Disaster Relief

In the wake of the earthquake that struck Java Island, Indonesia on May 27, 2006, Panasonic provided a total of 45.41 million yen (US$400,000), including 35.41 million yen (US$314,000) in donations collected from employees throughout the world, to support relief and recovery efforts initiated by the Red Cross, UNICEF and Japan Platform, a non-governmental organization based in Japan. In addition Group companies in Indonesia donated and delivered relief supplies worth 7 million yen (US$62,000) including 20,000 dry-cell batteries, 5,000 flashlights, 2,000 radios and 50 TVs.

To aid in the aftermath of the February 2006 landslide on Leyte Island in the Philippines, Panasonic donated 2.155 million pesos (US$43,000) to the Diocese of Maasin's Social Action Center to help provide aid to children orphaned by the natural disaster. In addition, we contributed 500,000 pesos (US$10,000) to the nation's Department of Social Welfare and Development.

In response to the Oct. 8, 2005 earthquake in northern Pakistan, Panasonic provided 54.35 million yen (US$473,000) worth of support for relief and reconstruction activities. Specifically, the company and its employees all over the world donated 51.85 million yen (US$451,000) to relief organizations including the Japanese Red Cross Society and JEN - a Japan-based NGO- to support their efforts in supplying victims with basic necessities such as tents and water, as well medical attention. We also donated 2.5 million yen (US$21,000) worth of batteries, flashlights and other products to local relief activities.

To aid the victims and restoration efforts of Hurricane Katrina which devastated the Southeastern US in September 2005, we matched donations from employees all over the world to contribute a total of US$1 million to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund and the American Red Cross, enabling the organizations to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those affected. In addition, Panasonic headquarters donated 2 million yen (US$18,000) to the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren) and 300,000 yen (US$2,700) to the Kansai Economic Federation for their support activities.