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In November 2008, Mercy-USA Distributed Food Packages and Household Kits to Homeless Flood Survivors in Hadramout, Yemen
From November 17 to November 19, 2008, Mercy-USA for Aid and Development's Disaster Response Team distributed food packages and household kits
to over 4,600 persons left homeless by severe flash floods in the Hadramout Region of Yemen.
The team distributed food packages and household kits to 325 displaced families (over 1,900 persons) in the towns of Broum, Sheher and Tiwila, as well as to
families housed in the Siddiq School in the city of Al-Mukalla. In addition, Mercy-USA distributed food packages to 2,730 homeless persons in the Tareem area.
The food packages contained rice, pasta, sugar, cooking oil, dry milk, canned tuna, beans, cheese, tomato paste, tea and a protein-enriched sweet.
The household kits consisted of blankets, mattresses, laundry detergent, bar soap, baby diapers and feminine hygiene pads.
For more details on these distribution, please click here.
 
In late October 2008, severe flash floods in the Hadramout and Al-Mahrah regions of Yemen killed about 200 persons, and left up to 25,000 others homeless. Mercy-USA for Aid and Development's Disaster Response Team arrived in the affected region on November 13, 2008 and carried out a field assessment to determine the needs of the flood survivors.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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