MOSCOW, 30 Jul – RIA Novosti. Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg donated 100 thousand dollars to the United Nations children’s Fund (UNICEF) in the framework of assistance to children on the background of the fight against coronavirus, said in a statement on the UNICEF website.
“Greta Thunberg received award Human 2020 Act Award on Earth Day, April 22, and award in the amount of 100 thousand dollars that she will give to UNICEF. Organization Human Act doubles the donations of Greta, and the total amount of 200 thousand dollars was donated to support the ongoing work of UNICEF in the fight against coronavirus,” – said in a statement.
On its website, UNICEF invites all who wish to join the donations received means will be directed on support of children in the context of coronavirus in more than 190 countries.
Earlier last week the UN children’s Fund (UNICEF) requested 92,4 million dollars to help children in the middle East and North Africa on a background of suppression of coronavirus COVID-19.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 3 million cases of infection, almost 208 thousand people died.
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