The Weeknd is allocating another $2million from his XO Humanitarian Fund toward WFP’s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza

Abel ‘The Weeknd’ Tesfaye is allocating another $2million from his XO Humanitarian Fund toward WFP’s humanitarian response efforts in Gaza. 

This support will provide over 1,500 metric tons of fortified wheat flour, which can make over 18 million loaves of bread that can help feed more than 157,000 Palestinians for one month.

This funding builds on the original $2.5million, equivalent to four million emergency meals, that Tesfaye directed to WFP’s Gaza response in December 2023. 

It provided 820 metric tons of food parcels to feed more than 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks.

He is a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador.

Tesfaye is also making an urgent appeal to fans, calling on them to give what they can by donating towards WFP’s efforts in Gaza. 

More than 1 million Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger across Gaza and need urgent support.

‘With famine looming in Gaza, Abel’s generous support will provide vital relief for thousands of Palestinian families who battle the grip of hunger every day. We are tremendously grateful for his contribution, compassion and for his unwavering advocacy for WFP and the people of Palestine,’ said WFP’s Director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe Region, Corinne Fleischer.

WFP is providing desperately needed food to over a million people across Gaza each month and is working to re-activate collapsed food systems. 

Most food is distributed in central and southern Gaza, with food deliveries to the north increasing since March. 

Around 2,100 metric tons of food parcels and wheat flour have been brought into northern Gaza via land routes and an additional 45 metric tons have been airdropped.

WFP distributes food in U.N. shelters, communities and make-shift camps, including ready-to-eat food, wheat flour and specialized nutritional products for children, as well as pregnant and nursing mothers.

It also supports over 100 community kitchens and aims to provide 500,000 hot meals daily. WFP is helping bakeries become operational again, supplying four bakeries in the north and 12 bakeries in central and southern Gaza with wheat flour, fuel, yeast, salt and sugar.

‘We are very grateful for Abel’s continued support as WFP works to respond to the urgent hunger crisis in Gaza,’ said Barron Segar, President and CEO, World Food Program USA.

This funding builds on the original $2.5 million, equivalent to four million emergency meals, that Tesfaye directed to WFP’s Gaza response in December 2023. It provided 820 metric tons of food parcels to feed more than 173,000 Palestinians for two weeks

He is a United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador. Tesfaye is also making an urgent appeal to fans, calling on them to give what they can by donating towards WFP’s efforts in Gaza. More than 1 million Palestinians face catastrophic levels of hunger across Gaza and need urgent support

‘Hunger is a human-made problem, and as such, it is solvable. We have enough food in this world to feed everyone; all we need is the funding and safe access to make it happen. 

‘Thanks to Abel’s designation, families and children will receive the food they so desperately need.’

Tesfaye, appointed a Goodwill Ambassador in October 2021, has actively supported WFP’s global hunger-relief mission through personal donations and the XO Humanitarian Fund established in partnership with World Food Program USA. 

Tesfaye, his partners and fans have raised $6.5 million to-date for the Fund. In total, Tesfaye has directed $4.5 million toward Gaza operations. Additionally, through the Fund, Tesfaye sent $2 million to support WFP’s emergency food assistance for women and children in Ethiopia.

This comes after The Weeknd’s manager Amir ‘Cash XO’ Esmailian endured a terrifying ordeal outside his home in the Amestoy Estates area of Encino on Monday. 

One of the 40-year-old talent manager’s security guards is in ‘critical condition’ after he was shot multiple times following an run-in with ‘three males wearing hoodies and masks who had made their way onto the $12 million property’ during the wee hours.

Law enforcement sources told TMZ that the wounded security guard ‘heard gunshots and realized he was wounded’ shortly after ‘engaging the suspects’ around 2:25 a.m. 

The guard, whose identity has not been made public, was rushed to the hospital to treat his injuries. 

The Weeknd’s manager Amir ‘Cash XO’ Esmailian endured a terrifying ordeal outside his home in the Amestoy Estates area of Encino during the wee hours on Monday

One of the 40-year-old talent manager’s security guards is in ‘critical condition’ after he was shot multiple times following an run-in with ‘three males wearing hoodies and masks who had made their way onto the $12 million property’

DailyMail.com has reached out for comment, but has not heard back, at this time. 

According to Fox 11, the guard ‘was taken into surgery and is expected to survive.’ 

At the time, ‘investigators said at least four people were inside the home at the time of the shooting.’ 

A neighbor told KTLA that violent incidents, like this, are rare in the area.

‘I’m sure whatever happened here was captured on the security camera,’ she said. ‘Unfortunately, that can bring danger with it, too.’ 

Esmailian’s seven-bedroom home, which is currently on the market, reportedly boasts nine bathrooms, a ‘state-of-the-art security system’ and indoor pool.

Other amenities inside the mansion, located on a 34,000 square-foot, include two temperature-controlled wine cellars, gym, theater and sauna. 

An insider also told TMZ that ‘the shooting was a result of an attempted home invasion.’