Hey Hey Rise Up Update
December 23, 2022
Pink Floyd would like to thank everyone who has supported Hey Hey Rise Up. The single, recorded on 30th March with Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band Boombox, has so far raised over £450,000 to help alleviate the suffering of the Ukrainian people.
Stream / Download Hey Hey Rise Up here.
Get Hey Hey Rise Up CD, 7″ and merchandise here.
David Gilmour and Nick Mason have added £50,000 to make this up to £500,000 which will be distributed to the following humanitarian charities. Let’s see what else we can do this winter. There are links and information here and it would be great if you feel able to contribute to any of these charities directly.
Season’s Greetings to you all and Slava Ukraini.
Hospitallers is a Ukrainian voluntary organization of paramedics. Its members are doctors and people of various professions and ages who volunteered to join the first aid squad and deliver life-saving support to all in need.
The Kharkiv and Przemysl Project (KHARPP) is a grassroots initiative that has grown out of the volunteers’ time on the Polish-Ukrainian border, helping refugees with their immediate needs in Ukraine and as they arrive in Poland.
Provision of assistance in the search for housing for temporary displaced persons, the logistics of safe departure from the conflict zone, the search, release, and rehabilitation of kidnap victims. They also collect and distribute humanitarian aid for displaced persons in Kyiv, as well as delivering humanitarian goods to front-line settlements and providing psychological assistance.
Donate: linktr.ee/livyj_bereh
A volunteer group providing medicines, food, and assistance with the reconstruction of houses and schools in remote and often disadvantaged communities affected by the war.
The charity emerged as a food-community response to the war in the country and is currently engaged in providing aid and helping feed civilians. They feed about 13,000 people every day.
The charity also has an initiative to rebuild the bridge between children. “Kids for kids” is a project that will allow kids who are now far from the war to put their peace and care in a box and send it to children in Ukraine.