Israel-Hamas: singer The Weeknd donates $2.5 million to Gaza – Elle

Published on December 4, 2023 at 7:14 p.m.

Very committed to the humanitarian cause, The Weeknd shows immense generosity towards the Palestinian people. The Canadian singer, also a goodwill ambassador for the UN World Food Program (WFP), made a donation of more than 2.5 million dollars (2.3 million euros), intended for civilians in Gaza.

This donation is equivalent to four million emergency meals, and will make it possible to finance 820 tonnes of food, specifies the humanitarian agency in a communiqué published Friday 1^is December. Enough to feed more than 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks. The contribution of the Canadian singer “comes at a critical time”, underlines the WFP, which “strives to feed more than a million Gazans on the verge of famine”.

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“Our teams need safe and sustainable humanitarian access”

“This conflict has triggered an unimaginable humanitarian catastrophe. The WFP is working around the clock to provide aid to Gaza, but a major increase is needed to address the desperate level of hunger we are seeing. Our teams need safe and sustainable humanitarian access, as well as continued support from donors to reach as many people as possible,” adds Corinne Fleischer, program director for the Middle East, North Africa and Africa. Eastern Europe.

Artist Abel Tesfaye, real name, joined the UN WFP in 2021. “The UN World Food Program does urgent and important work to change and save lives every day and I feel passionate about fight against world hunger and by helping people in need,” he declared at the time, as recalled RTL Info. In March 2022, the “Blinding Lights” singer created the organization “XO Humanitarian Fund”, in partnership with the United States WFP. The fund has already raised $5 million, the second half of which supports emergency food aid for women and children in Ethiopia.