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The Weeknd Donates $2 Million to Provide 18 Million Loaves of Bread to Gaza Families
The UN's World Food Programme says that aid will help feed 157,000 Palestinian families for a month.
In a statement issued on Monday (April 29), The Weeknd, who now goes by his real name Abel Tesfaye, provided support that will help to “ provide more than 1,500 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, which can be used to make more than 18 million loaves of bread to feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for a month.” His pledge provided approximately 1.8 million pounds of food parcels, capable of sustaining over 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks. They have exhausted all coping strategies, like eating animal fodder, begging, selling off their belongings to buy food,” WFP’s Geneva office director said.
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