Video: UAE delivers 4,000 Ramadan food parcels to Yemen

Hadramaut, Yemen - The humanitarian organisation Emirates Red Crescent provided the 171-tonne aid to vulnerable residents of the Al Shihr district.

The UAE, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC), provided 4,000 food parcels weighing 171 tonnes to residents of the Yemeni Governorate of Hadramaut on the occasion of Ramadan.
The aid package was administered in line with the directives of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and endorsed by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the Emirates Red Crescent.
On Thursday, the ERC dispatched a convoy of Ramadan Mir, benefitting over 20,000 vulnerable Yemeni families in Al Shihr districts.

Humaid Rashid Al Shamsi, ERC Representative in Hadramaut, said the convoy was dispatched under the UAE leadership's directives to deliver Ramadan necessities to the families at their homes.
He said this was in compliance with the precautionary measures taken to avoid gatherings to curb the spread of the coronavirus and to ensure the health and safety of citizens in these exceptional circumstances.
Mohammed Ahmed Al Amoudi, Acting Under-secretary of Hadramaut Governorate, thanked the UAE for its humanitarian efforts.
The beneficiaries thanked the UAE's leadership, government and people for their support and humanitarian gesture.

• Ramadan 2021
• MENA