$ 200 million new Saudi, UAE grant for Yemen

English - Tuesday 09 April 2019 الساعة 09:58 am
Aden – NewsYemen.net

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have allocated $ 200 million, including $ 140 million to provide immediate food needs through the World Food Program, $ 40 million to treat acute maternal and child malnutrition and environmental sanitation through UNICEF, and $ 20 million to combat Cholera through  the World Health Organization.

The joint humanitarian initiative between the two countries, in cooperation with United Nations organizations, is an affirmation of the humanitarian role played by the countries of the Coalition supporting the Legitimacy  in Yemen, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE.