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Media Alert: Chef José Andrés Receives Ukraine’s “National Legend of Ukraine” Award as WCK Reaches 300 Million Meals Served
Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen (WCK), has received the “National Legend of Ukraine,” one of the country’s highest state distinctions, from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Beirut: Update from the ground
Nearly three weeks ago, on Tuesday, August 4, an explosion at the port in Beirut, Lebanon, devastated the city. The blast was the largest non-nuclear explosion in modern history. More than 200…
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WCK Activates in Beirut, Lebanon
WCK is on the ground in Beirut, Lebanon after the devastating explosion on August 4, 2020. Much of the city is covered in broken glass and thousands of volunteers are in the…
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25 million meals & A message from José
In February, WCK got a call: a cruise ship was coming into port in Yokohama, Japan, with a large number of cases of a new, relatively unknown disease. Our team used its…
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A Day with WCK’s Relief Team in Oakland, California
Since the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in mid-March, WCK’s Relief Team has deployed across the country (as well as in Spain, Indonesia, & the Dominican Republic) to feed frontline healthcare…
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WCK’s Restaurants for the People Highlight: Mott Haven
“If it wasn’t for World Central Kitchen, I would never have been able to sustain my restaurant. In mid-March, I had to close my doors. I tried to do delivery only, but…
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Meet the Relief Team: New Mexico & Navajo Nation
“It’s not the meal… It’s the somebody loves you, somebody cares about you, somebody is thinking about you. Somebody got in a truck and drove out here to serve you a meal.…
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Restaurants for the People: 2,300 Restaurants Cooking
Even as businesses have begun to partially reopen, tens of millions of Americans remain out of work. And with Covid cases once again on the rise, the future for many restaurants remains…
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Stories from the ground: WCK’s Latest #ChefsForAmerica Update
Since activating in March, WCK has served 15 million meals across America and in Spain. We are currently working with more than 2,000 restaurants to cook meals in their communities. This effort…
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10 Million Meals Served: Latest from WCK’s COVID-19 Response
It’s been 70 days since WCK’s COVID-19 response began across America and expanded into Spain. Since then, we have served over 10 million fresh meals to students, families in need, seniors and…
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Dispatch from José: WCK Activates in the Navajo Nation
WCK’s Relief Team activated this week in Navajo Nation, which has been hit hard by COVID-19. José has been on the ground helping with food distribution in hard-to-reach communities, and we’re just…
