You can provide iftar meals for a fasting person for the entire month of Ramadan in nine countries for $120. “Whoever feeds a fasting person will have their reward without decreasing from the fasting person’s reward.” During the blessed month…
Read moreFamilies who have been devastated by four years of severe drought in Somalia are suffering from an ironic weather event. At the end of April, flash floods swept through parts of Somalia and washed away or flooded makeshift homes of…
Read moreMercy-USA for Aid and Development is partnering with the Turkish Red Crescent to provide food packages to these desperate refugees arriving in Bangladesh. Meal-ready food kits are being given to freshly arrived refugees, and then once settled, families are receiving…
Read moreSince December 2017, approximately 350,000 Syrians have again been displaced in northern Syria—many of these families have been forced to flee a second or third time seeking safety from hostilities or bombings. Tens of thousands fled closer to the Turkish…
Read moreThe effects of the ongoing, ten-year Israeli-imposed blockade of Gaza have had a destructive impact on the lives of children and their families. Restricted movement of people and goods has crippled the economy and caused widespread unemployment. 70% of Palestinians…
Read moreDrought and Starvation Strike in Somalia According to the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), “The humanitarian situation in Somalia has deteriorated rapidly.” After three consecutive years of failed rains and an ominous long-range forecast for the…
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