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Today, Neil Gaiman – who is a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees goodwill ambassador – will see and NFT of the film of his poem What You Need To Be Warm which he donated to the UNHCR, alongside a never-before-published message from Gaiman up for auction by Mars Panda World. The winning bidder will also win a signed copy of The Sandman with a personalised message. It currently has an opening bid of 38.5 WETH or $118,531.105.
The auction, all proceeds of which will be donated to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), was organized as a way for a number of authors, artists, NFT influencers and athletes to auction off NFTs to raise funds to help the many Afghans who were displaced following the Taliban takeover.
In 2020, author and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Neil Gaiman wrote a poem inspired by words and memories shared by people all over the world to help raise funds to keep refugees warm over winter. The ‘What you need to be warm’ poem was later made into a film featuring hundreds of illustrations from various contributors and Neil Gaiman. As part of the Mars Panda NFT Charity Auction in support of UNHCR, Neil explains in a previously unpublished filmed message the genesis and evolution of the project. The explainer video (only viewable to the winning bidder) accompanied by the film version of the poem is one of the NFTs featured in the charity auction. The winning bidder…
