Ngaphandle kokuba usehlotyeni, kusenokwenzeka ukuba uzibonile iindaba kwaye uvile ngazo Izikhukula eziye zathwaxa iLouisiana eUnited States, apho abantu abangaphezulu kwama-80.000 bakhutshiwe kwaye abantu abali-13 baphulukana nobomi babo. Uninzi lwabantu luphulukene nayo yonke into kwaye ludinga uncedo lwabo bonke abanokufaka isandla. Okwangoku ilahleko ibixabisa i-50 yezigidi zeedola, isixa-mali esiya kuthi ngelishwa sikhule njengoko iintsuku zihamba. UMongameli uBarack Obama usamkele isibhengezo seNtlekele enkulu, intlekele yendalo efana naleyo yabangelwa nguSandy kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo.
Abafana abavela eCupertino, ngubani bahlala bezama ukusebenzisana kolu hlobo lweentlekele zendalo, njengoko yenzayo kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo kwizikhukula e-China ezabangela inani elikhulu lokufa, yenze ukuba ifumaneke nakowuphi na umsebenzisi waseMelika ofuna ukufaka isandla kwiphepha elikwi iTunes elijolise ekukhuliseni imali kwiRed Cross. Iminikelo abanokuyisebenzisa abasebenzisi be-iTunes zii-5, 10, 25, 50, 100 kunye ne-200 zeedola kwaye ifumaneka kuphela eMelika.
Yonke iminikelo abasebenzisi abafuna ukuyenza, Kuya kufuneka bahambisane nekhadi letyala elinxulumene noko kuba i-iTunes ngetyala ayinakusetyenziswa ukuyenza. Ixesha lokugqibela u-Apple wenza ukuba le nkqubo yomnikelo kwi-Red Cross ibe semlilweni ngoMeyi ophelileyo e-Alberta, Canada.
I-Apple iye yaba liqabane elibalulekileyo kwi-Red Cross, kuba ikuvumela ukuba uqokelele ngokukhawuleza imali ngendlela elula ne-agile, ngaphandle kokuya ebhankini ukuyokufaka okanye ukuyenza kwiwebhusayithi yebhanki yethu. Ndiyabulela kule nkqubo, nawuphi na umsebenzisi, nokuba uphi na, unokusebenzisana ngokuzithandela ukunceda abo bachaphazelekayo.
