For the past several years, I've been touting the vastly improving vehicles offered by Hyundai and Kia. And I'm far from the only automotive journalist doing so. The companies' cars keep getting better and better.
Now comes words the parent company, Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is continuing its global humanitarian efforts.
According to the Korea Newswire, Hyundai-Kia announced today (Sept. 5) that it has donated $200,000 to support relief efforts for victims of the catastrophic fired in Greece from late August to early September.
The funds were donated at a ceremony held at the Greece Ministry of Economy and Finance. The donation was presented to George Alogoskoufis, Greek Minister of Economy and Finance, by Hank Lee, Kia Motors Europe President.
Hyundai-Kia has been an active participant in providing emergency assistance to various disaster relief efforts around the world in the form of funds, ambulances, relief goods and other aid.
The Group donated $200,000 to the Philippine government following the devastating landslide in February of this year. It also donated $534,000 to India and $150,000 each to the authorities in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka following the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia in December 2004. It also provided $370,000 of free vehicle repairs and parts supply to the affected nations, while 5,000 local Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group employees and dealers joined in the relief effort.
Other recent disaster relief donations include $100,000 to support relief efforts for victims of the catastrophic earthquake that hit Indonesia in May 2006. And Kia has also provided support for victims of the Iran and Algeria earthquakes in 2003 as well as the Pakistan earthquake in 2005.
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