Emirates Red Crescent distributes food aid to 181,000 Yemeni families

SANAA, Yemen, 27th October 2015 (WAM) --- Some 181,000 Yemeni families in the cities of Seiyun, Shibam and neighbouring villages in the province of Hadramawt have received food packages from the Emirates Red Crescent in the past three months. Director of the Emirates Red Crescent's office in Seiyun and Shibam, Nasser Al Kathiri, told the Yemeni News Agency, that of those, 17,268 families were displaced from other Yemeni provinces. Some 732 people with special needs, including autistic children and physically, visually, and hearing-impaired persons were among the beneficiaries of the UAE's food aid. The UAE's agency, he noted, distributed the food aid between August and October in collaboration with local committees comprising Imams of mosques and dignitaries. The food packages included sugar, flour, cooking oil and rice. Families with more than five members, and all displaced families, received a full food package. – Emirates News Agency, WAM - http://www.wam.ae/en/news/emirates/1395287186099.html