The Indonesian arm of the ASEAN super app company Grab and its financial subsidiary OVO have donated Rp3.5 billion in humanitarian aid for the victims of atrocities in Gaza through crowdfunding and CSR platform BenihBaik.
Grab Indonesia Country Managing Director Neneng Goenadi said, “We hope this aid can help alleviate the suffering of the victims of the conflict in Gaza and be put to use as necessary on the field.”
The press statement also said the company do not take a neutral stance in the protection of the absolute human rights and will support any effort to bring about peace that is real and just.
This donation came about as Grab is facing boycott in Malaysia after the group’s Malaysian CEO, Anthony Tan, and his wife appeared to show support for Israel, which has been launching air strikes to Gaza.
The death toll in Gaza has reached 10,000 people since October, nearly half of whom were children. Multiple schools and hospitals in Gaza have also been destroyed.