WFP Goodwill Ambassador

This article is about the WFP goodwill ambassador title. For other uses, see Goodwill ambassador (disambiguation).

WFP Goodwill Ambassador is an official postnominal honorific title, title of authority, legal status and job description assigned to those goodwill ambassadors and advocates who are designated by the United Nations. WFP goodwill ambassadors are celebrity representatives of the World Food Programme (WFP) who use their talent and popularity to advocate for hunger and food security.

Current WFP goodwill ambassadors

Current listed and supporting goodwill ambassadors, and the year they were appointed:[1]

Name Origin Year Descriptive Title
Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye  Canada 2021[2] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Andrew Zimmern  United States 2021[3] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Amal Dabbas  Jordan 2010[4] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Asma Khan  United Kingdom 2022[5] Chef Advocate for the United Kingdom
Daniel Brühl  Spain /  Germany 2021[6] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
George Stroumboulopoulos  Canada 2011[7] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Hend Sabry  Tunisia /  Egypt 2010[8] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Hlubi Mboya  South Africa 2008[9] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Kate Hudson  United States 2018[10] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Kurara Chibana  Japan 2013[11] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Manal Al Alem  United Arab Emirates 2017[12] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Michael Kors  United States 2015[13] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Tamim Iqbal  Bangladesh 2020[14] WFP Goodwill Ambassador
Arthur Potts Dawson  United Kingdom 2018[15] WFP Chef Advocate
Feike Sijbesma  Netherlands 2021[16] WFP Champion
Zeina Barhoum  Jordan 2020[17] WFP Advocate

See also

References

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  14. ^ "Cricket star Tamim Iqbal named WFP's National Goodwill Ambassador for Bangladesh | World Food Programme". www.wfp.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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