This year’s VRT fundraiser, De Warmste Week, that concluded yesterday, raised €9,033,435 for charity. That’s the highest amount since 2019. The proceeds will go to 220 different projects that support people with invisible illnesses, the theme of this year's edition that was staged in the eastern city of Genk (Limburg). Members of the public organised no fewer than 6,278 fundraising activities. One project, a play farm at the Pulderbos rehabilitation centre, has already been completed.
Last week VRT radio hosts Eva De Roo, Manu Van Acker, Dries Lenaerts, and Kawtar Ehlalouch spent 146 hours broadcasting non-stop radio from the ‘Warmest House’, Het Warmste Huis in the Cosmogolem Park in Genk. They played 9,851 requests, listened to moving stories, and met enthusiastic campaigners.
More than 1,000 people came to talk about their campaigns live on radio and with the presenters at the marathon broadcast in the 'Warmest House', Het Warmste Huis, or with a VRT host at the ‘Warmest Village’, Het Warmste Dorp. A total of no fewer than 6,278 fund-raising activities were organised like at the uzuz youth centre in Gistel (West Flanders), where volunteers collected over 1,000 euros.
This week, a total of €9,033,435 was raised for 220 projects involving people with invisible illnesses. This is the highest amount raised since 2019. The entire amount will go to the DWW fund and will be distributed by the King Boudewijn Foundation.