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2 panel 23.jpg?resize=1200,630 - Comedian Raised More Than $290,000 To Send 9-Year-Old Bullied Boy From Australia To Disneyland

Comedian Raised More Than $290,000 To Send 9-Year-Old Bullied Boy From Australia To Disneyland

Brad Williams raised about $290,000 through GoFundMe to help the nine-year-old Australian boy with Disneyland after the boy’s heartbreaking video went viral.

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The stand-up comedian, who also suffers from dwarfism, set up a GoFundMe page for Quaden Bayles after the boy’s mother uploaded a video of him crying while saying, “I want to kill myself.”

Source: Facebook

“I’m setting up this GoFundMe to let Quaden know that bullying will not be tolerated, and that he is a wonderful human being who deserves joy,” Williams wrote on the page.

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Williams continued by stating that the GoFundMe page is not just for Quaden, but for anyone who had been bullied and were told that they were not good enough.

Source: Twitter

He urged people to show Quaden and others that there is good in the world and everyone, including them, are worthy of it.

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More than 13,000 people donated to the page and as of Friday, the funds raised a total of $294,409.

Williams noted that the funds will be used for two airplane tickets, hotel accomodations, food, and tickets to Disneyland in Anaheim for Quaden and his mother.

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Excess funds will be donated to anti-bullying and anti-abuse charities.

On top of this, Quaden received an overwhelming support from both the public and celebrities including Hugh Jackman, Eric Trump, and Mark Hamill.

Source: Twitter

The Aboriginal boy from Queensland, Australia quickly became viral after his mother, Yarraka Bayles, posted a video of Quaden’s emotional response to social media, hoping to show children and parents how devastating bullying can be.

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The boy has then spoken out and encouraged others to “stand up for yourself,” and urged parents to “make their kids be nice to people with disabilities.”

Source: NITV

Yarraka hopes that her son’s video has helped raise awareness about bullying and Indigenous suicide rates in Australia.

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“It’s every parent’s worst nightmare to lose their babies and that is my reality every day,” she said.

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