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Edition II

Red-carpet influence meets humanity.

A sequel match-giving evening for emergency medical services supporting girls, families, and frontline caregivers affected by the US/Iran conflict zone crisis.

Pledge Review crisis briefing

Humanitarian partners

MSF · ICRC

Giving format

Match-giving Edition II

Date

Friday, June 19, 2026

Venue

The Corinthian Hall, New York · donor details refined privately after qualification

About the crisis

A donor briefing shaped by current reporting and humanitarian reality.

This section favours sober, source-backed summaries over spectacle. It is designed to help donors understand why emergency systems, lives, and family stability are at such risk when conflict and supply disruptions collide.

Even if fighting stops, the damage to Iran’s children will endure

BBC reporting focused on trauma among children, disrupted schooling, anxiety, and testimony from families and counsellors, noting the longer-term emotional burden that war places on young people and caregivers.

Read source

Respectful documentary-style medical relief imagery

The mission

Emergency aid with women, girls, and families kept at the center.

Emergency medical response

Support mobile trauma units, surgical stabilisation, emergency transport, and rapid deployment equipment where health systems are strained.

Girls and families first

Back dignified care pathways that keep women and girls connected to maternal health, protection services, and safe continuity of treatment.

Respectful humanitarian delivery

Concentrate funding through credible relief partners whose medical neutrality and operational discipline match the seriousness of the moment.

Hosts & special guests

An editorial guest list aligned with visibility, credibility, and humanity-first purpose.

Host · Founder of Edition II

Paulina Porizkova

Paulina anchors the sequel gala around dignity, urgency, and humanity-first storytelling—framing major philanthropy as disciplined care for families living through instability.

Red Carpet Host

Ryan Seacrest

Ryan’s role is to translate public attention into purposeful giving, helping keep the evening’s spotlight on medical access, credibility, and measurable relief.

Red Carpet Host

Sofia Vergara

Sofia brings global visibility and warmth to the gala, reinforcing that glamour here serves a serious humanitarian objective rather than spectacle alone.

Special Guest

Viola Davis

Viola’s presence resonates with the gala’s insistence on moral clarity, voice, and the protection of families whose stories too often disappear behind geopolitics.

Special Guest

Petra Van Bremen

Petra’s alignment with education, dignity, and women-and-girls advocacy mirrors the gala’s core mission: relief that protects both immediate survival and longer-term human possibility.

Special Guest

Dagmar Havlová

Dagmar’s presence evokes European civic conscience and the belief that culture and humanitarian responsibility can move in deliberate partnership.

Event history & partners

Edition II is grounded in sequel logic: prestige with proof, not prestige alone.

The second edition echoes the inaugural gala's emphasis on measurable relief ( as was in Ukraine), then extends it with a sharper donor qualification model, stronger partner alignment, and a richer editorial briefing on the present crisis.

Medical convoys financed

Emergency care touchpoints

42,000+

Women-and-girls support packages

11,600

Partner-led response zones

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)

Recognised globally for independent medical humanitarian action, including emergency and conflict-zone support where access, staffing, and continuity of care are under pressure.

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

A long-standing humanitarian institution focused on civilian protection, medical neutrality, essential relief access, and the laws of armed conflict.