Toymaker Lego to donate $16 million for vulnerable Afghans
“The humanitarian crises that are happening in Haiti and Afghanistan are unimaginable and only intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, chairman of the LEGO Foundation
FILE PHOTO: Lego logo is seen at a toy store in Bonn, Germany, September 5, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
The foundation created by toymaker Lego and its parent company say they will donate $16 million to support vulnerable children in Haiti and Afghanistan.
"The humanitarian crises that are happening in Haiti and Afghanistan are unimaginable and only intensified by the Covid-19 pandemic," said Thomas Kirk Kristiansen, chairman of the LEGO Foundation, reports the Al Jazeera.
Based in Denmark, the Lego Foundation and parent company KIRKBI A/S said that they had partnered up with, among others, two UN agencies – UNICEF and UNHCR – as well as Education Cannot Wait, a global fund to transform the delivery of education in emergencies.
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