On April, 26 in Dortmund (Germany) takes place the charity match of the Kyiv «Dynamo» from the series of games Match for Peace #StopWarInUkraine. This time the football club «Borussia» is the opponent of Mircea Lucescu`s team.
Traditionally, the event will start with the Ukrainian athem performed by Julia Sanina, a frontwoman of the musical group The Hardkiss. During the breakes, guests will be able to enjoy the performance of Jamala (Ukrainian singer of Crimean Tatar origin, awarded the title People's Artist of Ukraine) and Ukrainian children, who had to leave their homes temporarily due to war and who found shelter in Germany. Jamala will perform the iconic song for every Ukrainian – «1944», which took the hearts of the world and brought Ja victory at the musical contest «Eurovision 2016». The main messages of the upcoming football match are – #StandWithUkraine, #StopWarInUkraine, #UnitedWithUkraine.
As it was before, the viewers can watch the event`s broadcast on 2+2, 1+1 International, Dynamo Kyiv TV, М1, 1+1 Video, Kyivstar TV, Vodafone TV, YouTube-channels of FootballHub, Dynamo, TSN and UNIAN.
This will be already the fourth match of the series of the charity events whose aim is to raise funds to support Ukraine. Thus, all money being got from ticket sales and donates during the TV broadcast, will be sent to solve the biggest humanitarian problems that occurred due to the Russian war in Ukraine. The costs will be sent directly to the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine and they will be used for food, clothes, medical needs, providing one-time financial help, accommodation for refugees who left their homes because of war actions, other human life`s priority needs and so one.
Tickets start at 10 euros, the event begins at 18:00 SET (19:00 Kyiv time). The organizers say that one of the popular formats of donations is to buy a ticket without further attendance at the match. In this way, even more money can be raised for a good cause. The cost of such tickets is from 8 euros.
Igor Tsyhanyk and Roman Bebekh will comment on the match for Ukrainian spectators.
The special website of the event contains the schedule of the next Dynamo charity matches and all the detailed information about the planned events.
The initiators of the Match for peace project #StopWarInUkraine are the Dynamo football club and one of the largest media holdings in Eastern Europe 1+1 media. The project is implemented with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine. The performances are organized by the 1+1 media team, the event is directed by TRI Directions – Natalia Lysenkova, Natalia Rovenska and Maria Grigorashchenko, who are known for their productions for world-famous artists. Technical partners of the project are Alight and Profi companies.
All financial expenses within the project are covered by Dynamo Kyiv football club.
Jamala is a Ukrainian singer of the Crimean Tatar origin, the People's Artist of Ukraine (2016), an ex-coach of the Voice of the Country and the Voice of Children shows, the winner of the Eurovision 2016 music contest. She has received eight statuettes of Yuna Music Award, the twice-winner of Elle Style Awards, the winner of the Person of the Year, the Best Fashion, and the Red Apple Awards.
During the song contest in Stockholm, the singer won the Eurostory Awards 2016 for the best line in a competition song, as well as the Marcel Bezençon Award in the Art Prize category. Since February 2014, she has been participating in events dedicated to the unity and integrity of Ukraine.
During the large-scale russian invasion, she went on a charity tour and raised more than 83 million euros for Ukraine.
Julia Sanina is the frontwoman of The Hardkiss, a songwriter, a blogger and a real rock diva. She is included in the list of the 100 Most Successful Women of Ukraine and the 35 Brightest Representatives of National Culture who have achieved success under the age of 35 according to the NV magazine. As a member of The Hardkiss, she has repeatedly won and been nominated in the Ukrainian National Golden Firebird Music Awards, YUNA, M1 Music Awards.
