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Severe damage to markets, roads, and power infrastructure has collapsed supply chains and pushed staple prices far beyond household reach, leaving families without enough calories or dietary diversity. Clean water and cooking fuel are scarce, so even when food is available, safe preparation and storage are difficult, and illness spreads quickly in overcrowded shelters.
Children under five, pregnant and lactating women, older adults, and people with chronic illness face sharp risks of wasting, anemia, and dehydration as diarrhea and infections compound hunger. Health facilities are overstretched and short on nutrition supplies, while repeated displacement forces households into harmful coping strategies that erode dignity and resilience.
The response must deliver immediate calories and essential nutrients at scale—safely, predictably, and close to where people live—while stabilizing supply chains and reducing disease that worsens malnutrition.
Lifesaving rations & nutrition care: Provide ready-to-eat rations, fortified staples, and high-energy biscuits timed to household needs, with infant-and-young-child feeding support and referral of severe cases to treatment through nearby clinics.
Safe, orderly last-mile delivery: Use verified lists, timed pickups, accessible sites with lighting and crowd management, and limited home delivery for the homebound to reduce queues, duplication, and protection risks.
Supply continuity & market safeguards: Pre-position stocks, diversify local/regional vendors, manage fuel/energy for storage and transport, and use vendor agreements or e-vouchers where markets function to avoid price spikes.
Water, hygiene & accountability: Pair food with chlorinated water or point-of-use treatment, safe containers, and hygiene kits, and maintain real-time monitoring with hotlines/feedback to adapt targeting, menus, and frequency.
This project had five integrated components that worked together to help approximately 41,000 families who had to leave their homes obtain enough food and other basic needs for two months. The people who were most at risk received their deliveries first, followed by the rest, due to limitations on access and distribution capacity.
Project Objectives/Outputs:
Part 1: Food Package Distribution
Part 2: Fresh Vegetable Distribution
Part 3: Clean Water Access
Part 4: Medical Aid Distribution
Part 5: Charity Kitchen Operations
Program Implementation:
Dr. Yahya Hendi is the Director for Muslim Life. He has been at Georgetown for 25 years and was the first Muslim chaplain to be hired full-time by an American university. Imam Hendi is a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow at the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. Imam Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders. He also serves as a member of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America. Imam has served as an adjunct faculty member for Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Osher’s Lifelong Learning Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University, and Hartford Seminary. Imam Hendi also taught the course Inter-religious Encounters at Georgetown University. He is passionate about environmental responsibility, racial justice, eliminating poverty, fighting against the growing sense of militarism, and empowering Muslims to reform the way they practice and understand Islam. When Imam Hendi is not talking about these topics with students, you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking Maqloobah or his other favorite dishes, grilled chicken, rice, and hummus.
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