The Tintra Foundation has raised an incredible $450,000 for UNICEF after auctioning a once-in-a-lifetime expedition at the UNICEF x LuisaViaRoma Winter Gala Ball in St Barth.

With special performances by Lenny Kravitz and Drake, the LuisaViaRoma Winter Gala Ball for UNICEF welcomed some 700 benefactors, celebrities, and influential guests united in a passion for philanthropy, to raise funds in support of the charity and its commitment to protecting vulnerable children across the globe.

The Tintra Foundation, the charitable arm partner of Tintra plc and the broader Tintra Group, is focused on high impact work in the emerging world where it relates to cultural understanding especially with its work with the world's last remaining Hunter-Gatherer Tribes, who remain key to keeping natural evolution alive.

The Foundation is representative of Tintra's commitment to the emerging world and in driving inclusion of all kinds across developing regions by building technology that is free of social, cultural, and geographic bias.

Along with Foundation Board Member Johan Ernst Nilson [1], one of the world's best-known explorers, Adventure Activists and Philanthropists - who has successfully completed over 60 expeditions across 179 countries - the Tintra Foundation donated a once-in-a-lifetime trip for auction at the Winter Gala Ball.

The highest bidder along with 4 guests will be joining Johan on a trip to the top of planet Earth in an expedition high up in to the Arctic, where the group will spend six nights close to the North Pole enjoying the Northern Lights.

Auctioned for $450,000, the donated expedition will aid UNICEF's mission in providing care and protection to vulnerable children across the globe, contributing more 10% to a total amount raised of $4,000,000 via the auction.

Tintra Foundation [2] and Unicef [3]