ERLING-PERSSON FOUNDATION DONATES SEK 150 MILLION TO HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT IN UKRAINE

The Erling-Persson Foundation is making an initial donation of SEK 150 million to humanitarian support due to the war in Ukraine. Of this SEK 150 million, SEK 75 million is going to Save the Children and SEK 75 million to the Red Cross.

“We feel it is a matter of great urgency to contribute via Save the Children and the Red Cross to the relief efforts being made to meet the needs arising from the war in Ukraine,” says Stefan Persson, chair of the Erling-Persson Foundation.

Save the Children is working in Ukraine and neighbouring countries to provide psychosocial support, distribute clothing and personal hygiene items, give cash for families to pay for basic necessities such as food, rent and medicines, and in other ways.

The Red Cross is helping people affected by the conflict in Ukraine and a large part of the support from the Erling-Persson Foundation will go towards medical efforts in Ukraine as well as in neighbouring countries. Efforts to help refugees in Sweden will also be included in the support.

Contact persons:

Ylva Linderson, Research Secretary, Erling-Persson Foundation ylva.linderson@erlingperssonsstiftelse.se

Kristina Stenvinkel, Communications, Erling-Persson Foundation stenvinkel@ramsbury.se

The Erling-Persson Foundation was formed in 1999 in memory of H&M Group’s founder Erling Persson. By supporting interdisciplinary initiatives and projects that link together different sectors of society, the Foundation hopes to stimulate innovation and social benefit.

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