The Weeknd Donates $2.5M to Feed Palestinians in Gaza

Donation Provides Four Million Meals, Funding 820 Metric Tons of Food Parcels

The Weeknd, real name Abel Tesfaye, has donated $2.5 million to the World Food Program USA to support humanitarian efforts in Gaza.
The donation equates to four million emergency meals and will fund 820 metric tons of food parcels that could feed more than 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks.
The food parcels include fresh bread, fortified date bars, canned food, wheat flour, pasta, tomato paste and oil.
The Weeknd has been a United Nations World Food Programme Goodwill Ambassador since October 2021 and has personally donated $1.8M to WFP's global hunger-relief mission through his XO Humanitarian Fund.
WFP has provided food assistance to more than 764,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7 and has reached more than 121,000 people since the most recent humanitarian pause.