SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Yonhap) — Extra South Korean celebrities have joined nationwide efforts to assist victims of the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
Jimin and J-Hope, each members of the Okay-pop supergroup BTS, have donated 100 million received (US$77,918) every to the Korean Committee for UNICEF for use for its emergency aid marketing campaign for kids within the two international locations, the committee mentioned Wednesday.
The donations shall be particularly used for vitamin, ingesting water, hygiene and safety of kids affected by the earthquakes, it added.
This file photograph reveals Okay-pop boy group BTS. (Yonhap)
Star entertainer Yoo Jae-suk has additionally donated 100 million received to Hope Bridge, a neighborhood catastrophe aid group, for its undertaking to assist the quake victims, the group mentioned.
It added the cash shall be used to safe aid supplies, akin to medical provides, meals and garments, in addition to efforts to reconstruct the disaster-hit areas.
Earlier within the day, Save the Kids mentioned Okay-pop lady group TWICE has donated 200 million received for use as help.
“We joined the sponsorship as a result of we wished to be of assist though it’s small,” the group was quoted by the aid group as saying via its company, JYP Leisure.
“We specific our condolences to all those that are affected by the catastrophe and sincerely hope the surviving youngsters and their households will be capable to return to their each day routines,” the band added.
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