The Service and Relief Department – Diakonia, at the Middle East Council of Churches has distributed food and hygiene kits to poor families in Dara’a Al Balad in Dara’a Governorate.

In addition to the food and hygiene kits, the families having children aged 4 and below received infant kits so that each of these families received a maximum of three kits.

The families benefiting from distributions included women headed households and those having persons with disabilities.

All COVID -19 precautionary measures were implemented during the process.

One of the beneficiaries said,” we are poor and unable to buy a variety of foods. Our nutrition is limited to bread and some cheese or zaatar. We rarely eat bulgur or rice because they are expensive. The kit that was provided by MECC includes a variety of food items that my family and I like such as pasta, chickpeas, lentils and mortadella”.

He added,” As for the hygiene kit, it included many important items such as the bucket, basin, sanitizers, soap, etc… We did not have a bucket and were not able to buy another one. The same applies to detergents and sanitizers. As for the diapers, I buy those that are sold by weight and are of average quality. The rash cream is also very beneficial for my youngest child taking into consideration that medications are very expensive and their prices are constantly increasing”.