The phrase "assisted nearly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the extent to which assistance was provided, often in a context where the assistance was close to complete or significant.
Example: "The volunteers assisted nearly all the families in the community during the outreach program."
Alternatives: "helped almost" or "supported nearly".
They arranged for 37 others to stay overnight at the Riviera Idle wild Hotel near the port and assisted nearly 40 to find space on other planes to Europe.
The program has now assisted nearly 6,000 animals previously at risk of entering the shelter system, and early follow-up with a sample of Los Angeles clients reveals that well over 80% of these pets remain in their homes.
Sacramento Steps Forward, a public-private partnership, helped about 700 homeless families move into permanent housing, assisted nearly 500 more connect with emergency shelter, and built 75 long-term housing units for homeless individuals in 2011.
It also was created a network of 10 public defenders that have assisted nearly 700 children from July 2009 to June 2010.
Last month the United Nations and its partners appealed for $920 million to assist nearly one million Rohingya refugees now encamped in Bangladesh.
The program, which is assisting nearly four million families, has received positive reviews from international organizations, but it has also been besieged by allegations of corruption in the distribution of payments.
Not to mention, enduring low wages and a system largely devoid of the same technological aids that have come to assist nearly every other profession.
The Ugandan government, UNHCR and our partners are assisting nearly 200,000 refugees from South Sudan in Adjumani district alone.
Concerns that it would displace a lot of the city's more marginalized people (a stone's throw from the new stadium sits the Boyle Street Community Centre, a drop-in shelter that assists nearly 10,000 people a year) quickly gave way to hopes that it would revitalize Edmonton's otherwise dead downtown.
UNICEF airlifts emergency supplies for school children in Mongolia Urgently needed supplies to assist nearly 4,000 school-age children in the hardest hit areas of the dzud winter emergency in Mongolia were airlifted over the weekend in a joint effort by UNICEF and the Government of Mongolia.
ULAANBAATAR, 2 March 2010 - Urgently needed supplies to assist nearly 4,000 school-age children in the hardest hit areas of the dzud winter emergency in Mongolia were airlifted over the weekend in a joint effort by UNICEF and the Government of Mongolia.
