Islamic Help has completed winter assistance project 19-20, which started at the end of 2019, targeting 5,200 individuals among to the ultra-poor, marginalized and IDPs households, as well as laborers in cleaning in Taiz Governorate (southwest of Yemen).
The assistance provided included the areas of "Bani Shaiba Al Gharb", Al-Dar Aljadid IDPs Camp for the, Dhahra IDPs camp, Al-Qahfa, Al-Safia, Aturbah Town in the Shamaytin district, in addition to the areas of Thubat and Hasanat in the Salah district of Taiz Governorate.
The distributed winter materials contained hundreds of food packages, blankets, winter shoes and clothes for schoolchildren and various winter clothing vouchers for the IDPs, the poorest and the marginalized, and 4,000 liters of household gas.
The beneficiaries, in turn, expressed their thanks for the humanitarian efforts made by Islamic Help to support them and alleviate their suffering through the support they provide to the Yemeni people.
Dr. Jamal Al-Haddi, the country director of the Islamic Help, confirmed that the organization has implemented many relief projects that included health, food, shelter and social activities during the past months targeting tens of thousands of the most vulnerable families, stressing that during the coming periods, other relief and humanitarian projects and programs will be implemented for needy and poor families in Yemen's governorates.
Al-Haddi thanked the donors (Islamic Mission UK, Global Ehsan Relief and Benny Appeal USA) for their generous support and all those working in the field for their efforts to deliver winter assistance to the beneficiaries to areas close to the lines of fronts.
From his side, Mohammed Al Hammadi, the field coordinator of the winter assistance project, stressed that winter assistance enabled the most needy people to cover their immediate needs, including obtaining 18 liters of cooking gas, warm clothes, blankets and food baskets, which would have a positive impact on their health and safety and alleviate their suffering during the harsh winter.
