The organization Dansk Folkehjælp has entered into a collaboration with musician, songwriter and actress Annika Aakjær to become an ambassador for this year's Christmas Aid. Every year, Dansk Folkehjælp distributes Christmas Aid to tens of thousands of poor families with children. Annika Aakjær will be an ambassador together with author and debater Knud Romer, who has been an ambassador for Dansk Folkehjælp.

By Mirka Mozer, Secretary General, Danish People's Aid 48,600 children live in poverty in Denmark. They live in families that struggle to make enough money for the next rent and electricity bill. Where there is no money for fruit and vegetables, snowsuits and winter boots. Or to celebrate holidays, birthdays and vacations.

In the Mykolaiv region of southern Ukraine, thousands of people with disabilities, children with special needs and internally displaced families live with daily barriers to accessing even the most basic public services. The war has exacerbated an already difficult situation: buildings are damaged, resources are stretched, and many institutions are