ZE-AFRICANEWS – $12 million is the envelope that featured host Oprah Winfrey donated to several cities affected by Covid-19. Five municipalities are involved: Kosciusko in Mississippi, his hometown of Nashville, Chicago, Milwaukee and Baltimore.
As a reminder, Oprah Winfrey was recorded in Chicago until 2011. Nashville is the city where her career began in the 1970s. Milwaukee is where she lived with her mother Vernita Lee. In Baltimore, she built her media empire. And finally Kosciusko, in Mississippi is his birthplace.
As a reminder, Oprah Winfrey was recorded in Chicago until 2011. Nashville is the city where her career began in the 1970s. Milwaukee is where she lived with her mother Vernita Lee. In Baltimore, she built her media empire. And finally Kosciusko, in Mississippi is his birthplace.
Live Healthy Chicago, Nashvillenurtures, Sainta and the Boys and Girls Club of East Mississippi are the organizations that will be mandated to distribute funds to financially support affected communities and prevent devastation.
12 millions de dollars c’est l’enveloppe que l’animatrice vedette Oprah Winfrey a donné à plusieurs villes touchées par le Covid-19. Cinq municipalités sont concernées à savoir Kosciusko dans le Mississipi, sa ville natale, Nashville, Chicago, Milwaukee et Baltimore.
Other action for Opray Winfrey, she made a plea to convince other personalities, rich and influential celebrities to put their hands in the pocket to support families hard hit by the health crisis with unprecedented economic repercussions in the homes of middle classes because she says: “The reason I decided to talk about it is that I think people who have a lot of money will have to take matters into their own hands. Even when this virus is gone, there will still be devastation for those people who can’t work and couldn’t work for months, who lived day to day on their wages, who have used all their savings, these people are going to need help.”
According to Oprah Winfrey, this financial assistance will allow families or people who will benefit from it to be able to fend for themselves or create opportunities to get by. “I always thought it was better to teach someone to fish… but sometimes some people absolutely need a fish and a piece of bread,” she said.
It should be noted that Oprah Winfrey is also an actress, she was nominated for the Oscars. It was ranked the richest African-American personality of the 20th century, the most philanthropic African-American of all time, and is the richest black billionaire in the world.
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