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 NOVEMBER, the following activities took place:

Mercy Bakery & Mercy Kitchen update                                                                                              (NOV2022)

Mercy Bakery san1: Location: Sana’a – Hayel

• • We provided 1950 individuals 3250 loaves of bread daily.
  • No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.
  • No change in the staff and the staff number.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

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

• • We provided 1866 individuals 3110 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 1962 individuals 3270 loaves of bread daily.
  • No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery hod1 & 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.

• • No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

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

• • We provided 3090 individuals 5150 loaves of bread daily.
  • We provided 3300 individuals 550 meals of breakfast daily. 

• • No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.
  • No change in the staff and the staff number.

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.

• • No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

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

• We provided 1980 individuals 3000 loaves of bread daily
• We provided 1980 individuals 300 meals of breakfast daily.
• No issues were raised by the local authorities or the health office.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY

Mercy Bakery tai1: Location: Taiz – Turba

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

Mercy Bakery HOD2 & mercy kitchen HOD2: Location: Al-Hodeida – Al-Menaa 

The rehabilitation and preparation are ongoing; the bakery is planned to start in December 2022.

Mercy Bakeries total production                                                                                                      (NOV2022)

Bakery	Bakery 1	Bakery 2	Bakery 3	Bakery 4	Bakery 5	Bakery 6	Bakery 7	Total
Number of Sacks	9o	9o	9o	60	120	90	90	630
Loaves Baked	103680	91800	92700	72000	153600	101700	99000	714480
Number of Assistances	1950	1866	1920	1320	3090	1980	1800	13,926

MERCY BAKERY & MERCY KITCHEN – INDIVIDUALS PER GOVERNORATE                                                                                        (NOV2022)

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

• • 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 November 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.

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CASH ASSISTANCES                                                                                                                                          

• The cash assistance project started in November 2022

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 surgery due to burns for Abdullah Jafar Al-Shaobi in Care health center, under treatment.
  • Liver cirrhosis (chronic disease) for Ameen Abdulwahid Al-Kenani, provided with medicines for 2 months.  

WATER SUPPLY

• Preparation and construction of the water supply project in Al-Err village, Al-Nadra district, Ibb governorate started in November, the water supply will start operating in December 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.