(2 Mar 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sanaa, Yemen – 1 March 2025
1. Charity kitchen volunteers carrying a pot of rice
2. Various of organizer Hamada al-Beleih cooking rice in large pot, scooping rice from pot to prepare meals that will be distributed to poor families
3. Various of a volunteer cooking potatoes
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hamada al-Beleih, organizer:
"The charitable kitchen started in 2016. We began with 100 beneficiaries. Now, the number of beneficiaries has reached 1,500. We target several areas in Sanaa, including Al-Tahrir, Al-Qaa, Bir Al-Suwaidi, Al-Balqa and others."
5. Various of people packing food and people watching
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Khalid al-Hamadi, volunteer and beneficiary of the charity kitchen:
"We thank them for this charitable initiative. May God reward them for feeding the citizens and the poor in some areas of Bir Al-Azab (in Sanaa) and its surroundings."
7. Various of people outside the kitchen
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Sanaa, Yemen – 26 February 2025
8. Various of people and stalls in a grain market
9. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Asaad Ghallab, shop owner:
"Demand is weak. Before, a person would buy stuff worth up to 30,000 Yemeni riyals ($120). Now they only purchase 10,000 riyals ($40) worth. They used to buy by the container but now they buy by the kilogram or even a quarter of a kilogram. May God have mercy on the citizens, many do not have salaries."
10. Various of people shopping
11. Various of a man counting banknotes
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yousef al-Mahdary, local resident:
"We come (to the market) to buy annual food supplies for the month of Ramadan, such as dates, pasta, vermicelli and other seasonal food items. Prices vary due to the siege and war but we praise and thank God in all circumstances."
13. Various of people shopping and goods
STORYLINE:
The Al-Boneih charity kitchen initiative in Yemen’s capital continued providing breakfast for fasting people for the sixth year on Saturday.
The charity kitchen has been providing free meals to those fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, extending a lifeline to people in need.
Volunteers toil in the kitchen cooking food in massive pots to feed hundreds of people every day.
Organizer Hamada al-Beleih says the initiative started in 2016 and provided 100 meals a day at the time.
Now it provides 1,500.
During Ramadan, mosques and charities regularly provide meals for the poor as initiatives like the Sanaa charity kitchen spring up across the region.
Markets in Yemeni cities, including Sanaa, are experiencing stagnation due to declining incomes and rising prices.
"They used to buy by the container (30 kg) but now they buy by the kilogram or even a quarter of a kilogram," said shopkeeper Asaad Ghallab.
"May God have mercy on the citizens, many do not have salaries," he added.
People have been affected by the fluctuation and variation in prices due to the war, which began in 2014 when the Houthis swept down from their northern stronghold and seized the capital, Sanaa, along with much of the country’s north.
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