Metallica, Mariah Carey Y The Jonas brothers will star in a free concert in New York’s Central Park next month to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival, presented by an international nonprofit that fights extreme poverty and climate change.

The September 24 event will also include a concert in Accra, Ghana with Usher, SZA and HER.

But that day will not be so much a celebration as a call to take “action to address multiple international crises,” said the CEO of Global Citizen. Hugh Evans.

“We are at a critical turning point where COVID has pushed nearly 100 million people into poverty extreme and now, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the situation has worsened much more, ” he said.

He added: “Up to 323 million people face acute hunger. And if we don’t act now, up to 200 million people could fall into extreme poverty by November, bringing the total number of people living in extreme poverty. to more than 1 billion. ” , still”.

People who live on the equivalent of $ 1.9 per day they live in conditions of extreme poverty, according to the parameters of international organizations.

The host

the star of quantum -The series follows some young FBI recruits in their training period- Priyanka Chopra Jonaswhich will host the Central Park event, said Global Citizen “has always encouraged people to use their voices to persuade world leaders and key decision makers to take action against hunger and poverty. However, the need to focus on these issues it is now even more pressing “.

He continued: “If we want to do something about it, then we need urgent mobilization,” Chopra Jonas told the agency. The Associated Press. “Just seeing all these people from different walks of life, different professions, normal people coming together, motivated to really make a change now in an urgent way, is very inspiring.”

As with previous Global Citizen events, the admission to concerts is free. But to get tickets, people need to join Global Citizen and take action on the issues faced by the campaign.

The details

the pop star charlie puththe spanish feeling Rosaliathe country musician Mickey Guyton and the Italian rockers of Mannequins will also perform in Central Park, while rapper Stormzy, The Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems and Ghanaian singers Gyakie, Sarkodie and Stonebwoy will perform in Accra.

Both concerts will be televised and streamed on ABC, ABC News Live, FX, Hulu, iHeartRadio, Twitter, YouTube and other outlets. ABC will broadcast a concert special, “Global Citizen Festival: Take Action NOW,” on September 25th.

In addition to asking the United States to donate more to combat climate change, the organization wants about $ 500 million in donations and funds for farmers in Africa to grow more crops instead of relying on grain and fertilizers from Ukraine and Russia. , which are scarce due to the war.

“We also need to face the reality that supporting the women and girls of the world and their talents is the closest thing to a magic bullet in eradicating poverty,” Evans said.We ask the richest nations to provide $ 600 million in critical investments in education, sexual and reproductive health and their economic enhancement ”.

the formula works

Global Citizen’s formula of using social media and their followers to get companies and foundations to donate has worked. Since its first Global Citizen Festival in 2012, the activist group estimates it has contributed $ 41.4 billion to the causes it supports and has improved the lives of more than 1.15 billion people.

“ These are pressing issues, ” Evans said. “ That’s why our campaigns are focused on the end of Extreme poverty now, not next year, not next year, but now. We need to address the most important issues, be it gender equality, climate change or the structural issues that keep people in poverty. ”

Source Agency AP