Founded in 1985, FedEx is a world’s largest provider of logistics, express transportation, e-commerce and related information services, using its vast air-to-ground network to provide fast and reliable delivery to more than 220 countries and territories all around the world.

Given its capabilities in transportation and logistics, FedEx has been at the core of relief operations all over the world – moving supplies and relief equipment to bring hope to communities affected by disasters. It has a long-standing support with “>disaster response and humanitarian organizations such as the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army. For its efforts, the company has earned prestigious humanitarian citations such as Circle of Humanitarians Awards and the Henry Dunant International Partnership Excellence Award.

FedEx has been a relief partner for the American Red Cross for ten years, supporting its effort in ensuring that communities in need and victims of disaster have access to relief supplies. FedEx contributes more than $1 million in cash annually to the Red Cross. In addition, it also provides free shipping of emergency supplies as well as volunteer manpower to assist in relief operations. For the Hurricane Katrina relief effort, it donated $1 million additional funding to replenish the diminishing Disaster Fund. As a sign of its unwavering support for the humanitarian mission of the Red Cross, FedEx has committed $6 million to support its operations for 2008 to 2013.

FedEx also supports The Salvation Army with funding to equip its emergency response personnel to arrive at disaster sites more quickly and to be able to provide supplies and necessities to victims in need. The company supplied funding the Salvation Army’s 11 Emergency Services Response Units, which are mobile canteens used during emergencies and disasters as well as deployed within communities for feeding programs and other civic efforts. It also provided the Salvation Army with funding for thousands of disaster-relief kits for distribution to individuals impacted by disasters.

FedEx’s commitment to humanitarian efforts is global in scope. It donated more than $300,000 in cash and $500,000 worth in shipping to support relief operations in Myanmar and China. It provided free shipping for more than two million pounds of relief aid to the hurricane victims in the Gulf Coast region. It donated aircraft and personnel to deliver 77 tons of generators, clothing and relief supplies to earthquake victims in Peru. It collaborated with more than 20 government and relief organizations to deliver over one million pounds of aid to the victims of tsunami in Southeast Asia.

FedEx is not only the backbone of the world’s transportation industry. It has been a backbone of the international humanitarian effort as well.

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