The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) signed on Tuesday four cooperation deals with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Benevolence Coalition for Humanitarian Relief (BCHR) to provide humanitarian aid to Yemen exceeding $5 million.
Adviser at the Saudi Royal Court and supervisor-general of KSRelief, Abdullah al-Rabeeah, signed the first agreement with the BCHR at a value of $2.2 million, which will benefit 3,750 Yemenis directly and 18,750 indirectly in Hadramout, Shabwa, Aden, Lahj and al-Jawf.
The agreement aims at bolstering the chances of early economic recovery in Yemen, supporting the agricultural sector, paying attention to women supporting their families, empowering youth and the unemployed professionally and economically, and mobilizing local markets and contributing to cash flows.
Rabeeah signed the second agreement with BCHR to enable families of needy orphans in Yemen to be self-reliant and find steady income. The agreement is worth $133,000 and will benefit 250 people directly and 1,500 indirectly in Hadramout, Shabwa and Aden.
The third agreement was with the FAO in the field of agriculture and food security. Its value is $2 million and will benefit 147,000 people directly.
The agreement with the IOM aims to reintegrate returning students and displaced people in host communities in Lahj governorate. Its value is $1 million and will benefit 3,468 people.
Rabeeah said during a press conference that the partnership with IOM, FAO and BCHR are aimed at alleviating the suffering of the Yemeni people, pointing out that these programs are based on humanitarian principles that are the bases of KSRelief.
