I-Apple ibe yinkampani yokuqala yaseMelika ukunikela kwiChina Foundation for Aid Against Poverty (CFPA), okuyinhlangano engekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ephethe ukusiza nokusiza labo Izakhamizi zaseChina ezithintwe yizikhukhula zakamuva eceleni koMfula iYangtze ngenxa yezimvula ezinkulu esifundeni.
Njengoba kumenyezelwe yi-USA Today, i-CFPA ibike ukuthi ithole cishe ama-yuan ayizigidi eziyi-7 (okulingana no cishe $ 1 million) emnikelweni owenziwe yinkampani yaseCupertino ngoMsombuluko owedlule, ekhombisa ukwesekwa kanye negalelo lawo ezweni elithintekile.
"Imicabango yethu iya kubo bonke labo abathintwe yizikhukhula eziseduze noMfula iYangtze"kusho isikhulu sakwa-Apple uTim Cook kwinethiwekhi yezokuxhumana yaseChina iWeibo.
Le ncwadi icaphuna izibalo zoMnyango Wezomphakathi waseChina, ithi izimvula ezinamandla bathinte abantu abayizigidi ezingama-31 emadolobheni angaphezu kuka-500 esifundeni sonke. Abantu abacishe babe yisigidi badinga usizo oluthile oluphuthumayo ngenxa yezikhukhula, ezaqala ngasekupheleni kukaJuni futhi ziyaqhubeka nanamuhla.
Akukhona okokuqala ukuthi i-Apple isize ngokwezimali izwe elisempumalanga uma kwenzeka izinhlekelele zemvelo. Muva nje, inkampani inikele $ 1.6 million ukusiza izisulu zokuzamazama komhlaba okwadala umonakalo lokho kuzamazamise isifundazwe saseYunnan ngo-2014. Futhi ngonyaka nje ngaphambili, i-Apple yanikela $ 8 million ukuzamazama komhlaba esifundazweni iSichuan.
Ngaphandle kokuphana kwenkampani, i-Apple ujwayele ukusebenzisa i-iTunes ukusiza ngokunikela ngokunenzuzo bonke abasebenzisi bayo, esiza emizamweni ephuthumayo, exhaswa yiRed Cross. Okunye ukukhushulwa okukhethekile nezici zomkhiqizo zifaka imicimbi efana ne- Usuku lomsizi womhlaba, lapho inkampani inikela ngengxenye yokuthengisa ku-App Store ku- Isisekelo ESIBOMVU.
