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The 'Unicef ​​said the champion Yu-Na Kim, who retired from competition after having finished second in the Olympic Games in Sochi, has donated $ 100,000 to the earthquake victims in Nepal.
Tuesday 28 April 2015 2 minutes reading time
The Korean skater, always at the forefront of humanitarian initiatives, not & egrave; pulled back in front of the possibilities & agrave; to offer practical help to the Nepalese people, battered by an earthquake that has devastated the country.
 Currently, there are an estimated five thousand victims, but it seems certain that the budget is expected to worsen.
Kim, appointed international ambassador dell''UNICEF in July 2010, was already & agrave; intervened to help the earthquake victims in Haiti with a donation of $ 100,000, not to mention that in 2011 he decided to donate what won the World Championships in Moscow on behalf of children affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In 2013, however, had allocated $ 100,000 for the Children of the Philippines, brought to their knees by the typhoon Hayian. Furthermore, according to reports dall''UNICEF, the defending Olympic title makes annual donations to assist Korean children in need.
The IOC President Thomas Bach announced that the International Olympic Committee will offer & agrave; his help nell''opera reconstruction of the main infrastructure of Nepal.
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