The fundraising campaign Friendly Fire by German Twitch streamers raised 2 million euros in December 2024. Now part of the funds will be forwarded to organizations that want to make up for the humanitarian aid cuts from USAID.
What kind of fundraising campaign is this? The Friendly Fire fundraising campaign has been around for 10 years now. Under the name “Friendly Fire 10”, over 2 million euros were raised in 12 hours of livestream broadcast in December 2024.
German Twitch streamers such as Erik “Gronkh” Range, Tatjana “Pandorya” Werth, PietSmiet, and Max “PhunkRoyal” are participating in the livestream. They will play games and set special actions for donation milestones.
From the large donation amount, part of it will go to organizations that are also trying to counteract the cuts from USAID.
Donations will be forwarded
Where will the donations go? On Instagram, the Friendly Fire account shares that part of the donations will now be forwarded to organizations that are currently suffering under two severe developments. Of this, 70,000 euros will go to projects that support people suffering from the USAID cuts. 30,000 euros will go to LGBTQ+ projects.
In February, shortly after taking office, President Donald Trump cut or completely halted USAID funding. USAID supports poorer countries by providing aid during natural disasters and crises and promoting education and health. This development aid was nullified by the cut funds (Source: tagesschau.de).
Also, the support for diversity programs in the USA was removed by Donald Trump after his inauguration (Source: tagesschau.de).
With their selection of donations, the German Twitch streamers are counteracting these two developments.
How is the community reacting? The community is pleased in the comments and supports the selection of organizations. For example, don_shimon writes that he would gladly contribute every year because he knows it reaches the “important and right” places. The organization queermed_deutschland is happy about the selection of donations and writes: “Thank you so much for the immense support!” (Source: Instagram).
Other German Twitch streamers are also regularly holding fundraising campaigns for a good cause. For example, the streamer Metashi12, who has been raising money for children with cancer every year with “March with Heart”: A German Twitch streamer has been raising money for children with cancer for 5 years – breaks a special milestone
