KSA and the UAE will provide US$200 million for urgent humanitarian assistance to Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency has reported.
The funding is part of a US$500 million donation that Imdaad announced in November 2018. Imdaad is an organised campaign of urgent assistance to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people by meeting basic needs for food, nutrition, health and livelihoods in Yemen.
The initiative is in cooperation with UN agencies, and reaffirms the humanitarian stance of the coalition states, led by KSA and the UAE.
US$140 million has been allocated to the World Food Programme (WFP) to bridge the funding gap for food needs; US$40 million to UNICEF to address sanitation issues and malnutrition among children and mothers; and US$20 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help control cholera and to provide intravenous feeding fluids.
Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, KSA Advisor to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) said that the coalition, in particular KSA and the UAE, are striving to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people due to the Houthi militias' violations of the Stockholm Agreement and its recommendations and in exploitation of the crisis for their own military and political gains.
Dr Al Rabeeah added that the initiative is designed for rapid implementation and delivery to the areas most in need, with a special focus on the most vulnerable groups such as women and children.
He further stated that KSA and the UAE are keen to implement an urgent programme with partners – particularly WFP, UNICEF and WHO – to mitigate malnutrition, health as well as water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Yemen and help to avert famine and the epidemic diseases associated with it.
HE Reem Al Hashimy, UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation, stated that a large portion of this support will focus on women, which is crucial to foreign aid programmes because of their prominent and pivotal role in providing efficient assistance and promoting the building of the social structure.
She pointed to the difficulties that hinder the delivery of aid to Yemen, mainly due to obstacles put in place by the Houthis, such as preventing beneficiaries from gaining proper access to humanitarian aid. The Minister said the timing of the support has been chosen to meet urgent needs and to ensure the delivery of aid assistance in the coming weeks to allow the Yemeni people to maintain their traditions and to carry out the practices for Ramadhan.
She also called for respect of the peace agreements so that work could begin on rebuilding Yemen.
This initiative is in addition to the two countries' previous pledges of US$1 billion, and US$250 million provided by Kuwait. The earlier pledges were announced at the UN’s High- level Pledging Event for Yemen on 26 February 2019, and was the largest grant in the history of the UN. Financial support for Yemen from the coalition countries, led by KSA and the UAE, surpassed US$18 billion in the past four years.
The funding is part of a US$500 million donation that Imdaad announced in November 2018. Imdaad is an organised campaign of urgent assistance to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people by meeting basic needs for food, nutrition, health and livelihoods in Yemen.
The initiative is in cooperation with UN agencies, and reaffirms the humanitarian stance of the coalition states, led by KSA and the UAE.
US$140 million has been allocated to the World Food Programme (WFP) to bridge the funding gap for food needs; US$40 million to UNICEF to address sanitation issues and malnutrition among children and mothers; and US$20 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help control cholera and to provide intravenous feeding fluids.
Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, KSA Advisor to the Royal Court and Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) said that the coalition, in particular KSA and the UAE, are striving to alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people due to the Houthi militias' violations of the Stockholm Agreement and its recommendations and in exploitation of the crisis for their own military and political gains.
Dr Al Rabeeah added that the initiative is designed for rapid implementation and delivery to the areas most in need, with a special focus on the most vulnerable groups such as women and children.
He further stated that KSA and the UAE are keen to implement an urgent programme with partners – particularly WFP, UNICEF and WHO – to mitigate malnutrition, health as well as water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in Yemen and help to avert famine and the epidemic diseases associated with it.
HE Reem Al Hashimy, UAE’s Minister of State for International Cooperation, stated that a large portion of this support will focus on women, which is crucial to foreign aid programmes because of their prominent and pivotal role in providing efficient assistance and promoting the building of the social structure.
She pointed to the difficulties that hinder the delivery of aid to Yemen, mainly due to obstacles put in place by the Houthis, such as preventing beneficiaries from gaining proper access to humanitarian aid. The Minister said the timing of the support has been chosen to meet urgent needs and to ensure the delivery of aid assistance in the coming weeks to allow the Yemeni people to maintain their traditions and to carry out the practices for Ramadhan.
She also called for respect of the peace agreements so that work could begin on rebuilding Yemen.
This initiative is in addition to the two countries' previous pledges of US$1 billion, and US$250 million provided by Kuwait. The earlier pledges were announced at the UN’s High- level Pledging Event for Yemen on 26 February 2019, and was the largest grant in the history of the UN. Financial support for Yemen from the coalition countries, led by KSA and the UAE, surpassed US$18 billion in the past four years.