ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s leading online marketplace Daraz and global card payment service Visa pooled their resources to provide relief goods to 4,000 flood-hit families.
According to Gwadar Pro on Sunday, the e-commerce company said that “Daraz
and Visa leveraged their long-term partnership by actively participating in
flood relief efforts in Pakistan”.
The two companies pooled their resources to assist flood victims through the
Daraz platform. As part of the collaboration, Visa allocated Rs 22 million
to procure items from the Daraz marketplace. Daraz managed logistical
operations to arrange items at the cost price from its seller network.
It handled the logistics quickly, ensuring that all procured items were
gathered from respective warehouses and delivered on time, Daraz said.
In addition, Daraz worked with various humanitarian organisations, leading
flood relief drives across Pakistan to distribute these items to over 4,000
families, it said.
Daraz is owned by China’s Alibaba Group. The company operates in a number of
South Asian countries.
Pakistan recently experienced severe flooding caused by heavy monsoon rains,
which washed away villages and left millions in need of immediate
life-saving assistance, as well as an increased risk of infections and
drowning, Daraz said.
