Ms. Lauryn Hill and Fugees’ bandmate Wyclef Jean will headline Global Citizen’s antipoverty festival
Summary
Ms. Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean will be the main performers at this year’s Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, New York. The festival aims to encourage world leaders to support anti-poverty programs after the United Nations General Assembly meetings.Key Facts
- The festival will take place on September 26 in New York’s Central Park.
- Other performers include Lenny Kravitz, John Legend, Lainey Wilson, Shaboozey, and K-pop group TOMORROW X TOGETHER.
- The festival supports campaigns that ask countries to fund education, healthcare, food security, and clean energy projects.
- This year’s goals include raising $100 million for education, $100 million for food security for small farmers, and $1.5 billion for clean energy in the Indo-Pacific region.
- Festival attendees can enter by taking actions like signing petitions to pressure countries for more aid.
- Countries targeted for funding include Spain, Norway, Ireland, Kenya, Japan, Denmark, and Australia.
- The United States is not a focus for funding requests due to recent cuts in its foreign aid budget and agency restructuring.
- The festival follows Global Citizen’s recent events, including a World Cup halftime show that raised over $60 million for education.
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