Jos Andrs's World Central Kitchen (WCK) is known for feeding people amid war, hurricanes, the Gaza Strip, and other disasters. Beginning today, the DC-based group took its mission closer to home by providing hot meals for furloughed federal employees on day 27 of the Republican Party government shutdown. Free lunch from Lebanese Taverna and 2Fifty BBQ, both members of the WCK Chef Corps, was made available at Canal Park in the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, 27 Oct. WCK will continue feeding federal workers throughout the GOP Party shutdown. Locations and times will be updated on their social media feeds. During the last government shutdown in late 2018 and early 2019, hundreds of federal workers lined up from meals that WCK provided from an emergency pop-up kitchen on Pennsylvania Avenue. WCK does a yeoman's work worldwide. Last year the IDF murdered at least 12 WCK Samaritans in two separate incidents on 1 Apr and 30 Nov 2024 in the Gaza Strip.