Overview
- WFP says the contribution will help scale operations to reach up to 200,000 Jamaicans recovering from the Category 5 hurricane.
- Hurricane Melissa affected nearly six million people across the Caribbean, with Jamaica bearing much of the damage.
- So far, WFP reports delivering food kits to more than 9,000 people in Jamaica and reaching 254,000 across Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti.
- Abel Tesfaye, a WFP Goodwill Ambassador, is channeling the gift through his XO Humanitarian Fund launched in 2022 with stadium tour proceeds.
- The XO Humanitarian Fund has contributed or pledged over $6.5 million to hunger relief, including support for responses in Gaza, Ethiopia and Los Angeles, as WFP USA’s CEO publicly thanked Tesfaye for the aid.