IKEA Foundation Gives €5million ($6.3 Million) Emergency Grant to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to Help Fight Ebola

(Leiden, Netherlands - Monday, September 29) The IKEA Foundation has given €5 million ($6.3 Million) —its largest single emergency donation ever—to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to fight the worst Ebola virus outbreak in history. MSF has been responding to the outbreak since March and currently has 2,000 staff working in West Africa, treating a rapidly increasing number of patients. As the world struggles to contain and beat the outbreak, organizations like MSF need help from the private sector to keep funding their programs as needed. The IKEA Foundation’s donation will support the