Effective Food Aid: 15,000 Meals Ready to Eat for West Africa

Dubai, UAE, December 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Saahtain Foods, with logistics and distribution provided by Dubai Charity Association, has sent 15,000 Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) to West Africa on behalf of one of its leading clients. The meals are part of a broader Food Aid program for Africa from UAE. Commenting on the collaboration Mr Ahmed Mohammed Mesmar, Secretary General of Dubai Charity said: "We are thankful to Saahtain Foods for choosing Dubai Charity to distribute Tayyib Ready to Eat Meals, which are a very effective way to provide Halal food aid."

The current crisis has affected 28 million people in West Africa which has just a few hundred doctors. In addition, the United Nation's World Food Program notes that food prices have already risen by 24 percent across the board so far this year in the three worst-afflicted countries.

"It's not only a health and food crisis, it is a poverty crisis. Getting food nutrition to the needy at this time in an affordable and effective way is very important for sustainable food aid. We are glad that our MREs do exactly that," said Adeel Khan, CEO of Saahtain Foods.

The Tayyib brand of MREs, produced by Saahtain Foods, are 100% natural, highly nutritional meals with a localized taste. Specially manufactured in the UAE our MREs are appreciated by the beneficiaries because they don't require cooking and there are no special requirements for storing the meals.

About Dubai Charity Association 

Dubai Charity Association began its charitable and humanitarian activities in 1994 after being incorporated in Dubai under the Ministerial Decision No. 85 / 1994 issued by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

Contact:
P.O. Box 14250, Dubai, UAE
+971-4-2682000
dca@dubaicharity.org.ae

About Saahtain Foods 

Saahtain Foods is the region's first company to make 100% halal, 100% natural, highly nutritional meals in Ready to Eat pouches that use NASA technology to preserve the food. We service a wide customer base of Humanitarian, Emergency and Relief agencies globally in this sector. In addition, we also support individual donors and corporates in their philanthropic and CSR efforts.

Contact
Jane Pereira, Media Relations
225, DIC Complex 1
International Humanitarian City, Dubai, UAE
jane.pereira@saahtain.com