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Everyday people raising millions to fight COVID-19

Ordinary people, extraordinary fundraisers
Suspended shopping in Italy
Paying rent for the local bookshop
Keeping local bars and restaurants afloat
A thank you for sanitation staff
Rajinder Singh the Skipping Sikh
Donating Bitcoin
Singing to support domestic abuse victims
Make a Visor, Shield a Hero
Feeding the vulnerable in New Delhi
Sourcing equipment in Belarus
Leave No One Behind
Scaling a mountain from home
Wheels for Heroes
Feed the Heroes
A Million Masks
Funding treatment research in Spain
Improving treatment in Milan
Run 5k, Donate £5, Nominate 5 people
Trek Across Maine
Captain Tom Moore doing laps of his garden
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Ordinary people, extraordinary fundraisers

Plenty of philanthropic millionaires and billionaires have pledged some of their wealth to help in the fight against COVID-19. But there are also everyday heroes doing incredible things to raise money to tackle coronavirus, and some are raising millions. Click or scroll through to have a look at some examples of ordinary people around the world who have become extraordinary fundraisers during this global pandemic.

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Hannah Ward-Glenton

22 April 2020

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