Hot Meal Distribution in Eastern Ghouta Supported by Shabab Al Khayr
Implementation Method
Driven by the widespread extreme misery, that only worsen under intensive and continual bombardment and the inability to leave underground shelters, Beyaz Eller collaborated with various partners to implement a series of projects to support the besieged households and help them overcome this hardship. Supervised by “Abdullah Al Nouri Charity Society” and supported by “Shabab Al Khayr Volunteering Team”, we implemented a project of “Hot Meal Distribution”.
Our team in Eastern Ghouta started preparing meals that consist of rice and meat, which are the most important nutrients for human beings. Once ready, meals were delivered to the besieged families inside shelters.
The number of distributed meals was 2,050 that reached 1,455 benefiters as means to alleviate their humanitarian suffering.
A young man, provides service to the needy in one of the underground shelters. He says:
ِA teacher in the elementary stage who lives in a shelter with her three children and tries to collect food remnants from nearby families…
“For over five years, we have suffered a repressive siege that denied our simplest rights. It has become a dream to afford food for one household on one table.”He adds…“Most of the 400,000 residents in Ghouta have lost their jobs and means of living. Food scarcity threatens lives of many children. Today, we undergo an arbitrary bombardment that added more difficulties to earning livelihood.”Continues..“I have an 18-month baby who suffers from malnutrition; I cannot afford the necessary food to his mother to breastfeed him. Today, his health continues to deteriorate as he bitterly needs unavailable yet essential nutrients.”
“In Ghouta, where food was produced and sent to all surrounding cities before the war, affording food to your children has become a luxury. The ongoing destruction of the agricultural land, along with a stifling siege that banned food imports, made it extremely difficult to afford a daily meal for each of your children.”Looking at her under-three child while he eats from the food distributed shortly before..“the grown-ups can survive hunger but children are helpless against it, especially when it lasts for two and three days. He eats so fervently as if he sees food for the first time in life. We do not know how long this will last.”
A lasting support
Towards the continued current of suffering, our teams inside Syria will strive to support the afflicted communities wherever there are, and will keep providing every possible assistance and service that enable them overcoming this hardship.