Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has announced its global donation efforts in providing more than $2 million in humanitarian relief to support various community organizations worldwide.
Over the course of 2020, NCL has continued to work with domestic and international organizations in the destinations it visits to provide support. This includes donating water, non-perishable, and canned goods.
In APR, NCL participated in Global Volunteer Month by delivering 10 pallets of responsibly packaged, plant-based cartons of JUST Water to the Southeast Alaska Food Bank.
"At Norwegian Cruise Line, people are at the heart of everything we do, from our guests and travel partners to our nearly 30,000 shoreside and onboard team members worldwide," said Harry Sommer, President and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line.
"Although we did not sail for the majority of last year, we remained committed to the people that sail aboard and operate our ships as well as the people in the wonderful destinations we visit. In addition to managing through the global pandemic, many of them were affected by natural disasters and food insecurity, and I'm proud that our organization was able to rally and provide much needed support to directly make a difference."
Throughout 2020 and into 2021, the company donated:
- $250,000 Australian dollars with the support of its parent company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NCLH) to the Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief and Recovery Fund to support emergency relief efforts for communities affected by the unprecedented bushfires in the region
- More than a dozen pallets of dry and frozen foods to the Dutch food bank Voedselbanken Nederland and the Italian nonprofit Pane Quotidiano in Milan, Italy
- Five pallets of JUST Water cartons and more than 6,350 cases of yogurt to the Urban Renewal Commission in Freeport, Bahamas
- 790 kosher meals to the Greater Miami Jewish Federation
- 150,000 JUST Water cartons to Feeding South Florida, City Harvest New York and Food Bank for New York City
- Nearly $275,000 in relief supply to support community organizations in the Archipelago of San Andrés region in Colombia that were devastated by Category 5 Hurricane Lota.
- The donations included 32,000 carton bottles of JUST Water and nearly 262,000 pounds (119,000 kilograms) in non-perishable and canned goods to benefit the Foundation Pro Archipelago and Foundation for the Islands of Old Providence and Santa Catalina, Inc.("FIOPSC")
- 1,000 bottles of JUST Water to help frontline National Health Service (NHS) staff in the UK at University Hospital Southampton through Southampton Hospitals Charity in partnership with JUST Goods, Inc.
- Over $225,000 in dry goods and foods to benefit Belizean families and other southern communities in the Stann Creek District of Belize City. The donation helped local citizens economically impacted by the effects of the global pandemic to the local tourism and cruise industry. Belize is the home of the Company's private resort destination Harvest Caye
- 16 truckloads of JUST Water to benefit 17 Feeding America member food banks and other nonprofit organizations in the U.S. located in areas ravaged by severe winter storms. The donation was a joint effort among NCL, JUST® Goods, Inc.and The Will & Jada Smith Family Foundation (WJSFF)
By the end of 2021, Norwegian Cruise Line will have donated more than $1.2 million in nonperishable food and water to Feeding America’s local Miami food bank Feeding South Florida.
To provide audiences a better understanding of the people behind the brand’s philanthropic efforts and offer look into how NCL collaborates with its community partners, the Company used its "EMBARK with NCL" platform to create the "EMBARK Stories: Feeding South Florida". Watch the story at www.ncl.com/embark.
