The Weeknd donates $2 million to provide food to the Gaza Strip

Thanks to singer The Weeknd’s donation, 18 million loaves of bread will be sent to families in Gaza.

Singer The Weeknd donated $2 million to supply food to the Gaza Strip. This donation, through its XO Humanitarian Fund, will enable 18 million loaves of bread to be sent to families in Gaza.

This donation was made with the support of the United Nations World Food Programme, the world’s leading humanitarian organization. It must provide 1,500 tons of wheat to feed more than 157,000 Palestinians.

The Weeknd had already donated $2.5 million last December. This amount enabled the financing of 820 tons of food, or four million meals, to feed 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks.

Multiple donations

In recent weeks, the singer has increased his calls to his fans to help the people of Gaza. He also donated to the Los Angeles Association to Support Homeless Students.

The Weeknd, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, has been a World Food Program Goodwill Ambassador since 2021. Since then, his foundation has raised $2.5 million specifically to benefit Ethiopia.

While the war between Israel and Hamas is still raging, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday, April 30, that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has reached 34,535 people since the conflict began on October 7, 2023. In Gaza, where only humanitarian aid is flowing and the population is threatened By famine. One in six children under the age of two suffer from malnutrition, according to Action Against Hunger.