I-KEPYR yethula umkhankaso wonyaka we-UNICEF we "Kindred Spirits" wokusiza izingane zababaleki

17 May 2021

I-Kids Entertainment Professionals for Young Refugees (KEPYR), inhlangano esezingeni eliphansi yezingane nezingcweti zokuzijabulisa komndeni, yamemezela ngoMeyi 20 ukwethulwa komcimbi wesihlanu waminyaka yonke wokuqongelela imali ku-inthanethi we-Kindred Spirits ukuze kusekelwe umsebenzi we-UNICEF wokwenzela izingane ezingenamakhaya emhlabeni jikelele. Amaphesenti ayikhulu ayo yonke imali etholwayo aya ngqo emsebenzini wokusiza ababaleki we-UNICEF, ohlinzeka ngokudla okunomsoco, izingubo zokugqoka, indawo yokuhlala, impilo nokugonywa, ukusekelwa ngokwengqondo nenhlalakahle kanye nemfundo kubabaleki abayizigidi ezingu-33, abaxoshwa ezindaweni zabo kanye nezingane ezihlala ngaphakathi ezweni lonke.

Kulo mcimbi othatha inyanga yonke, abaculi, abalingisi, ababhali, abaphathi kanye nabanye abavela embonini yezokuzijabulisa bayamenywa ukuthi bahlanganyele nozakwabo abavela emhlabeni wonke ekwenzeni iminikelo edonswa intela yanoma iyiphi imali ku-www.kepyr.org.

Lapho sihalalisela umphakathi wakwa-KEPYR ngokugubha iminyaka emihlanu wasungulwa kanye "nomsebenzi omangalisayo [abawenzile] egameni le-Unicef nabantwana bomhlaba," kusho uMichael J. Nyenhuis, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-UNICEF USA, " Njengochwepheshe embonini yezokuzijabulisa yezingane, uyakuqonda ukubaluleka kokubeka ukumamatheka ebusweni bengane. Kulezi zikhathi eziyingqayizivele, izigidi zezingane ezikhishwe, zixoshwa ezindlini zazo ngenxa yobudlova noma ukuswela futhi ziphoqeleka ukuthatha uhambo olunzima noluyingozi lwaphesheya kwezilwandle, zisidinga manje kunanini ngaphambili. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi lezi zingane zingabafuduki, ababaleki noma abantu bangaphandle, okokuqala zonke ziyizingane ".

Kulo nyaka, i-KEPYR ibheke ukukhuphula ubuncane obungu-$50.000 ngeminikelo ngemicimbi yayo ehleliwe. Ngokungeziwe ku-fundraiser ye-Kindred Spirits, inhlangano izophatha i-gala yamaholide ebonakalayo kanye endalini ethule ku-inthanethi ngoNovemba 12. Abantu ngabanye namabhizinisi bakhuthazwa ukuba banikele ngezinto, ulwazi noma amasevisi endalini ngokuthinta ivolontiya le-KEPYR u-Dustin Ferrer kokuthi dustin.ferrer @ gmail.com.

Ephawula ngokukhula kwe-KEPYR kule minyaka emihlanu edlule, umsunguli we-KEPYR uGrant Moran uthe, "Kusukela saqala njengeqembu elincane labangane ngo-2017, amakhulu ngamakhulu abantu emazwenikazi amahlanu afinyelele ukujoyina le nhlangano futhi baqhubeka. kanjani iphrofayela yethu liyaphakama.Lokhu kukhuluma ngamandla ngokuthi singobani njengomphakathi nokuthi kungani senza esikwenzayo nsuku zonke.Abantu abasemithonjeni yezindaba yezingane bayabakhathalela abantwanaBathinteka kakhulu ukuhlupheka kwababuthaka kakhulu phakathi kwabo futhi bafuna ukuba yingxenye ye isixazululo."

Kusukela yasungulwa, i-KEPYR isebenzele ukuqwashisa embonini yezindaba yezingane emhlabeni wonke mayelana nenkinga yamanje yezingane zababaleki, embi kakhulu kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II. Le nhlangano inyuse cishe ama- $200.000 omsebenzi wokusiza ababaleki we-UNICEF ngemicimbi efana ne-Kindred Spirits nemicimbi ebukhoma efana nombukiso wamahlaya ka-2019 othi “Stand Up for Children”, odlalwa uPatton Oswalt no-Al Madrigal, ophethwe yisihlabani seGray Griffin dub.

Umphakathi uhlanganisa abaculi, ababhali, abalingisi, abakhiqizi, abaklami bemidlalo, abathuthukisi bokuqukethwe, ababhali, abaqambi, ama-ejenti, abaphathi benethiwekhi kanye nesitudiyo nabanye abasebenza ngokuzimela nasezinkampanini nasezinhlanganweni ezifana neMattel, Marvel, Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, I-DreamWorks, i-Netflix, i-Amazon, i-Warner Bros., i-Hasbro, i-9 Story Media Group, i-Animation Magazine, i-Blizzard Entertainment, i-Cyber Group Studios, i-Scholastic, i-King Features, i-Little Airplane, i-Silvergate Media, i-Rainshine Entertainment, i-Big Bad Boo Studios , i-Boulder Media , WGBH, WNET, Gaumont, Pukeko Pictures, Mechanic Animation, Crunchyroll, Aniplex USA, DR Movie Animation, D-Rights, Panaderia Licensing & Marketing kanye neRipple Effect Consultancy.

I-KEPYR, inhlangano engenzi-nzuzo ebhalisiwe engu-501 (c) (3), yaqashelwa ngo-2020 njengenye ye-Greater Sum Foundation's 20 Most Innovative Nonprofits Nonprofits.

Thola okwengeziwe ngomsebenzi we-KEPYR futhi wenze umnikelo kumkhankaso we-Kindred Spirits 2021 (uyethulwa ngoMeyi 20) www.gokemi.org.