The ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ fundraising marketing campaign is ready to run till June 15 and has been supported by well-known sports activities figures corresponding to Kylian Mbappe and Jurgen Klopp.
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A fundraising marketing campaign for the victims of final month’s devastating earthquakes in Türkiye has acquired $44.8 million from benefactors on the primary day of the occasion.
Famous sports activities figures corresponding to Kylian Mbappe, Jurgen Klopp, Pep Guardiola, Ruud Gullit, Mikel Arteta and Arsene Wenger supported the ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ fundraising marketing campaign, which is ready to run till June 15.
The “shoulder-to-shoulder” fundraising marketing campaign is organised by Türkiye’s Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Turkish Football Federation, the Turkish Union of Clubs and beIN Media Group and was moderated by Turkish TV icon Acun Ilicali.
In addition to TV channels affiliated with beIN, the programme was aired stay by the Turkish broadcasters TRT Spor, A Sports, SportsTV, D Smart Sports, S Sport, Tivibu Sports, TV8 and Club televisions, TRT Radio, Radio Gol, Radyospor, League Radyo, in addition to many digital media channels.
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Hearts are with the Turkish individuals
European Club Association (ECA) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) chairman Nasser Al Khelaifi additionally donated over $2 million to Türkiye quake victims.
Al Khelaifi pledged to donate a complete of $2.6 million (50 million Turkish liras) – 20 million Turkish liras from Digiturk, which is the primary sports activities broadcaster in Türkiye, €1 million from PSG and €500,000 from the European Club Association.
He spoke on the broadcasted “shoulder-to-shoulder” help marketing campaign, saying they don’t seem to be in Türkiye for the time being however their hearts are with the Turkish individuals.
More than 45,000 individuals died within the magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 earthquakes on February 6, which had been centred in Kahramanmaras and struck 10 different provinces – Hatay, Gaziantep, Adiyaman, Malatya, Adana, Diyarbakir, Kilis, Osmaniye, Sanliurfa and Elazig.
The quake additionally closely impacted northern Syria and was felt by a number of international locations within the area.
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Source: TRTWorld and businesses
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