ERC distributes 40,000 food baskets to people of Wadi Hadramaut

ABU DHABI, 24th January, 2016 (WAM) -- The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has intensified its humanitarian programmes and relief operations for the benefit of the people of Wadi Hadramaut in Yemen. The ERC's voluntary teams continued distribution of 40,000 food baskets to the victims of the current events, as part of the its efforts to bridge the gap in demand and availability of food in the Yemeni governorates. In its statement yesterday, the ERC said food assistance were dispatched to thousands of families with each food package containing 20 kg of rice, 25 kg of sugar and 25 kg of flour as well as six bottles of oil, enough to meet the needs of a family for a month. The statement also said that the ERC's representatives, in the presence of Essam Habreesh Al Kathiri, Undersecretary of Hadramout Governorate for Wadi and Desert Directorates Affairs and a number of Yemeni officials, distributed the food assistance to beneficiaries in the Governorate and its Directorates. It also confirmed that the aid comes in continuation of relief programmes initiated since the outbreak of the crisis in Yemen and were aimed at alleviating the suffering of the affected people and improving humanitarian conditions. – Emirates News Agency, WAM -http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395290659156.html