Monday, October 02, 2006
ICRC gives food to needy families during Ramadan
NGOs
During the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is distributing food parcels for destitute families in Iraq. It has already delivered 3,660 parcels – each sufficient to cover the needs of a family of five for a month – to various charitable institutions in the country. Almost half the parcels went to Sunni and Shiite Waqfs (religious endowments) in Baghdad. The ICRC is also delivering relief goods to displaced people and others in need. Since June, in cooperation with the Iraqi Red Crescent Society, it has been distributing such items as food parcels, hygiene kits, kitchen sets, jerrycans and blankets to 5,000 families every month, and it will continue to do so until November. In all, 30,000 families will benefit.
