A great example of the positive impact celebrities can have was given by the Weeknd, he announced he will donate $1 million to hunger relief efforts in Ethiopia amid the country's ongoing conflict that has resulted in thousands of deaths.
"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."
-Abel Makkonen Tesfaye
The Weeknd
Abel was born on February 16, 1990, in Scarborough, Ontario, now a district of Toronto. He is the only child of Makkonen and Samra Tesfaye, an Ethiopian migrant couple who came to Canada in the 1980s.
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