A 12-year-old boy from Britain raised almost 255,000 pounds for Ukrainian children
The bowl lottery was supported on social media by the author JK Rowling, comedian Stephen Fry and actor Jason Isaacs
What happened? A 12-year-old boy curved a wooden bowl and put it up in the lottery, having raised almost £255,000 to help Ukrainian refugees. Blue and yellow rings symbolizing the Ukrainian flag were carved on the bowl.
Source. This was reported by the BBC.
Details. Gabriel Clark of Cumbria (a county in the North West of England) went viral online when his father encouraged people to subscribe to his son's Instagram account. Tweets of support came from author JK Rowling, comedian Stephen Fry and actor Jason Isaacs.
The winner of the lottery was announced on Sunday, April 17, and the fundraising page was open for another six days.
Gabriel, who took up woodwork after being given his grandfather's hammer, said he was "blown away by the donations which will be given to charity”.
“I hope that the money can help Save the Children to provide more support to kids who've been impacted by the conflict with things like food, water and a safe place to sleep,” said the boy.
Gabriel's father, Richard, described the “incredible” reaction of people after they first set a goal of raising £5,000:
“I never imagined that my tweet would turn into this amazing thing. Somehow, it's resulted in people donating over £250,000 to help children in Ukraine.”
Save the Children organisation said the money was being used to distribute goods and hygiene kits to young people in the war-torn country.
Previously. The community and developers of EVE Online raised $501,652 in support of Ukraine. The money will be transferred directly to the NBU account for humanitarian aid, as well as to the UNHCR organization, which takes care of refugees.
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