WOŚP raises PLN 126 mln

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (Wielka Orkiestra Świątecznej Pomocy), a public benefit organization, has raised over PLN 126 million this year, which is the highest recorded total in the 26 years of the foundation's history, breaking last year's record by over PLN 20 million. “The world needs to see that we’re doing something fantastic, something good, made in Poland, this is WOŚP,” the charity leader Jurek Owsiak said, and added that out of the raised amount, 1 percent will be spent to improve the conditions of mental help for youth. Every year, thousands of volunteers raise money for buying medical equipment for the pediatric wards as for the medical care for seniors. WOŚP has bought about 40,000 pieces of medical equipment worth PLN 825 million throughout 25 years of its existence.