{"id":5489,"date":"2024-04-29T20:16:59","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T20:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theweeknd.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=5489"},"modified":"2024-07-16T00:10:16","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T00:10:16","slug":"the-weeknd-to-help-provide-18-million-loaves-of-break-to-families-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.theweeknd.com\/news\/the-weeknd-to-help-provide-18-million-loaves-of-break-to-families-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weeknd to Help Provide 18 Million Loaves of Bread to Families in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">United Nations World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador and multi-platinum global recording artist Abel \u201cThe Weeknd\u201d Tesfaye is allocating another $2 million from his XO Humanitarian Fund toward WFP\u2019s 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 funding builds on the original $2.5 million, equivalent to four million emergency meals, that Tesfaye directed to WFP\u2019s Gaza response in December 2023. It provided 820 metric tons of food parcels to feed more than 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks. Additionally, Tesfaye is making an urgent appeal to fans, calling on them to give what they can by donating towards WFP&#8217;s efforts in Gaza. More than 1 million Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger across Gaza and need urgent support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith famine looming in Gaza, Abel&#8217;s generous support will provide vital relief for thousands of Palestinian families who battle the grip of hunger every day. We are tremendously grateful for hiscontribution, compassion, and for his unwavering advocacy for WFP and the people of Palestine,\u201d said WFP\u2019s Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Region, Corinne Fleischer. WFP is providing desperately needed food to over a million people across Gaza each month and is working to re-activate collapsed food systems. Most food is distributed in central and southern Gaza, with food deliveries to the north increasing since March. Around 2,100 metric tons of food parcels and wheat flour have been brought into northern Gaza via land routes and an additional 45 metric tons have been airdropped.WFP distributes food in U.N. shelters, communities, and make-shift camps, including ready-to-eat food, wheat flour, and specialized nutritional products for children, as well as pregnant and nursing mothers. It also supports over 100 community kitchens and aims to provide 500,000 hot meals daily. WFP is helping bakeries become operational again, supplying four bakeries in the north and 12 bakeries in central and southern Gaza with wheat flour, fuel, yeast, salt and sugar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are very grateful for Abel\u2019s continued support as WFP works to respond to the urgent hunger crisis in Gaza,\u201d said Barron Segar, President and CEO, World Food Program USA. \u201cHunger is a human-made problem, and as such, it is solvable. We have enough food in this world to feed everyone; all we need is the funding and safe access to make it happen. Thanks to Abel\u2019s designation, families and children will receive the food they so desperately need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tesfaye, appointed a Goodwill Ambassador in October 2021, has actively supported WFP\u2019s global hunger-relief mission through personal donations and the XO Humanitarian Fund established in partnership with World Food Program USA. Tesfaye, his partners and fans have raised $6.5 million to-date for the Fund. In total, Tesfaye has directed $4.5 million toward Gaza operations. Additionally, through the Fund, Tesfaye sent $2 million to support WFP\u2019s emergency food assistance for women and children in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about The Weeknd\u2019s work with WFP at wfp.org\/TheWeeknd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14716,"featured_media":5491,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[16],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Weeknd to Help Provide 18 Million Loaves of Bread to Families in Gaza - The Weeknd<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theweeknd.com\/news\/the-weeknd-to-help-provide-18-million-loaves-of-break-to-families-in-gaza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Weeknd to Help Provide 18 Million Loaves of Bread to Families in Gaza - The Weeknd\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"United Nations World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador and multi-platinum global recording artist Abel \u201cThe Weeknd\u201d Tesfaye is allocating another $2 million from his XO Humanitarian Fund toward WFP\u2019s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza. 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