Lufthansa namuhla umemezele ukuthi iguqule enye yezindawo zayo zokulayisha impahla eGeorge Bush Intercontinental Airport yaba isikhungo sokusabalalisa ukudla ukusiza imizamo yeHouston Food Bank yokondla imindeni ebiswele ngesikhathi Covid-19 usizi.
Umqondo wokuguqula isikhala sempahla uvela kumqashwa oyedwa, uMark Zessin, oyilungu leqembu le-United baggage elisebenzisa izinsuku zakhe ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izimpahla zamakhasimende zifika lapho zidinga khona. Manje, uhola iqembu lamavolontiya abasebenzi abasebenza kanzima esikhungweni esiphithizelayo.
"Siyaziqhenya ngokuba nabasebenzi kuyo yonke inethiwekhi ye-United abahlala befuna izindlela zokwenza zonke izenzo zibaluleke, ngisho nakulezi zikhathi ezinzima kakhulu," kusho uSharon Grant, iphini likamongameli weGlobal Community Engagement e-United. "Lesi yisibonelo esihle samandla ekusebenzisaneni nabalingani bethu abangenzi nzuzo ekubhekaneni nezinselelo zabo nokwenza izixazululo ezihlukile zokuqinisekisa ukuthi umphakathi uyasizwa."
Ngaphandle kwezikhungo zokusabalalisa, amalungu eqembu le-United kulo lonke uhlelo athola izindlela zokuxhasa abaphenduli bokuqala be-COVID-19 nalabo abathintwe yigciwane. Kuze kube manje, i-United ine:
- Kunikelwe ngaphezu kwamakhilogremu ayi-159,000 wokudla emabhange okudla, izibhedlela nezinye izinhlangano ezivela ezikhungweni zokupheka ze-United nasezindaweni zokuphumula zasePolaris
- Kunikelwe ngezinsiza ezingama-2,800 kubasebenzi bezokunakekelwa kwempilo abasemaphethelweni ahlinzeka ngosizo
- Unikele ngendawo yokukhangisa ebiza u- $ 100k eLondon ku-UNICEF ukuxhasa imizamo yayo yezemfundo ezungeze i-COVID-19 nokuvikela izingane emhlabeni wonke
- Kusetshenziswe izindiza ezingaphezu kuka-355 zomthetho wezimpahla ezihambe ngaphezu kwama-5.6M kgs wezimpahla (kufaka phakathi i-PPE, imishini yezokwelapha, iposi nokunye okujwayelekile)
- Kusetshenziswe cishe izindiza eziyikhulu ezibuyisela ekhaya ezibuyisa abantu abacishe babe yi-100 emakhaya ababesele dengwane phesheya ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-17,000
- Inikezwe izindiza zamahhala zodokotela, abahlengikazi kanye nochwepheshe bezokwelapha abaya eNew York, eNew Jersey naseCalifornia ukusiza ukulwa ne-COVID-19
Amavolontiya abasebenzi eHouston athola, apakisha, ahlela futhi ahambisa ukudla nezinye izinto emindenini edinga usizo. Kuze kube manje, abasebenzi bahlele futhi bathwala cishe amaphawundi we-160,000 wokudla nemikhiqizo yasendlini futhi bavolontiya cishe amahora we-5,000.
“I-United namalungu eqembu layo bazinikela ngokuzithandela ukusiza omakhelwane babo ngokulungisa indawo yabo yokuthwala izimpahla ukuze ibe ngumsebenzi wokuhlola, wokuhlunga nokupakisha. Okuningi kwalokhu kudla kuzosetshenziselwa imodeli yethu entsha yokusabalalisa ebizwa nge-'Neighborhood Super Site 'elindele ukubona izimoto ezingama-3,000 kuye kwezingu-5,000 XNUMX umcimbi ngamunye. Amavolontiya azophinda athathe umkhiqizo esikhungweni sempahla ukuze enze okuphephile, okungaxhunyanwa nabo ukuze afinyelele emakhaya okumele ahlale ahlukanisiwe ukuphepha kwawo kanye nokuphepha kwabanye, ”kusho uBrian Greene, umongameli kanye ne-CEO yeHouston Food Bank. “Lolu sizo lokusiza abantu abasengozini enkulu ngalolu bhubhane luyamangalisa. I-United ingumlingani ozinikele futhi obalulekile weHouston Food Bank, futhi ngeke sikukhohlwe lokhu kuphana. ”
IHouston Food Bank ingomunye wabalingani bezidingo ze-United ezibucayi. Eminyakeni emine edlule, i-United itshale imali engaphezu kwesigidi samarandi kule nhlangano ehlinzeka ngokudla okungaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-104 kubantu abangazinakekeli ngokudla kanye nemindeni eSoutheast Texas. Ngaphezu kwalo mzamo wamanje, i-United neHouston Food Bank baphinde babambisana ekusabalaliseni ukudla nempahla kubasebenzi baseFederal ngesikhathi sokuvalwa kukahulumeni wase-2019.
