Cemex donates $2.1m for victims in Aceh

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