Harry Styles and different stars elevating money for WHO in Ukraine
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GENEVA: British music stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, US basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal and different celebrities will donate private objects for a marketing campaign launched on Saturday to help healthcare in Ukraine.
Seven months into Russia’s warfare, the WHO Foundation — an impartial organisation that works to boost funds to help the UN well being company’s work addressing world well being crises — launched the “Human Kind” e-store, the place followers can attempt to win objects donated by their favorite celebrities.
The funds raised will go in direction of supporting WHO’s actions in war-ravaged Ukraine and neighbouring nations, the muse stated, including that it aimed to boost USD 53.7 million.
Harry Styles has donated a signed vinyl, whereas Shaquille O’Neal, Ukrainian footballer Vitaliy Mykolenko and different sports activities legends have donated signed shirts and jerseys.
Wladimir Klitschko, a former heavyweight boxing champion and brother of Kyiv’s mayor, has donated a boxing glove.
The star-studded line-up additionally consists of British singer Ellie Goulding and American artist Shepard Fairey.
A mixture of images made accessible on September 23, 2022 in Geneva exhibits clockwise: a signed vinyl by British singer and actor Harry Styles, a signed glove by Ukrainian former boxing world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, a signed print by US avenue artist Obey aka Sherpard Fairey and a signed jersey by US basket legend Shaquille O’Neal. (Photo | AFP)
British pop legend Annie Lennox, who donated a pair of iconic sun shades, stated photos from Ukraine, together with of ladies giving beginning in basements, had been “profoundly shocking.”
“I encourage everyone to do what they can to support the people of Ukraine through this crisis,” she stated within the basis’s assertion, insisting that “healthcare is a human right that all deserve access to.”
Raffle tickets for the objects value between £5-10 ($5.40-10.90) on the humankind.who.basis web site from September 24 to October 24, with winners set to be drawn on October 31, the muse stated.
“Seven months into this tragic war, people are ever more in need of urgent medical care across the country,” basis chief Anil Soni stated within the assertion.
“We must address the immediate and long-term health needs of those affected.”
Since Moscow invaded its western neighbour on February 24, the WHO has verified 550 assaults on healthcare in Ukraine. More than 5,900 civilians have died, and greater than 8,600 have been injured, whereas over 12 million Ukrainian refugees are presently in Europe because of the warfare, the WHO stated.
Meanwhile, some 17.7 million folks — over a 3rd of Ukraine’s inhabitants — want humanitarian help.
The WHO stated it has thus far helped ship 1,300 metric tonnes of medical provides to Ukraine, together with kits for blood transfusions, important medicines, ambulances, oxygen, and surgical tools.
GENEVA: British music stars Harry Styles and Ed Sheeran, US basketball legend Shaquille O’Neal and different celebrities will donate private objects for a marketing campaign launched on Saturday to help healthcare in Ukraine.
Seven months into Russia’s warfare, the WHO Foundation — an impartial organisation that works to boost funds to help the UN well being company’s work addressing world well being crises — launched the “Human Kind” e-store, the place followers can attempt to win objects donated by their favorite celebrities.
The funds raised will go in direction of supporting WHO’s actions in war-ravaged Ukraine and neighbouring nations, the muse stated, including that it aimed to boost USD 53.7 million.
Harry Styles has donated a signed vinyl, whereas Shaquille O’Neal, Ukrainian footballer Vitaliy Mykolenko and different sports activities legends have donated signed shirts and jerseys.
Wladimir Klitschko, a former heavyweight boxing champion and brother of Kyiv’s mayor, has donated a boxing glove.
The star-studded line-up additionally consists of British singer Ellie Goulding and American artist Shepard Fairey.
A mixture of images made accessible on September 23, 2022 in Geneva exhibits clockwise: a signed vinyl by British singer and actor Harry Styles, a signed glove by Ukrainian former boxing world heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, a signed print by US avenue artist Obey aka Sherpard Fairey and a signed jersey by US basket legend Shaquille O’Neal. (Photo | AFP)
British pop legend Annie Lennox, who donated a pair of iconic sun shades, stated photos from Ukraine, together with of ladies giving beginning in basements, had been “profoundly shocking.”
“I encourage everyone to do what they can to support the people of Ukraine through this crisis,” she stated within the basis’s assertion, insisting that “healthcare is a human right that all deserve access to.”
Raffle tickets for the objects value between £5-10 ($5.40-10.90) on the humankind.who.basis web site from September 24 to October 24, with winners set to be drawn on October 31, the muse stated.
“Seven months into this tragic war, people are ever more in need of urgent medical care across the country,” basis chief Anil Soni stated within the assertion.
“We must address the immediate and long-term health needs of those affected.”
Since Moscow invaded its western neighbour on February 24, the WHO has verified 550 assaults on healthcare in Ukraine. More than 5,900 civilians have died, and greater than 8,600 have been injured, whereas over 12 million Ukrainian refugees are presently in Europe because of the warfare, the WHO stated.
Meanwhile, some 17.7 million folks — over a 3rd of Ukraine’s inhabitants — want humanitarian help.
The WHO stated it has thus far helped ship 1,300 metric tonnes of medical provides to Ukraine, together with kits for blood transfusions, important medicines, ambulances, oxygen, and surgical tools.
