The British writer JK Rowling, author of the famous children’s book saga Harry Potter, made a appeal for donations to help children trapped in orphanages in Ukraine, promising to match those donations up to one million pounds ($1.3 million or €1.2 million).
The novelist retweeted an appeal from the Lumos Foundation, which she co-founded in 2005 and which currently raises funds to provide food, hygiene and medical supplies to those affected for the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis.
“I will personally match donations, up to £1 million,” JK Rowling promised, thanking donors in advance on Twitter.
Lumos explains on his website that he works in the Zhytomyr region – west of the capital Kiev – an area where, before the Russian invasion, more than 1,500 children lived in orphanages.
Some 100,000 children live in institutions throughout Ukraine, says the foundation.
“The invasion of Russian forces means that there are now more children in danger,” warned Lumos, stating that he wanted to help minors displaced and traumatized by the conflict.
The British writer JK Rowling, author of the famous children’s book saga Harry Potter, made a appeal for donations to help children trapped in orphanages in Ukraine, promising to match those donations up to one million pounds ($1.3 million or €1.2 million).
The novelist retweeted an appeal from the Lumos Foundation, which she co-founded in 2005 and which currently raises funds to provide food, hygiene and medical supplies to those affected for the Ukrainian humanitarian crisis.
“I will personally match donations, up to £1 million,” JK Rowling promised, thanking donors in advance on Twitter.
Lumos explains on his website that he works in the Zhytomyr region – west of the capital Kiev – an area where, before the Russian invasion, more than 1,500 children lived in orphanages.
Some 100,000 children live in institutions throughout Ukraine, says the foundation.
“The invasion of Russian forces means that there are now more children in danger,” warned Lumos, stating that he wanted to help minors displaced and traumatized by the conflict.
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