U.N. World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador, The Weeknd, to Help Provide 18 Million Loaves of Bread to Families in Gaza
WASHINGTON, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador and multi-platinum global recording artist Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye is allocating another $2 million from his XO Humanitarian Fund toward WFP's humanitarian response efforts in Gaza. This support will provide over 1,500 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, which can make over 18 million loaves of bread that can help feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for one month.
- This support will provide over 1,500 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, which can make over 18 million loaves of bread that can help feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for one month.
- This funding builds on the original $2.5 million, equivalent to four million emergency meals, that Tesfaye directed to WFP's Gaza response in December 2023.
- WFP is providing desperately needed food to over a million people across Gaza each month and is working to re-activate collapsed food systems.
- Additionally, through the Fund, Tesfaye sent $2 million to support WFP's emergency food assistance for women and children in Ethiopia.