Barber had put up a Facebook Fundraiser on Friday, to help the New South Wales devastating fire, and by Sunday mid afternoon the tally has reached over $22 million about 48 hour after Barber launched the fundraiser. There were massive support from Australia and all over from as far the UK, US, France and Italy.
“Want to join me in supporting a good cause?” Barber wrote on the Facebook page.
“I’m raising money for The Trustee for NSW Rural Fire Service & Brigades Donations Fund and your contribution will make an impact, whether you donate a lot or a little.
“Anything helps. Thank you for your support.”
With about 6.4m followers on her Instagram page, she used her huge social media following to draw donations from helpers.In regular updates on Instagram, she has spoken about family members caught up in the crisis in Eden, including her parents-in-law.
“Our family has just been evacuated, so I’m slightly stressed at the moment,” she explained.
Barbers’s fundraiser has prompted several celebrities to offer help and even sharing the donation link.
On Saturday the American singer Pink pledged $500,000 to Australian fire services and also urged her followers to help by making a donation. “I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires,” she tweeted. Nicole Kidman posted on Instagram that she was also donating $500,000 to the fires services.
Ashleigh Barty a World tennis player said she wanted to dig deep again for families who have been left devastated by bush-fires. On Sunday she pledged to all her Brisbane International prize money if she wins the competition which starts on Monday. The prize take home money is about $250,000 ($A360,000)
“Someone needed to do something and the people did something,” Barber said.She has been receiving significant amount of praise lot of people, sharing her page and posting the successful response she has received and even calling her a national treasure.
“#celestebarber raising over $15mill for Australian firefighters is a shining light and true example of how celebrities and influencers can and should be using their influence,” wrote one woman on Twitter.
“Make this woman PM, such a legend,” wrote another on Facebook.
“Your posts in IG [Instagram] and the kindness of all the people made me cry even though I live in Finland and have never even visited Australia,” one wrote.
This has been an incredible act of charity with great response and we say how proud we are of you Barber and we hope this goes on to show an example of how we can make the world a better place with our random act of kindness.
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Article By Pamela Mbata
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