# Google launches public fundraising campaign to fight Ebola

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/12/google-launches-public-fundraising-campaign-fight-ebola/
- Published: 2014-11-12T12:34:21+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Google is inviting the public to donate to help fight Ebola. For every dollar donated
it will donate $2.

The company has already donated $10 million to support NGOs including InSTEDD, International
Rescue Committee, Medecins Sans Frontieres, NetHope, Partners in Health, Save the
Children and U.S. Fund for UNICEF. The money will be donated to Network for Good,
which will distribute the funds to the NGOs.

 [⌊Google's matched giving Ebola fundraising campaign⌉](https://onetoday.google.com/fightebola)

Google CEO Larry Page also announced that [he and his wife have made a personal donation of $15 million](https://apis.google.com/u/0/wm/1/106189723444098348646/posts/9ZCR5Mf2mta)
to the campaign.

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The [Google Fight Ebola](https://onetoday.google.com/fightebola) campaign target
is $7.5 million and the double matched giving will continue until that total is 
reached. Currently it stands at $4.9 million.

Google’s campaign follows shortly after [Facebook announced its fundraising campaign to fight Ebola](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/07/facebook-launches-fundraising-campaign-fight-ebola/).

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