BABYZ fund a school in Ghana in B.A.P's name

[arysthaeniru.livejournal.com]

B.A.P’s Helping Hands, a non-profit charity group led by fans, has raised over $26,000 since January 26, surpassing the original goal of $25,000. The group is teaming up with a non-profit organization called Pencils of Promise to build a school in Ghana for children in need.

[Update] BABYZ blow us away!! Already making progress towards WASH 💖🙏 Donations now $26,413! https://t.co/aRqdFzhWGS @BAP_Daehyun pic.twitter.com/BuIo0L3cKE

— BAP's Helping Hands (@BAPHelpingHands) November 24, 2016

The idea of building a school came from none other than Bang Yong Guk, the leader of B.A.P. Well-known for his charitable activities, Bang Yong Guk has led B.A.P’s efforts in donating books, funds and other necessary items to those in need. He stated that one of his goals was to build a school in Africa in B.A.P’s name.

Fans from all over the world decided to make his dreams a reality by starting a donation fund with Pencils of Promise. Bang Yong Guk is aware of the project, and was even given the opportunity to name the school as the “B.A.P Town School.” Though the goal of $25,000 has been met, B.A.P’s Helping Hands will be taking donations till their deadline of December 26 to provide additional resources.

Over the years, K-pop fandoms have become more involved in charitable causes to have a positive impact in the name of their favorite celebrities. From planting trees to building schools, K-pop is helping to make the world a better place.

Congratulations to B.A.P’s Helping Hands and BABYz for accomplishing such a fantastic goal!



source: soompi

fixed, mods! this comeback has been a good one for their reputation, they're back on top with the most number of no.1s on world billboard chart too, hopefully they can keep up the momentum!

Comments

[secretkeeperr.livejournal.com]

Africa? Unless the fandom funded multiple schools across the second largest continent on the planet, why can't we say the actual country?

[sighs in africa]

also this isn't a jab at you op! it's just a tiring trend I see happen to Africa and Africans a lot.

[staaan.livejournal.com]

lol i came here to say the same thing

[arysthaeniru.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the soompi article didn't say any specifics, so I went to the website and it's actually Ghana! I'll edit the post to specify that.

actually no, the article itself says that, i didn't need to, lol, just needed to reread the article.

[dropthecrates.livejournal.com]

ayyyy since i saw this post the op changed it from africa to ghana (my country yaaaaaas) ur impacT

[keki7.livejournal.com]

This is great. I wish fandoms could do more of this and less of that crazy ex-girl/boyfriend shit. Also BYG is such a sweetheart. I hope he's recovering well.

[shazz-chan.livejournal.com]

Imagine if people put as much effort into this stuff as they did fanwars and bullshit?
Good job, Babyz, keep it up:)

[xxmannequin.livejournal.com]

This is a great thing, I wish more fans would do this sort of thing, instead of collecting huge amounts of $$$ and buying extravagant gifts for their idols (it's simply bizarre honestly).

BUT. I'm sooo tired of people referring to Africa as a place of constant need and help.
Like, it's a continent. State the country. Learn geography. Google.

[arysthaeniru.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think B.A.P have actually asked that fans in the past, not buy them fangifts for anything except birthdays and that they put their money into donating for charity instead, so this is really typical for them <3

And yes, that was a mistake in soompi's title that i just fixed, but the article specifically says Ghana!

[dragondie.livejournal.com]

How nice. <3

[scionofawhisper.livejournal.com]

BYG's obsession with Africa has always kinda weirded me out, idk. But this is great anyway, glad that BYG inspired this sort of thing in his fans. <3

[jinkiestabi.livejournal.com]

Okay but what country? Lol.

[arysthaeniru.livejournal.com]

Haha, that was a mistake in soompi's title, but the article specifically says Ghana!

[kori-ya.livejournal.com]

Wow this is amazing :)