International royalties from Bob Dylan's first Christmas album will be donated to the World Food Program to feed hungry people around the world, the U.N. agency announced Thursday.
"Christmas in the Heart" will be released Oct. 13, Columbia Records has said.
Every 25 cents that goes to the World Food Program can buy a cup of porridge for a school child at a time when hunger threatens the lives of 108 million people worldwide, said Josette Sheeran, the U.N. agency's executive director.
Dylan had previously announced that U.S. royalties would go to the American organization Feeding America. It is estimated that will help feed 1.4 million U.S. families during the holidays.
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