Global Broadcasting Event ‘One World: Together At Home’ Raises $127.9 Million for Fight Against COVID-19
One World: Together At Home was able to raise $127.9 million; $55.1 million of the earnings will be given to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, while $72.8 million will be surrendered to local and regional responders.
A Historic Worldwide Broadcasting Event
After the historic worldwide broadcasting event One World: Together At Home, Global Citizen with Lady Gaga pledged $127 million to provide aid to health care workers fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Organizations that Helped and the Beneficiaries
Corporate organizations, leaders of the world, and philanthropists pledged their support for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO, in partnership with the UN Foundation, during the event. The donations fund will provide financial assistance to UNICEF and the vaccine development alliance Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, or CEPI.
Additionally, the Together At Home campaign will be assisting more than 100 local and regional charitable organizations, including Education, Cannot Wait, United Way, Feeding America, and Direct Care.
Investors, foundation leaders, and change-makers are cooperating to immediately provide support efforts such as the investigation of the development of a vaccine and strengthening the health care system.
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The Content
The worldwide broadcast was hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and Jimmy Fallon. The hosts were joined by some friends from Sesame Street to help inspire and unite the people from different parts of the world.
It featured various communities devastated by the COVID-19. It included conversations and tributes to different people who are helping to fight against COVID-19. Some of these people include political leaders, health care workers, scientists, and other essential service workers serving in the frontlines.
Response to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic
In March, the Global Citizen started an urgent program to provide support to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund as a response to the worsening global COVID-19 pandemic. It was kicked off by Coldplay member and Global Citizen Festival Curator Chris Martin through the #TogetherAtHome Instagram live show.
The program requested people to do an act about the current global crisis. It also urged leaders of the world and corporate organizations with excess resources to provide support to the response.
Citizens from more than 150 nations have made thousands of actions to provide support to the response fund.
The Fund
The COVID-19 Solidarity Response fund helps with the tracking and containment of the further spread of COVID-19. It ensures that patients of the deadly illness and frontline staff are provided the resources they require.
Also, the fund aims to provide support to the development of treatments, tests, and vaccines for COVID-19. The help given by a considerable number of sponsors to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund will support the WHO, CEPI, UNICEF, and other partners fast-track their efforts to save the world from the pandemic.
The historic broadcasting campaign as able to raise pledges amounting to $55.1 million for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.
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