2023-12-07 10:10:21
Lina Labiad 07/12/2023 at 11:10
Personality committed to the UN World Food Program, singer The Weeknd donated 2.5 million dollars (2.3 million euros) to civilians in Gaza.
To the UN World Food Program (WFP), singer The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, made a colossal donation of 2.5 million dollars, or 2.3 million euros, for Gaza. In other words, 4 million meals for Palestinian civilians. A “precious” generosity which will allow the UN organization to “feed 173,000 citizens for at least two weeks”.
“We thank Abel for this valuable contribution to the Palestinian people,” wrote Corinne Fleischer, WFP director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe regions, in a statement released December 1st. “We hope that others will follow [son] example and will support our efforts. »
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A constant commitment since 2021
A donation that came “at a critical moment”, as the humanitarian truce between Israel and Hamas was coming to an end. The organization said it was “trying to feed more than a million Gazans on the verge of starvation” since the bombing began.
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Since 2021, it is in the person of The Weeknd that the PAM has found an involved ambassador. That year, the Canadian, who set the planet on fire with his world tour last summer, made a donation of 1.6 million euros (from his personal fortune) to the UN WFP. Then, he raised $5 million with his “XO Humanitarian Fund” donation campaign to “support emergency food aid to women and children in Ethiopia.”
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