Whistle against crying German girl: donations go to Unicef

"In the interest of our daughter and our family, we would like to stay anonymous, but would like to thank everyone for the great support," says the family statement."Our daughter would like to ask her to pass on her generous donations to Unicef, knowing that her friendliness will do good."

EM 2021 instead of planned 500 pounds: Donation campaign for crying German girl brings tens of thousands

Girl had been insulted after the game

Joel Hughes from Wales had started the donation campaign after the girl was shown crying on the screen of the Wembley stadium at the end of the round of 16 in London and cheered by English fans.Then the child was aggressively insulted on the Internet.Many British had sentenced this sharply, including the former English footballers Gary Lineker and Stan Collymore.He wanted to show the girl that not all people in Great Britain were "terrible", Hughes had justified the step.He originally issued £ 500 as a donation goal.

Just Giving emphasized that the generous gesture witness to the family that society is better when people are friendlier together."As a result of the support of thousands of donors, thousands of children from all over the world will benefit from the work of Unicef."

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