Mercy-USA for Aid and Development

Mercy-USA for Aid and Development is working with our long-time partner, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to provide emergency food and essential shelter necessities such as blankets, mattresses, mats, kitchen sets, and nylon/tarpaulin sheeting. They are also distributing vitally important hygiene supplies like soap, towels, shampoo, baby wipes, and diapers to Palestinians in Gaza who are suffering in this latest escalation of violence on children and their families. More Information 

One month after the blast in Beirut, Mercy-USA is still operating one mobile medical unit providing follow up care for wounds and treatment for patients who are not able to be seen in the local clinics and hospitals. Chronic prescription medication distribution has started in the Karantina neighborhood, a hard-hit area near the scene of the explosion, for those unable to fill and pay for their medicine. The program is offering immediate help to those who rely on medicine to treat chronic illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure. One beneficiary of Mercy-USA’s chronic prescription medicine program is the elderly grandmother of Ahmad Obeid. Ahmad, 20, fled Syria to Beirut in 2012 with his family. He is not able to work now due to injuries he sustained in the blast. He told us, “We fled the destruction in Syria, and now the suffering is following us.” As part of our chronic medicine distribution program, Mercy-USA delivered Ahmad’s grandmother a two months’ supply of the prescription medicine she needs. More Information