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Disaster Relief

WINA (World Instant Noodles Association) provides instant noodles as in aid to the poor and the victims of natural disasters that occur all over the world. Here are some examples.

Flood in Northern Hungary (2010)

Nissin Foods Kft, a Hungary-based WINA member, supplied about 10,000 packages of instant noodles to the city of Edeleny.

Overview
Occurred From late May to early June, 2010
Affected areas Northern Hungary
Evacuees 20,000+
Donation
ca 10,000 packages
Products were shipped by
Nissin Foods Kft. (Hungary)
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Earthquake in Qinghai, China (2010)

WINA donated 550,000 packages of instant noodles as emergency ration to quake-hit Qinghai.
8 WINA member companies based in China supplied their relief products via the National Red Cross and the Qinghai Civil Administration Bureau. Tingyi Holding Corp., Baixiang Group and Jinmailang Foods carried truckloads of instant noodles to the affected area from their nearby production plants.

Overview
Occurred April 14, 2010
Affected areas Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest Qinghai Province, China
Magnitude 7.1
Victims 2,000+
Donation Volume
ca 550,000 servings
Products were shipped by
Tingyi (Cayman islands) Holding Corporation (China)
Baixiang Group (China)
Guang Dong Shunde Nissin Food Co.,Ltd. (China)
Jinmailang Foods Co.,Ltd. (China)
Nissin Foods Co.,Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Shanghai Nissin Foods., Ltd. (China)
Winner Food Products Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Zhuhai Golden Coast Winner Food Products Ltd. (China)
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Earthquake in Haiti (2010)

WINA donated 128,000 packages of instant noodles as emergency ration to Quake-hit Haiti.Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) Co.,Inc. supplied their relief products via NPO, which has vast experience in relief to Haiti. The products supplied by the Brazil-based company Nissin-Ajinomoto Alimentos Ltda. were airlifted to the disaster area by Brazilian military-cargo plane.

Overview
Occurred January 12, 2010
Affected areas Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area
Magnitude 7.0
Victims 200,000+
Donation Volume
128,000 servings
Products were shipped by
Nissin Foods (U.S.A.) Co.,Inc.
Nissin-Ajinomoto Alimentos Ltda. (Brazil)
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Typhoon Ketsana and Parma (2009)

WINA, in cooperation with the following members, donated total 300,000 packages of instant noodles to the victims suffered from the Philippines typhoons, which struck the capital and the surrounding area. The Philippine-based WINA member companies Monde Nissin Corporation and Universal Robina Corporation supplied them via The Philippine National Red Cross etc.

Overview
Formed September and October, 2009
Affected areas Metro Manila and the surrounding area
Victims 800+
Donation Volume
ca 300,000 servings
(200,000 by Monde Nissin Corporation, and 100,000 by URC)
Products were shipped by
Monde Nissin Corporation (Philippines)
Universal Robina Corporation (Philippines)
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Earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia  (2009)

WINA, in cooperation with the following members, donated total 300,000 packages of instant noodles to the victims suffered from the great earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk supplied them directly to the people at 8 different locations such schools and city halls around Padang city.
PT. Nissinmas and Nestlé Products Sdn. Bhd. presented to the government agencies their relief products, which were then airlifted to the disaster area.

Overview
Occurred September 30th, 2009
Affected areas Padang and the surrounding area
Magnitude 7.6
Victims 1,000+
Donation
ca 300,000 servings
Products were shipped by
PT. Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk (Indonesia)
Nestlé Products Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)
PT.Nissinmas (Indonesia)
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Flood in Bihar, India (2008)

WINA supplied 78,000 packages of instant noodles as emergency ration to flood-stricken India. In order to respond swiftly to the shortage there, a WINA-member company based in India, Indo Nissin Foods Ltd. supplied their relief products via National Red Cross.

Overview
Occurred August, 2008
Affected areas Bihar in northeast India
Victims 1,000+
Donation
78,000 servings
Products were shipped by
Indo Nissin Foods Ltd. (India)
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Earthquake in Sichuan, China  (2008)

WINA supplied total 700,000 packages of instant noodles to quake-hit Sichuan, China.
The products were supplied by WINA Governor / Member companies which have
production plants near the affected areas. "WINA Disaster Relief Fund" was used.

Overview
Occurred May 12th, 2008
Epicentre Sichuan, China
Magnitude 8
Victims 65,000+
Donation
700,000 pieces
Products were shipped by
Tingyi Holding Corp (China)
Nong Shim (Korea)
Jinmailang Foods (China)
Shanghai Nissin Foods (China)
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Cyclone in Myanmar (2008)

WINA donated total 300,000 packages of instant noodles as emergency ration to
cyclone-stricken Myanmar. The products were supplied by WINA Governor companies.
Thai President Foods arranged it through their factory in Myanmar. Acecook Vietnam also arranged the shipment.
This was the first use of "WINA Disaster Relief Fund".

Overview
Occurred May, 2006
Affected areas Myanmar
Victims 100,000+
Donation
300,000 pieces
Products were shipped by
Thai President Foods (Thailand)
Acecook Vietnam (Vietnam)
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Typhoon Durian (2006)

IRMA (the forerunner of WINA) donated more than 100,000 instant noodles for the victims suffered from a typhoon, which struck southern part of Luzon, Philippines, on December 1, 2006. Universal Robina Corporation, a member of WINA in the Philippines, arranged the shipment to three different sites: Rotary Club in Legaspi on Dec. 9, Provincial Governor Office in Camarines Sur on Dec. 13, and Philippine Disaster coordinating Center in Sorsogon on Dec.15. The donated products were Payless (Universal Robina), Pancit Canton and Yakisoba (Nissin Universal Robina).

Overview
Formed November, 2006
Affected areas Luzon, Philippines
Victims ca 1,500
Donation Volume
about 100,000 pieces
Products were shipped by
Universal Robina Corporation (Philippines)
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Earthquake in Java, Indonesia (2006)

Overview
Date May 27, 2006
Epicentre The southern side of Java, Indonesia
Magnitude 6.2
Victims 6,000+
Donation Volume
ca 187,000 pieces
Products were shipped by
Indofood (Indonesia)
PT.Nissinmas(Indonesia)
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Earthquake in Pakistan (2005)

Overview
Date October 8, 2005
Epicentre Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
Magnitude 7.6
Victims 70,000+
Donation Volume
ca 108,000 pieces
Products were shipped by
Nestlé (Malaysia)
*Nestlé (Malaysia) provided halal foods to Muslim Pakistan.
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Hurricane Katrina & Rita (2005)

Overview
Hurricane Katrina
Formed August, 2005
Affected areas Louisiana (especially Greater New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama in USA
Hurricane Rita
Formed September, 2005
Affected areas Texas in USA

Victims ca 2,000 (both combined)
Donation Volume
ca 53,000 pieces
Products were shipped by
Maruchan (USA)
Nissin Foods (USA)
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Earthquake in Sumatra-Andaman & Tsunami in Indian Ocean (2004)

Overview
Date December 26, 2004
Epicentre The west of Sumatra, Indonesia
Magnitude 9.3
Victims ca 230,000
Donation Volume
ca 182,500 pieces  
Products were shipped by
Indofood (Indonesia)
Saha Group (Thailand)
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