20:05
01 May 2022
12 year old boy form UK raised £255.000 for Ukrainian children
Gabriel Clark, from Cumbria, the UK, went viral online when his father appealed for people to follow his son's Instagram account.
Rubryka reports about it referring to BBC.
A boy carved a wooden bowl to raffle in aid of Ukrainian refugees has raised almost £255,000.
Later, tweets of support came from author JK Rowling, comedian Stephen Fry and actor Jason Isaacs.
The raffle winner was announced on Sunday, 17 April, with the fundraising page left open for a further six days.
"I hope that this money will help Save the Children to support children affected by the conflict with things like food, water and a safe place to sleep," he said.
"I never thought that my tweet would turn into such an amazing thing. Somehow it led to people donating more than 250,000 pounds to help children in Ukraine," he said.
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