The Weeknd performs in the course of the Tremendous Bowl halftime present, on Feb. 7, 2021. (Ashley Landis / AP)
TORONTO --
Canadian pop famous person the Weeknd is partnering with the United Nations on a brand new humanitarian fund to struggle the worldwide starvation disaster.
The United Nation's World Meals Programme says the Toronto-born "Blinding Lights" singer made an preliminary donation of US$500,000 to launch the XO Humanitarian Fund.
The Weeknd, whose actual identify is Abel Tesfaye, additionally plans to donate US$1 from every ticket offered to his upcoming After Hours 'til Daybreak stadium tour to the fund. The UN estimates these efforts might draw one other $3.5 million by the tip of subsequent yr.
The UN company says the cash will assist communities going through starvation in international locations together with Afghanistan, Yemen and Ethiopia, the nation the place each of Tesfaye's dad and mom lived earlier than they immigrated to Canada.
Starvation crises have intensified world wide as battle and local weather change, compounded by COVID-19 and rising bills, are "driving tens of millions of individuals nearer to hunger — threatening to extend migration and instability globally."
The UN says greater than 44 million individuals are going through famine, whereas one other 276 million are going through extreme starvation.
The meals program's U.S. board of administrators says it should contribute a further US$1 million to assist efforts in Ethiopia and assist launch the XO fund, which is known as after the Weeknd's report label.
Tesfaye was chosen as one of many meals program's world ambassadors final yr and organizers say he has donated US$1.8 million in whole.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed March 3, 2022.
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