A look back at a fruitful partnership and how a legacy that began with the Concerts for Bangladesh is inspiring young people across the U.S.
ultimately raised millions for emergency relief efforts in the Southeast Asian country, which at that time had been suffering from the effects of floods, famine and civil war.
The remarkable success of that historic event — one that continues to be celebrated year after year, and lives on in recordings and documentary footage — led Harrison's family to create the George Harrison died in 2001 at age 58. His wife, Olivia Harrison, founded the Fund in 2005 with the encouragement of then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
"We wanted to expand and to help children all over the world, if we could," she explained in a 2020 interview with UNICEF USA Today, in partnership with UNICEF USA, GHFU is keeping the legacy alive, supporting UNICEF's work to help children in Bangladesh and in several other countries.Olivia Harrison, founder of the George Harrison Fund for UNICEF, traveled to Bangladesh 40 years after her late husband's legendary concert benefit.
In March, 2021 in Bangladesh, 18-year-old Mohammad Faisal comforts a younger Rohingya refugee after his family's home was lost to the fire that devastated the Balukhali area of the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.Supporting programs in Bangladesh — where local humanitarian needs have grown and have become increasingly complex due to the ongoing
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