Imperial puts up £7,000 to fight Ebola in West Africa

Imperial Tobacco has donated more than £7,000 to help support those involved in the fight against Ebola in West Africa.

Employees in the company’s head office at Bristol, the UK, raised nearly £1,300 in cash donations for the appeal, a total that the company matched.

A further £5,000 was donated by Imperial’s non-profit organisation, the Altadis Foundation.

In a note posted on its website, Imperial said the funds, which had been sent directly to the international charity Action Against Hunger to tackle the disease in Guinea and Sierra Leone, would pay for disinfection kits and clean equipment for hospitals and health centres.

It would help, too, in training health workers.

“This appeal clearly struck a chord with our people, who happily donated to support such a worthwhile cause,” said corporate responsibility executive, Sharon Cameron.