Ethiopian born superstar Abel Tesfaye(The Weeknd) donated $1 million for internally displaced Ethiopians today.
ታዋቂው ድምፃዊ አቤል ተስፋዬ (ዘ ዊኬንድ) በኢትዮጵያ ለሰብዓዊ ድጋፍ 1 ሚሊየን ዶላር ድጋፍ አደረገ
This $1 million donation will provide lifesaving food to those living in the Tigray Region. Multi-platinum selling singer, songwriter and record producer Abel Tesfaye, better known as The Weeknd, has donated $1 million to World Food Program USA, the U.S. affiliate of the United Nations World Food Programme, which was the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, in support of hunger relief efforts in Ethiopia. The significant donation, which equates to 2 million meals, will provide lifesaving food to those affected by conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray Region.
This generous gift will support the U.N. World Food Programme’s efforts to ramp up emergency food assistance response to reach up to 2 million people in the next six months. So far, the humanitarian agency has provided corn, rice and vegetable oil to 60,000 people in towns in the eastern and southern parts of the region. In addition to delivering emergency food assistance in Tigray, the U.N. World Food Programme has started providing nutrition support for vulnerable pregnant or breastfeeding women as well as children in the region, planning to reach 875,000 people. The U.N. World Food Programme has also delivered three rounds of monthly food rations in the two accessible and operational refugee camps in Tigray.
“My heart breaks for my people of Ethiopia as innocent civilians ranging from small children to the elderly are being senselessly murdered and entire villages are being displaced out of fear and destruction. I will be donating $1 million to provide 2 million meals through the United Nations World Food Programme and encourage those who can to please give as well,” said Abel Tesfaye (The Weeknd).
“We are extremely concerned about the food security situation in Tigray,” said World Food Program USA President & CEO Barron Segar. “As poor households exhaust food stocks, people will fall deeper into emergency levels of hunger. This generous donation from The Weeknd will provide immediate lifesaving food for people who need it urgently.”
The government estimates that 4.5 million people need emergency food assistance until late this year and has requested the U.N. World Food Programme support 1.4 million of them. The outbreak of conflict in Tigray last November coincided with the peak harvest period, meaning employment and incomes were lost, markets were disrupted, food prices rose and access to cash and fuel became very difficult.
ትውልደ ኢትዮጵያዊው ዓለም አቀፍ ድምፃዊ አቤል ተስፋዬ (ዘ ዊኬንድ) በኢትዮጵያ በትግራይ ክልል የሰብዓዊ ደጋፍ ለማቅረብ 1 ሚሊየን ዶላር ድጋፍ አደረገ።አቤል ተስፋዬ በኢትዮጵያ ከዚህ ቀደም በረሃብ ለተጎዱ ዜጎች ድጋፍ ሲያደርግ እንደነበረ በአሜሪካ የአለም ምግብ ፕሮግራም ገልጿል።ዘ ዊኬንድ አሁን ላይም በትግራይ ክልል የምግብ ድጋፍ ለማቅረብ 1 ሚሊየን ዶላር ድጋፍ ማድረጉን የገለፀው በአሜሪካ የአለም ምግብ ፕሮግራም በድምፃዊው የተደረገው ድጋፍ ወሳኝ ነው ብሏል።
ድጋፉ የአለም ምግብ ፕሮግራም በመጪው ስድስት ወራት የአስቸኳይ የምግብ ድጋፍ ለማቅረብ የሚያደርገው ጥረት እንደሚያግዝ ተጠቁሟል። ዘገባው የፋና ነው
