January 2023 Project Report

OVERVIEW

Mission: To improve the lives of individuals and families affected by the war in Yemen through a range of sustainable projects, providing tangible results with a positive impact.

A Non-governmental, 501 (c) (3) charitable organization dedicated to alleviating the suffering caused by the ongoing conflict in Yemen. Officially established in New York City in 2018, from its more informal beginnings in 2015, HRD is the result of friends and community pulling together to find a way to help those less fortunate.

During the month of January, the following activities took place:

Mercy Bakery & Mercy Kitchen update (Jan2023)

Mercy Bakery san1: Location: Sana’a – Hayel

- We provided 1950 individuals 3456 loaves of bread daily.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery san2 & Mercy kitchen san1: Location: Sana’a – Al-Hasaba

- We provided 1866 individuals 3060 loaves of bread daily.
- We provided 396 individuals 66 meals of breakfast daily.
- No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery san3: Location: Sana’a – 16 st

- We provided 1920 individuals 3090 loaves of bread daily.
- No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery Hodeia 1 & Mercy Kitchen hod1: Location: Al-Hodeida – Al-Salakhana

- We provided 1320 individuals 2200 loaves of bread daily
- We provided 1320 individuals 220 meals of breakfast daily.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

BAKERY HODEIDA 2 & MERCY KITCHEN HODEIDA 2: Location: Al-Hodeida – Workers city

- We provided 1800 individuals 3300 loaves of bread daily.
- We provided 1800 individuals 300 meals of breakfast daily.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery ibb1 & mercy kitchen ibb1: Location: IBB – Ba’adan

- We provided 3090 individuals 5120 loaves of bread daily.
- We provided 3300 individuals 550 meals of breakfast daily.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery ibb2 & mercy kitchen ibb2: Location: IBB – Jibla

- We provided 1980 individuals 3300 loaves of bread daily
- We provided 1980 individuals 330 meals of breakfast daily.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery BAY1 & mercy kitchen BAY1: Location: Al-Baydha – Rada’a

We provided 1800 individuals 3300 loaves of bread daily.
We provided 1800 individuals 300 meals of breakfast daily.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery tai1: Location: Taiz – Turba

HRD started to pay the rent of the shops since September 2022.

Mercy Bakeries total production (JAN2023)

MERCY KITCHENS TOTAL PRODUCTION & INDIVIDUALS SERVED

MERCY BAKERY & MERCY KITCHEN – INDIVIDUALS PER GOVERNORATE

limitations

While all equipment and items of the bakeries that are located outside of Sana’a are delivered from Sana’a (the high quality and the availability is only in Sana’a) the following challenges and risks might be encountered:

- Are exposed to the risk of highway robbery.
- Difficulties of using highway roads that are not maintained.
- Delivering the goods from Sana’a costs more.
- Delivering the goods through a company is recommended to deliver the goods securely.
- The continuous increase in prices of goods and foodstuff while the value of the USD is going down.
- There is a huge crisis in the availability of fuel as the petrol and cooking gas are mostly not available in the market with official prices, and scarcely available in black market with high prices.

appendices

- The individuals are served with high quality of loaves and food.
- No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office in all branches.
- No change in the staff and the staff number.
- After building a good working relationship with the tradesmen, HRD sometimes receive flour in advance from them and
  pay them back few days later. (due to the delay encountered in bank transactions and transfer)
- Beneficiaries are selected by a field survey done by the staff without the interference of the neighborhood leader,
  (noting that we don’t rely on local organizations/corporations nor the authorities field surveys)

The criteria of the beneficiary’s selection:

Low income, orphans, displaced, widows, women with no foster, divorced women.

DAR AL-SHAWKANI ORPHANAGE – COOK

- Paying cook wage.

AL-SHAFAQAA FOUNDATION

- Rent payment period started from December 2022 as per the meeting held in the foundation in October.

WATER TRUCKS

- 2 locations in Sana’a governorate, in 60 st. road.
- 2 trucks a month for each location.
- Total: 4 water trucks

UPLIFTS

Uplift 3 – November 2022 end of project and contract.

CASH ASSISTANCES

The cash assistance project is ongoing since November 2022.

Total number of beneficiaries in November: 187
Total number of beneficiaries in December: 19
Total number of beneficiaries in January: 48

Medical emergency update

One of the most important project sections of HRD that targets the most urgent and vulnerable health cases.

These criteria of the selected patients are:

Low income, vulnerable families, health and emergency needs noting that there is no direct cash assistance, payments are made through hospitals and pharmacies.

HRD has targeted the following patients:

- Burns and gangrene treatment for Samar Salim from Hodeida in Care health center, under treatment.
- Back treatment due to burns for Abdullah Jafar Al-Shaobi in Care health center, under treatment.es for 2 months.

WATER SUPPLY

Alerr village, Al-Nadera district, Ibb governorate
Started operating since December 1st, 2022.

appendices

- 90% of the projects processing (preparation, planning and implementation) are going well.
- Through the staff effective teamwork, HRD managed to overcome the circumstances encountered.
- The projects are planned and implemented in steady steps with the coordination of the finance department and the management.
- The problems that have been raised are usually from the targeted parties’ heads and the local authorities.
- With Small sized staff, HRD managed to handle many projects successfully.