to 73,000USD (500,000 RMB) to the reconstruction of Yunfeng Middle School located in the Sichuan Province of China.
On May 12, 2008, a massive 8.0 magnitude earthquake hit Sichuan, a province in the southwestern region of China. The aftermath of the shocks was devastating. Schools were the hardest hit, resulting in the death of thousands of students; leaving many more without classrooms. Immediately after the tragedy, Radware’s China-based-employees launched a worldwide earthquake relief donation initiative within the company, requesting that employees all over the globe donate what they could to help China’s children.
"Thousands of classrooms were destroyed, leaving the surviving children with nowhere to learn. We decided the best way Radware could help with the rebuilding efforts was to fund the construction of a school for the children," said Roy Zisapel, CEO, Radware. "Education is key to their future and it is also our corporate social responsibility as compassionate humanitarians, to do what we can to help."
Radware officially committed funds during a ceremony held on August 7, in the town of Yunfeng, Sichuan Province, where the new middle school will be built. Mrs. Hongyi Zhang, North Asia Finance and Administration Manager, Radware and Mrs. Daofen He, a member of Standing Committee and the Minister of Communication Department attended the ceremony. The donation will be made to the Red Cross Society, CangXi County, Sichuan Province who will facilitate the building of new education facilities that will accommodate up to 500 children.
Radware first established operations in China in 2000 and now has a total of 6 offices. The company did not sustain any physical losses to its office in Chengdu and all employees are accounted for.
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