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Food & health baskets

Distributions of food and hygiene essentials to families with limited income across Erbil.

A volunteer carries bags of food aid down a street in Erbil
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Aid that knocks on the door

Across Erbil there are families whose income does not stretch to cover the basics. Our answer is direct: baskets of food and health essentials, packed by volunteers and carried into the neighborhoods where they are needed most.

Every distribution happens by hand and in person. Volunteers load the bags, walk the streets and place each basket at the family's own door. We believe aid should arrive with a greeting, not from a distance.

The baskets go to families with limited income, without discrimination of any kind. That founding promise travels inside every bag we deliver.

From the field

Snapshots from the distributions

Volunteers hand a food basket to a family
Every basket is delivered by hand
A mother receives a bag of food and health aid
Aid reaches the family door
A volunteer passes a full aid bag to a resident
Prepared with care, given with respect
Hands passing a food parcel to a family at their home
Neighbors helping neighbors
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Every basket is packed and carried by volunteers. Join them, or help us fill the next one.

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