I’m excited to join the r/eurovision community and pleased to see the fundraising efforts for my country. Remember you can donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/reddit-eurovision

For those that don't know me, I am Jamala, a Ukrainian singer and songwriter, the winner of the award from the US Atlantic Council for Distinguished Artistic Leadership in 2022 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. :) I’m also pleased to announce my album Qırım, which we will present live together with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on May 11th as part of the Euro Festival.

Over 80 musicians participated in the work on Qırım, and the project itself took decades. However, at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, the fate of my album was uncertain. The album, which had already reached the mixing stage, was under fire in the Kyiv region and could have never seen the light of day.

The fight for truth has never been an easy task. Perhaps that is why working on Qırım took years of my life. With this album, I embodied my great dream - to show the whole world that despite any attempts to rewrite the history of Crimea, we will not let the truth be forgotten. And it lies precisely in folklore, in these incredible narrative lines that the diaries of Qırım reveal to us,

After the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, I have become the voice of the Ukrainian people outside my homeland. Once I evacuated my children, I started to fight for victory by doing what I could do best. Day by day, country by country, I participate in charity events, concerts, TV shows, raising funds for refugees, children, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

So I am pleased to be part of this fundraising drive for the Disasters Emergency Committee’s Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal, whose goal is to provide food, warmth, clean water, medical care, financial support, and psychological support to people affected by the Russo-Ukrainian war. Individual donations will be matched by Reddit Community Funds up to $20k USD. The fundraiser runs from 5 May to Friday, 12 May so please donate if you can.

About the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal

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