Vodafone Foundation and Vodacom Group donate to secure COVID vaccine supply in its Africa markets
07 Apr 2021Press Release
Vodafone Foundation and Vodacom Group will donate €4.2 million (R74 million) to support the vaccine roll-out to vulnerable and hard to reach communities across its markets in Africa.
The contribution will buy cold-chain technology and provide logistics support to help to ensure the safe delivery of Covid-19 vaccines that need to be stored at extremely cold temperatures.
Separately the organisations will donate €0.8 million (R13 million) to Lesotho to purchase vaccines.
The Vodafone and Vodacom Group Foundations have already contributed €10 million (R176 million) in cash and in-kind donations in response to the pandemic.
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