Emirates Red Crescent donates clothing to families in Yemen

via WAM

The Emirates Red Crescent, in cooperation with the Humanitarian Action Cell, has distributed clothing across Yemen’s Hodeida and Taiz governorates under its Eid Al-Adha drive.

For the fifth consecutive year, the initiative provided clothing garments to 35,000 families- targeting the poor, sick, orphaned, and displaced persons across both regions.

The clothing drive coincides with another Emirates Red Crescent initiative in Yemen, which saw the distribution of sacrificial meat Hadhramaut to ease the financial burden of families. 

The distribution took place in the Al Mukalla District, in the presence of Ahmed Salem Bazroos, Director General of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour Office in Hadhramaut Coast, along with a number of representatives from the ERC. 

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