Cemex donates $2.1m for victims in Aceh

JAKARTA: Mexican cement producer Cemex has donated US$2.1 million to SOS Children's Villages in Meulaboh, Aceh, which is working to provide a nurturing environment for children orphaned in the tsunami.

Every effort will be made to ensure that siblings are not separated and that children will be brought up according to their religion and culture, Cemex, the world's third largest cement manufacturer, said in a press release here.

SOS Children's Villages, a 13-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the largest non-governmental, non-denominational child welfare organization in the world, and provides abandoned and abused children with stable, permanent homes and families.

The donation is part of a total basic grant of $3 million that Cemex has made for earthquake and tsunami victims in Asia. -- JP