The fundraiser is set to occur on 19 June.
Melanin Gamers have announced they’ll be holding a fundraising live stream, in support of Imperial Health Charity, which supports the five Imperial NHS hospitals – St. Mary’s, Hammersmith, Western Eye, Queen Charlottes & Chelsea, and Charing Cross – through fundraising, grants, arts and volunteering measures.
MG is honoured and proud to announce that we have the privilege of gracing the front page of @Twitch for our 24-hour Sickle-cell Awareness Day Stream Friday 19th June 2020 @ImperialCharity
Please join ushttps://t.co/Pw3xHIsKWM
Please support https://t.co/9YNMs2UaAC#mgsquad pic.twitter.com/lzOuH6WBqG— Melanin Gamers (@melaningamers) June 16, 2020
The live stream is set to occur for 24 hours, and will see a host of Twitch streamers taking part, including creativelylanzy, YayaLovesAnime, CartmanZ_ZNoobis, DollarYen, Agent Triple A and itsDandyitsDandy.
The games to be played include Overwatch, Kingdom Hearts and Apex Legends, with discussions about sickle-cell anemia occurring throughout the stream.
Melanin Gamers was founded by creativelylanzy and “is a gaming community that promotes inclusion and diversity in the video games industry”. It is known for highlighting streamers of colour who are helping to make the online gaming sphere a more diverse and welcoming place for all.
The group is hosting the fundraiser through JustGiving, with the goal being to reach £300.
Those wishing to keep up-to-date on the fundraiser can do so by following Melanin Gamers on Twitter.
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