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All of Bob Dylan's international royalties from his forthcoming album of holiday songs, Christmas In The Heart - which is being released on Monday, October 12 - will be donated to the World Food Programme and Crisis UK in perpetuity, it was announced today by Columbia Records.
Dylan's immediate donations will provide 500,000 meals to school children in the developing world during the holidays through the WFP and 15,000 meals to homeless people in the United Kingdom during the eight days of Christmas (December 23 - December 30) through Crisis.
The WFP is the world's largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide, aiming to feed 108 million people in 74 countries in 2009. Crisis is the United Kingdom's national charity for single homeless people, dedicated to ending homelessness by delivering life-changing services and campaigning for change.
Today's news follows the recent announcement of Bob Dylan's partnership with Feeding America in the United States in which he is donating all of his U.S. royalties from Christmas In The Heart to that organization in perpetuity.
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