Greta Thunberg donó US$ 100 mil a Unicef para ir en ayuda de los niños vulnerables ante la pandemia

La activista medioambiental Greta Thunberg anunció que donará US$ 100 mil a Unicef para ayudar a las y los niños que se han visto afectados en medio de la pandemia de coronavirus.

El monto donado, explicó la joven sueca, fue parte de un premio obtenido por su trabajo por el cuidado del planeta ante la crisis climática, entregado por la organización Human Act.

Además, la ONG hizo entrega de otros US$ 100 mil de manera que se genere un fondo que sirva de ayuda para quienes cruzan por una situación de pobreza y vulnerabilidad.

“We must now all act together to protect children and end the devastating consequences of the #coronavirus. Children are the future and they must be protected.” 💙@GretaThunberg pic.twitter.com/wFXSObqqUP

— UNICEF (@UNICEF) April 30, 2020

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“Junto con la ONG danesa Human Act estamos lanzando una campaña de fondos para apoyar a Unicef en el trabajo de proteger la vida de los niños durante la pandemia de coronavirus. Son siempre los más pobres y más vulnerables quienes sufrirán más en una crisis, ya sea la crisis climática o la crisis del coronavirus”, dijo la joven ambientalista.

Además, a través de su cuenta de Instagram agregó que “esta es una crisis global y para millones de niños el impacto será de por vida. Necesitamos actuar ahora por el bien de cada niño“.

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Very honoured to receive Human Act Award. The prize money – 100 000 USD – will be donated to @unicef . @HumanActDk will match this donation with an additional USD 100,000 for the total sum of USD 200,000. So today we are launching a joint global funding campaign – Let’s Move Humanity for Children in the Fight Against Coronavirus – to support UNICEF´s efforts to protect and save children’s lives during the corona crisis. The poorest and the most vulnerable people are always the hardest hit by a crisis. Just like the climate crisis, the consequences of the corona pandemic will be most damaging for children in poor countries, in the poorest neighborhoods and for those already in disadvantaged and vulnerable situations. More than 1,5 billion children are today affected by school closures. This has a direct effect on millions of children and young people’s possibilities to learn, to a lunch meal and get access to water and sanitation. More than 300 million school children rrely on schools as a source of daily nutrition. Millions of children do not have access to distance learning. The digital divide is an example of global inequalities that affects the most vulnerable children. Even if children so far generally have been spared the most severe symptoms of the Covid-19 virus, children's lives and heath are already at risk. This is mainly due to lack of access to healthcare services – both for children and pregnant women – because of vaccination campaigns being suspended as well as lack of nutrition. With the global health care services becoming overwhelmed there will be many additional child deaths in 2020. This is a global crisis and for millions of children the impact will be life long. We need to act now – for the sake of every child. The time is now, and we need your help to protect children. Donate today at https://uni.cf/fight-coronavirus (link in bio). Thank you!

A post shared by Greta Thunberg (@gretathunberg) on Apr 30, 2020 at 12:12am PDT