EXIT festival supports UN World Food Programme through Life Stream Project
EXIT festival in partnership with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization, is launching the next step of Life Stream Project to galvanize efforts towards the COVID-19 response to alleviate the suffering of millions who have lost their livelihoods to the pandemic and are falling deeper into hunger.
Life Stream Project brings together world-class acts who will perform at the Petrovaradin Fortress, where EXIT festival takes place, for a million-strong online audience from September 3rd to 6th.
“EXIT started as a youth movement for peace and freedom in Serbia and Balkans and social activism is still at the forefront of our activities. This year has been hard for all of us, but even in times like this, we must find the strength to do what we can to help those who are the most vulnerable” – says founder and CEO of EXIT Dušan Kovačević.
As coronavirus cases soar globally, the pandemic is compounding problems and multiplying misery, especially for those on the frontlines of climate change battling frequent drought, storms and floods that strain food production, exacerbate hunger and push people deeper into poverty.
With the pandemic set to push 270 million people into food insecurity before the end of 2020 – an 80 percent increase from 2019 – the impact will be the harshest for those who were already suffering.
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