{UAH} Comic Relief donations down £8m in wake of row over 'white saviour' celebs

BAD DAY FOR UK CHARITY: COMIC RELIEF  Is One Of The UK's Biggest Charities. It Raises Millions Of Pounds In Donations From The UK Public Which It Uses To Support Good causes Abroad. It Is Funder Of Some Ugandan NGOs. But This year, Its Fundraising Methods Hit The Rocks, When It used This Picture Of A Ugandan Child Being Carried By A Celebrity In Its Appeals For Donations From The British People. Most Black people And Ugandans In The Diaspora Were Outraged That A Picture Of A Ugandan Child Would Be Used For Such A Campaign. Black UK Labour MP David Lammy Accused The Charity Of Wanting To Profit From The Suffering Of Ugandans, A Poverty Stricken People Who Are Already Burdened By A Very Corrupt And Brutal Tyranny Of Rwandan Outlaw Kayibanda Museveni. He Accused The Charity Of Clinging On To "A  White Saviour" Mentality, When In Reality There Is very Little That The Charity Can Do To Save The Ugandan Children From The Poverty That Museveni's Feral And Corrupt Misrule Has Reduced Them. The Much Publicised Row Has Badly Affected The Charities Bi-Annual TV Appeal, Which Saw Donations Drop By £8 Million Pounds- A Huge Dent In Its Budget. The UK Public Was Disgusted That The Charity Woould Try To Take Advantage Of The Suffering Of Ugandans And Many Refused To Pull Out Their Wallets.Cheque Books Or Bank Cards

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Comic Relief donations down £8m in wake of row over 'white saviour' celebs

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Comic Relief donations down £8m in wake of row over 'white saviour' celebs

Donations to the Red Nose Day cause were short of previous years after David Lammy attacked the charity

By Hugo Gye

17th March 2019, 4:50 pm

Updated: 18th March 2019, 12:22 pm

RED Nose Day has seen an £8million funding slump after the row over "white saviour" celebs, it has emerged.

Comic Relief has raised £63million this year - down from more than £71million at this stage last time around.

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Stacey Dooley was called a 'white saviour' ahead of Red Nose Day

The collapse in funding came after Labour MP David Lammy criticised the charity for using white stars as its figureheads.

The MP has sparked a furious backlash over his comments aimed at filmmaker Stacey Dooley.

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By the end of Friday night's Red Nose Day showcase, takings were down £8million on the equivalent stage in 2017.

The total revenues are on course to be the lowest for more than a decade.

In the run-up to Red Nose Day, Mr Lammy hit out at Ms Dooley as she posted a picture of herself while filming in Uganda.

He blasted: "The world does not need any more white saviours."

But Tory MP Chris Philp said today it was his "pathetic manufactured indignation" that had cost vital cash.

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Pathetic manufactured indignation from @DavidLammy has caused £8m less money to be raised for charity. The cost of his absurd egotistical posturing is real. This is money that could have been used to save lives. He should fulsomely apologise to stop a repeat next year

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Comic Relief defended its track record of bringing in millions to help disadvantaged people around the world.

But after this year's funding shortfall, Mr Lammy was criticised for his comments.

Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, tweeted: "I notice David Lammy wisely keeping quiet while the UK celebrates Comic Relief #rednoseday raising millions."

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David Lammy hit out at the documentary maker

Stacey Dooley appears on Red Nose Day 2019 after she was accused of 'white saviour complex'

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