An ING vending machine that was established at Luxexpo for the 11th annual ING Night Marathon in Luxembourg on Saturday 28 May 2016 has managed to collect €2,750 for Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) projects.

The Express Shop offered a variety of ING products available for purchase, from watches, T-shirts and key chains to gym bags and headphones. The subsequent sales raised over €2,700 which the bank has opted to fully donate to MSF in celebration of the international medical humanitarian organisation's 30th anniversary.

The proceeds will help develop projects for emergency and humanitarian medial aid in over 70 countries in which MSF operates, saving lives by providing medical aid during armed conflicts, epidemics and natural disasters, and for refugees and those without access to medical treatment.

In 2015, 32,600 people were treated by MSF for cholera and a staggering 2,299,200 for malaria. 181,600 children were supported through inpatient and outpatient feeding programmes whilst vaccination campaigns saw nearly 46,000 people treated and 1,537,400 vaccinated for measles, and 326,100 people received the vaccination against meningitis. 340,700 people who had contracted HIV/AIDS benefitted from medical care, whilst antiretrovirals (ARVs) were provided to 247,000 infected people.

The €2,750 raised could potnetially provide 27 mobile clinics with medicines and equipment.

 

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