Embroidered names of premature babies: TVORCHI on the main carpet in Liverpool

“It’s a great responsibility to represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest during the war. We knew that our first appearance on the red carpet would be widely covered by the media, so these outfits are a powerful message to the world. Save our children! Save babies like Denys (1,984lb), Marichka (1,774 lb) and Alisa (3,527 lb). Every day, because of war in Ukraine, vulnerable children are born prematurely, and cannot survive without special assistance. Help us to raise funds for incubators. We believe that the world will support us!”

The musicians' clothes were created by Ukrainian designer Lesia Patoka. Each embroidered name has its own story. For example, Alisa was born weighing only 1,6 kg because her mother went into premature labor when Zaporizhzhia was shelled by S-300 missiles. The baby survived only because she was placed in an intensive care incubator. The names Sophia and Mykyta on TVORCHI’s suits are the story of twins: the boy weighed 1280 grams at birth and the girl weighed 1340 grams.

Anyone can join the fundraiser for medical equipment at this link: u24.gov.ua/save.hearts

Campaign contributors who donate 1,000 UAH or more will have a chance to win one of 100 unique heart-shaped pieces of silver jewelry from designer FROLOV and jewelry brand SOVA. 10 unique gold jewelry pieces will also be raffled off among the ten most generous donors in Ukraine. The fundraiser will run until May 28.