Displaced people and the poor fear the loss of bread after the departure of the "UAE Crescent" from Yemen
English - Wednesday 23 October 2019 الساعة 10:28 am
Activists and those interested in humanitarian work said that the departure of the UAE Red Crescent will leave a huge gab in humanitarian, relief and development work in Yemen, while beneficiaries of UAE aid expressed concern over the loss of aid.
Journalist Mohammed al-Sharabi expressed his hope that the UAE would soon return to complete its humanitarian journey and to the benefit of Yemenis in the liberated areas.
Sharabi said hospitals, medical centers, war wounded and hundreds of humanitarian cases in Taiz would feel the void left by the departure of the UAE crescent.
For his part, Abdul Rahman Al-Sharihi, a journalist, recalls the sightings and impressions of the UAE Red Crescent humanitarian activities during his visit to the Bani Hammad area in Taiz province, "I have witnessed the presence of the UAE Red Crescent in the most difficult times," he said.
Sheikh Adil al-Asbahi, a leader of the General People's Congress (GPC), called on the UAE Red Crescent to continue its humanitarian activities and not to link them to any military arrangements for the UAE from Yemen.
Al-Asbahi stressed that the withdrawal of the UAE Red Crescent from a number of provinces is a great loss for the beneficiaries of the humanitarian activity, calling on the UAE to reconsider this issue.
The conference leader praised the UAE's humanitarian and military role and its precious contribution to the resistance of the Houthi militia, the Iranian arm in Yemen.
Mohammed al-Shamiri, a doctor at al-Mudhaffar hospital in Taiz, commented: "We will see what the Islah Party will do after calling for the departure of the UAE, we will see whether the Muslim Brotherhood will cover the humanitarian work of the Taiz hospitals."
He said: "The work of the UAE Crescent will continue to be seen by many in Taiz, especially its support for the health sector at a time when the Brotherhood was looting in the name of the citizen of Taiz”
"We will not find the UAE, which has always been a leader in charity, and its humanitarian work will be engraved in the memory of Yemenis," says Baghdad al-Sharabi, a beneficiary of Crescent projects in Taiz.
She added: "We will miss those aid, which was received without effort or prosecution," pointing out that the crescent was providing its aid without party sorting, unlike the aid that other parties spend for those she described by the Muslim Brotherhood paralysis. She hoped that the UAE Red Crescent would review the decision to stop humanitarian activities.
Mohammed al-Amiri, a resident of al-Bab al-Kabir in Taiz, said: "The fingerprints of the UAE Red Crescent will remain in the hearts of everyone."
Ghassan Murshid, a resident of Taiz, Tahrir, said: "Everyone got that aid at a time when the associations affiliated to the Muslim Brotherhood did not offer anything except through the lists of its affiliates, and excluded the beneficiaries everywhere.
