Korean Americans' contribution to the World Food Programme (WFP) is the largest ever made by an ethnic group for a humanitarian cause in the WFP's relief aid history. The US government legalized individual contributions to the WFP and Red Cross in Su mmer '96 if the donation was intended for humanitarian aid to DPRK. About one thousand Korean Americans generously participated then. Korean American community leaders in New York and Los Angeles launched campaigns to challenge Korean Americans to parti cipate. Since then, at least five groups including Korean American Youth Alliance and Korean American Women's Society have run local or national campaigns.