Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye is committing another $2 million from his XO Humanitarian Fund to WFP’s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza.
This support will provide more than 1,500 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, which can produce more than 18 million loaves of bread that can help feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for a month.
This funding is in addition to the original $2.5 million, equivalent to four million emergency meals, that Tesfaye allocated to the WFP response in Gaza in December 2023.
Provided 820 metric tons of food packages to feed more than 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks.
He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP).
Tesfaye is also making an urgent appeal to fans, asking them to give what they can through donations to WFP’s efforts in Gaza.
More than one million Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger across Gaza and need urgent support.
Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye is committing another $2 million from his XO Humanitarian Fund to WFP’s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza. This support will provide more than 1,500 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, which can produce more than 18 million loaves of bread that can help feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for a month.
‘With famine looming in Gaza, Abel’s generous support will provide vital relief to thousands of Palestinian families struggling with hunger every day. “We are tremendously grateful for his contribution, his compassion and his unwavering advocacy for WFP and the people of Palestine,” said WFP Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Director Corinne Fleischer.
WFP provides desperately needed food to more than a million people across Gaza every month and is working to revive collapsed food systems.
Most of the food is distributed in central and southern Gaza, and food deliveries to the north have increased since March.
Around 2,100 metric tons of food packages and wheat flour have been brought into northern Gaza via land routes and another 45 metric tons have been airdropped.
WFP distributes food to UN shelters, communities and makeshift camps, including ready-to-eat foods, wheat flour and specialized nutritional products for children, as well as pregnant and lactating mothers.
It also supports more than 100 community kitchens and aims to provide 500,000 hot meals a day. WFP is helping to get bakeries back up and running, supplying wheat flour, fuel, yeast, salt and sugar to four bakeries in the north and 12 bakeries in central and southern Gaza.
“We are very grateful for Abel’s continued support as WFP works to respond to the urgent hunger crisis in Gaza,” said Barron Segar, president and CEO of the US World Food Program.
This funding is in addition to the original $2.5 million, equivalent to four million emergency meals, that Tesfaye allocated to WFP’s response in Gaza in December 2023. It provided 820 metric tons of food packages to feed more of 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks.
He is a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations World Food Program (WFP). Tesfaye is also making an urgent appeal to fans, asking them to give what they can through donations to WFP’s efforts in Gaza. More than a million Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger across Gaza and need urgent support
‘Hunger is a man-made problem and, as such, it has a solution. We have enough food in this world to feed everyone; all we need is funding and secure access to make this happen.
“Thanks to Abel’s appointment, families and children will receive much-needed food.”
Tesfaye, appointed as a Goodwill Ambassador in October 2021, has actively supported WFP’s global hunger relief mission through personal donations and the XO Humanitarian Fund established in partnership with the US World Food Programme.
Tesfaye, his partners and supporters have raised $6.5 million to date for the Fund. In total, Tesfaye has allocated $4.5 million to operations in Gaza. Additionally, through the Fund, Tesfaye sent $2 million to support WFP’s emergency food assistance for women and children in Ethiopia.
This comes after The Weeknd’s manager, Amir ‘Cash XO’ Esmailian, suffered a terrifying experience outside his home in the Amestoy Estates area of Encino on Monday.
One of the talent manager’s security guards, 40, is in “critical condition” after being shot several times following a confrontation with “three men in hoodies and masks who had entered the $12 million property.” dollars” for the few hours.
Police sources said TMZ that the injured security guard “heard gunshots and realized he was injured” shortly after “confronting the suspects” around 2:25 a.m.
The guard, whose identity has not been made public, was rushed to hospital to treat his injuries.
The Weeknd’s manager, Amir ‘Cash
One of the talent manager’s security guards, 40, is in “critical condition” after being shot several times following an encounter with “three men in hoodies and masks who had entered the $12 million property.” Dollars”.
DailyMail.com has contacted for comment but has not received a response at this time.
According fox 11The guard “underwent surgery and is expected to survive.”
At the time, “investigators said at least four people were inside the home at the time of the shooting.”
A neighbor told KTLA that violent incidents like this are rare in the area.
“I’m sure what happened here was captured on security camera,” she said. “Unfortunately, this can also bring dangers.”
Esmailian’s seven-bedroom home, which is currently for sale, features nine bathrooms, a “state-of-the-art security system” and an indoor pool.
Other amenities inside the mansion, located on a 34,000-square-foot lot, include two temperature-controlled wine cellars, a gym, theater and sauna.
A source also told TMZ that “the shooting was the result of an attempted home invasion.”