World-famous singer The Weeknd will donate 2.5 million dollars to Gaza
Artist Abel Tesfaye, known by his stage name “The Weeknd” and United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador, announced that he will donate 2.5 million dollars to Gaza. The aid will provide a two-week food supply to 173 thousand Palestinians, corresponding to 4 million food packages.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced that the famous Canadian artist and WFP Goodwill Ambassador Abel Tesfaye, known by his stage name “The Weeknd”, will provide 2.5 million dollars in aid to Gaza.
2.5 MILLION DOLLARS AID FROM ABEL TESFAYE TO GAZA
While Israel’s attacks on Gaza continue, world-famous Canadian singer Abel Tesfaye, known by his stage name “The Weeknd”, has made an unusual move. Tesfaye, who is also the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador, decided to provide 2.5 million dollars of aid to Gaza. In the written statement made by WFP, it was noted that Tesfaye’s $2.5 million aid to Gaza corresponds to approximately 4 million food packages, and that this aid will provide a two-week food supply to 173 thousand Palestinians.
“THE HUMANIAN DISASTER IN GAZA IS FAR BEYOND WHAT WAS PREDICTED”
In the statement, it was stated that Tesfaye’s aid would provide significant support to efforts to deliver aid to “1 million Gazans who are on the verge of starvation.” In the statement, it was stated that WFP has provided food aid to approximately 764 thousand Palestinians so far, and that the aid was increased especially when there was a “humanitarian pause” in the conflict. WFP Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Regional Director Corinne Fleischer, whose statements were included in the statement, said, “The humanitarian disaster in Gaza is far beyond what was expected. WFP is making intense efforts, but aid needs to be seriously increased to combat hunger in Gaza.” gave his message.
TUNISIAN PLAYER RESIGNED FROM HIS POSITION AS WFP GOODWILL AMBASSADOR
Artist Abel Tesfaye was appointed as one of WFP’s Goodwill Ambassadors in October 2021. On the other hand, Tunisian actress Hind Sabri announced that she resigned from the WFP Goodwill Ambassadorship to protest the use of “hunger as a weapon of war” against the people living in Gaza under Israeli attacks. Sabri said, “Together with our friends, we asked for an urgent call for aid for Gaza children, as we have worked successfully in the past. We demand that the power of the World Food Program be used to ensure a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and to prevent hunger from being used as a weapon of war.” He used the following expressions:
WHO IS ABEL TESFAYE (THE WEEKND)?
Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, better known by his stage name The Weeknd, was born on February 16, 1990. Towards the end of 2010, Tesfaye uploaded several songs to YouTube under the name The Weeknd and began to promote himself. In 2011, he received acclaim with his three mixtape albums, namely House of Ballons, Thursday and Echoes of Silence, consisting of nine tracks each. In 2012, the album Trilogy was re-released as reworked versions of songs from their 2011 mixtape. “Earned It”, which was included in the soundtrack of the 2015 movie Fifty Shades of Grey, remained number one on the music charts for a long time, and rose to the top of the United States charts with her third studio album, Beauty Behind the Madness, which was released immediately after. His fourth studio album, Starboy, hit the shelves on November 25, 2016. The artist introduced his work “My Dear Melancholy” to music lovers in 2018 and his work “After Hours” in 2020.