Yemen Relief Organization
Food SecuritySeptember 12, 2024

Distribution of 2,500 Emergency Food Baskets to Vulnerable and Displaced Families in Rural Taiz

Yemen Relief Organization launched a new emergency food assistance phase to alleviate hunger and malnutrition for thousands of needy households in isolated mountainous communities in Taiz Governorate.

Distribution of 2,500 Emergency Food Baskets to Vulnerable and Displaced Families in Rural Taiz

Urgent Humanitarian Response to Food Insecurity

As part of its food security and emergency relief interventions, field teams from Yemen Relief Organization completed the distribution of 2,500 comprehensive food baskets across remote districts of rural Taiz, targeting the most vulnerable households, widows, orphans, and persons with disabilities.

Basket Components

  • Essential Staples: 50kg fortified wheat flour, 20kg rice, 10kg sugar, and 10 liters of vegetable cooking oil.
  • Legumes & Nutrients: Sufficient allocations of dried beans, lentils, iodized salt, and milk powder.
  • Vulnerability Criteria: Beneficiaries were selected based on thorough field surveys in coordination with local community committees.

The project coordinator stated that these packages serve as a lifeline for families who lost their livelihood sources due to prolonged hardship, emphasizing ongoing plans to expand coverage to further remote areas.

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A total of **21,500 families** were supported through the Child Malnutrition Food Basket Project, aiming to help provide appropriate food for children suffering from malnutrition, strengthen food security for beneficiary families, and alleviate their hardships.

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