ERC continues Ramadan aid projects in Hadramawt

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The Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) has continued to distribute hundreds of tonnes of Ramadan food supplies to the people in Hadramawt Governorate, Yemen.

The initiative is part of an urgent humanitarian intervention plan aimed at alleviating the suffering of the people and improving their living conditions during the holy month of Ramadan.

The ERC team distributed 1,122 food parcels during the first third of Ramadan, benefiting 4,822 individuals from families as well as cancer, thalassemia, and kidney failure patients in Mukalla, Khalifa City, and Hadramawt. 

The dispatch of these relief convoys and iftar campaigns comes in conjunction with the holy month.

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