DayFR Euro

Squeezie, Inoxtag… What is the “Stream for Humanity” charity marathon in which internet stars participate?

Every generation has its Telethon: hosted by Aminematue (with 3.1 million subscribers on Twitch), the charity marathon Stream for Humanitywhich will be held online from Friday January 17 to Sunday January 19, 2025, hopes to collect as many donations as possible in support of “Palestine, Congo, Sudan and Lebanon” (and for the benefit of Médecins sans frontières).

To achieve this, Amine mobilized more than twenty French streamers including Squeezie, the second largest YouTuber in (19.3 million subscribers on YouTube), Inoxtag (including the documentary Kaizenwhich retraces his ascent of Everest, was the most viewed video in 2024 on YouTube and in France) but also Kameto, Maghla, Billy, Baghera Jones etc.

By clicking on“I accept”you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners.

More information on the Cookie management policy page

I accept

Games and football

The principle? Well, the participants are supposed to launch themselves, from the Jean Bouin stadium, in the 16th arrondissement of , into a whole series of more or less crazy challenges in order to attract as many spectators as possible… and ensure that the generosity of those -this allows us to “come to the aid of families who are victims of armed conflicts”, indicates the event website.

-

At the end of the 72 hours of livestream of this new generation charity marathon, a football match will pit, on the evening of Sunday January 19, 2025, some of the streamers present against former football stars (including world champions Gerard Piqué). and Adil Rami).

Just born and already criticized

But if the initiative is full of good intentions, it is not (always) unanimous: at the beginning of January 2025, some Internet users wondered about the absence of Mayotte – devastated by Cyclone Chido – and Ukraine, in the grip of the Russian war of aggression for three years – among the beneficiaries of this mobilization. Aminematue then said he was ready to “do things again in the future for different causes”.

Our “Charity events” file

In recent years, these online mobilizations have multiplied in the wake of the success of ZEVENT, a gathering of internet stars whose 8th edition raised, in September 2024, more than 10 million euros in favor of five associations fighting against precariousness.

--

Related News :