1,2 miljarder till Gaza

The real estate billionaire from Stora Mellby, Roger Akelius, is now donating 800 million kronor to
UNICEF's work for children in Gaza.

The donation is a doubling of the amount that the Swedish government is now giving and is the largest individual donation to UNICEF ever.

According to Akelius himself, the goal is to build 400 new schools in the bombed-out area.

– The children are very traumatized, says Roger Akelius to AT.

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Unicef Sweden receives SEK 1.2 billion in humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The majority, SEK 800 million, comes from the Akelius Foundation, started by billionaire Roger Akelius.

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The Swedish government, together with the Akelius Foundation, has donated 1.2 billion SEK to children in Gaza via UNICEF.

SEK 400 million comes from the government, while the Akelius Foundation, founded by real estate billionaire Roger Akelius, accounts for SEK 800 million.

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Real estate billionaire Roger Akelius is donating SEK 800 million to Gaza via Unicef and hisAkelius Foundation, according to a press release.
"A school for 250 students, teachers and food for fi ve years costs around a couple ofmillion kronor, depending on tents or permanent buildings. Akelius contributes 400schools," writes the charity's chairwoman Kerstin Engström.

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Today, the Swedish government has decided to donate SEK 400 million to children in Gaza. Roger Akelius who “with money from the back pocket” built up Cape east in Haparanda for more than SEK 80 million welcomes the government’s announcement.... continue reading or go to original source

I start crying when I see how the kids in Gaza have it.
property contractor Roger Akelius told Aftonbladet.

Now the Akelius Foundation is donating a record $800 million in support of children via Swedish Unicef. The foundation has previously donated 100 million to SOS Children's Villages to orphanages for Palestinian children.

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Roger Akelius' charity organization is making what it claims is the largest Swedish donation for humanitarian aid ever: 800 million kronor to children in Gaza, twice as much as the government is giving... continue reading or go to original source

The UN children's fund Unicef receives a total of 1.2 billion kronor in Swedish support for Gaza.

400 million comes from the government – a record 800 million comes from the Akelius Foundation.

– Even a Palestinian, orphaned child is an ordinary child – without sleep, with crying, missing and stomach cramps, says founder Roger Akelius.

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