JCB pledges $250,000 worth of support

SAVANNAH, Ga. - JCB Chairman Sir Anthony Bamford pledged assistance worth $250,000 to help in the reconstruction effort in the wake of the floods in Pakistan.

He is donating two high specification 4CX backhoe loaders with attachments to the country where floods have left millions of people homeless and where rebuilding costs are expected to be in the region of $17 billion.

“Britain has been leading the way with the level of its donations to Pakistan, and as a British manufacturer I am keen for us to help in any way possible and hope that JCB’s donation of machines can assist in some small way, Bamford said.”

It is not the first time that JCB has helped Pakistan in times of natural disaster. After the 2005 earthquake, the company donated excavators to help clean up the country.

Earlier this year JCB donated equipment to help the disaster relief effort in Haiti following and earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people.

This was followed by assistance worth $100,000 to help in the rebuilding efforts in the wake of the Chilean earthquake disaster. Bamford donated a 3C backhoe loader with attachments and spare parts to help with reconstruction efforts in the country’s second city Concepcion which was hit by an 8.8-magnitude quake, killing more than 700 people.