Beyoncé helps chef Jose Andres bring meals to victims of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana

Beyoncé mobilized to come to the aid of the victims of Hurricane Ida which hit Louisiana last weekend. To do this, the star helped chef Jose Andres who works to distribute meals to the victims through an initiative called World Central Kitchen which intervened in the aftermath of humanitarian disasters.

“We joined @ wckitchen during the peak of the pandemic, and have not stopped supporting communities where there is a lack of food. They are now providing 100,000 meals to those affected by Hurricane Ida. Visit http://wck.org to help their efforts ”, one can read in a tweet from BeyGood, the singer’s foundation.

Disaster after disaster

Delivering torrential rains, devastating floods, and winds at 240 km / h, Hurricane Ida rocked Louisiana last weekend, just 16 years after Katrina. It is difficult for the moment to estimate the material damage and the human losses caused by the disaster. A storm of exceptional power but which could become commonplace in the decades to come due to global warming.

As for World Central Kitchen, the NGO is practically on all fronts, whether it is distributing meals in Haiti where the population is slowly recovering from the earthquake of last month, or on the tarmac. from Dulles airport where the Afghan refugees taken in by the United States arrived.