The Danish Royal House has announced that the annual Denmark Collection is getting some royal support in 2023.
Two royal foundations have joined forces to put together a total of 800.000 DKK (the rough equivalent of 96.180 GBP or 115.913 USD), all of which will go towards development projects in various parts of the world.
Specifically, the theme for 2023 is “Help the World’s Vulnerable Children,” and the projects financed with funds from the collection will benefit “children who are victims of the war in Ukraine, drought in the Horn of Africa, climate and food crises and the world pandemic,” according to the Royal Household’s press release.
The statement also specifies that the board of the Royal Foundation of Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik has decided to donate 500.000 DKK, while the board of the Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Royal Foundation has agreed on 300.000 DKK.
The Denmark Collection is an annual event that brings together the whole nation, who can donate to the efforts in various ways. The proceeds are then managed by the country’s 12 largest humanitarian organisations.
The charities then decide which projects are to be funded with the money collected. This year’s objectives are to ensure that children in some of the most vulnerable families in crises areas across the world get access to food, clean drinking water, but also education, medical aid and protection, according to the project’s website.
The Denmark Collection was created in 2007, and since then, has been carrying out projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America, to support some of the world’s poorest countries in achieving the UN’s SDGs.
The United Nations created its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 with the aim of having actionable plans and monitoring criteria to reach a “shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet now and into the future,” according to the UN’s resolution.
They span many different sectors, including some that the Danish royals have been working on for decades, like more equitable access to healthcare, gender equality and education.
