Walmart, Instacart, Starbucks Back U.S. Afghan Relief Effort
- Consortium to serve as point of contact for relief effort
- Group to coordinate with governments, companies, nonprofits
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Companies including Walmart Inc., Instacart Inc., Starbucks Corp., Microsoft Corp. and Facebook Inc. will back a relief effort for Afghan refugees in the U.S. to be led by the families of former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, organizers said.
The new consortium is intended to serve as a central point of contact in the massive public and private effort to support about 60,000 Afghans expected to arrive in the U.S. within the next several months, Welcome.US co-chairs Cecilia Munoz and John Bridgeland said on Tuesday on a conference call with reporters.