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| Abbreviation | WCK |
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| Formation | 2010 |
| Founder | José Andrés |
| Type | Not-for-profit non-governmental organization |
| Purpose | Food security |
| Headquarters | Washington, DC, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Website | wck |
World Central Kitchen (WCK) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization that provides food relief. It was founded in 2010 by Spanish American chef and restaurateur José Andrés following the earthquake in Haiti,[1][2] and has subsequently responded to Hurricane Harvey, the 2018 lower Puna eruption, 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, the ongoing Gaza humanitarian crisis, and the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
The organization has suffered casualties in areas of armed conflict, including one volunteer in Kharkiv in 2023 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine,[3] and ten aid workers during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, seven in the April 2024 aid convoy attack[4] and three in November 2024.[5]
- ^ Wilson, Christie (25 June 2018). "World Central Kitchen helps to ensure quality meals are made available for evacuees". Honolulu star advertiser. Honolulu. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ^ Cunniffe, Eileen (17 September 2018). "Chefs as First Responders? Yes, Thanks to World Central Kitchen". nonprofit quarterly. Boston, MA. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
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:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Israeli attack in Gaza's Khan Younis". Al Jazeera. 30 November 2024.
A civil car belonging to the World Central Kitchen (WCK) was targeted by an Israeli drone on the Salah al-Din Street in the eastern side of southern Gaza's Khan Younis city. Five civilians were killed, including three of the WCK workers without any prior warning. One of the victims is the director of the charity kitchens here in the Gaza Strip. They are local Palestinians working for the WCK and they were targeted as they were trying to reach one of the places they were operating in.