World-famous locations turned off lights to show solidarity and boost Ukraine fundraising
As part of the #LightUpUkraine project, which aims to raise funds through the United24 platform to purchase generators for Ukrainian hospitals, on December 21, world-famous locations temporarily turned off their lights as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
The United24 fundraising platform's press service reported this.
Among the locations that joined the initiative are:
- Roman Colosseum and Sydney Opera House,
- the building of the European Parliament in Brussels and the Parliament of Scotland in Edinburgh,
- City Hall of Paris and Porto,
- New York's main Christmas trees near Rockefeller Center, as well as in Prague, Riga, Sofia, Wroclaw, etc.
In particular, the illumination of Niagara Falls was also turned off. After dark, it was lit in blue and yellow to raise awareness of power outages in Ukraine.
Tonight, Niagara Falls will join landmarks across the world and go dark at 7 p.m. for one minute in support of Ukraine.
After going dark, Niagara Falls will be lit in blue and yellow to raise awareness of blackouts affecting the country!#WeStandWithUkraine #LightUpUkraine pic.twitter.com/0I9SfOshUV
— Niagara Parks (@NiagaraParks) December 21, 2022
As a sign of support for the Ukrainians, the lights were also turned off in the EU Council building.
Switching off the lights @EUCouncil building and "sharing" our light – and solidarity – with Ukrainians facing blackouts.#LightUpUkraine pic.twitter.com/TDxiy3WkhL
— Charles Michel (@CharlesMichel) December 21, 2022
And they also turned off the Christmas tree lighting on the Old Town Square in Prague.
#LightUpUkraine: @PrahaEU se dnes připojilo k iniciativě Světlo pro Ukrajinu a symbolicky na jednu minutu vypnulo osvětlení vánočního stromu na Staroměstském náměstí.
Cílem je vybrat peníze na nákup 1000 generátorů pro 🇺🇦 nemocnice skrze @U24_gov_ua: https://t.co/oCXdHU65zg. pic.twitter.com/hB4NyKrpU3
— UKR Embassy in CZE (@UKRinCZE) December 21, 2022
In New York, the lights on the Christmas tree near the Rockefeller Center were also turned off as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
У Нью-Йорку тимчасово вимкнули вогні на ялинці біля Рокфеллер-центру на знак солідарності з Україною.
Загалом до акції #LightUpUkraine долучаються відомі пам'ятки у 19 країнах. Відвідувачів закликатимуть долучитися до збору коштів на генератори для українських лікарень.Відео AP pic.twitter.com/iJBP2VlbE3
— hromadske (@HromadskeUA) December 22, 2022
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the United for Ukraine international parliamentary coalition became partners in this project.
