UAE aid to Yemen reaches Dh13.82b

The UAE’s foreign assistance to Yemen has reached Dh13.82 billion over the past three years, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MoFAIC, announced.

From April 2015 to last month the UAE has continued to provide necessary relief aid to Yemeni citizens across a number of humanitarian and development areas. These include education, infrastructure, utilities and energy and health.

According to the Ministry, 66.1 per cent of the foreign assistance was allocated to development projects, of which Dh1.06 billion went to energy generation and supply and Dh754 million to healthcare services.

MoFAIC also said the “General Programme Assistance” totalled Dh6.31 billion.

As for transport and storage assistance, the UAE allocated Dh573.1 million, while emergency aid was Dh3.68 billion.

UAE Aid initiatives included Dh599.3 million spent towards improving Yemen’s government and civil society’s legal and judicial services.

Social services and the education sector also received Dh484.6 million and Dh152.6 million respectively.

The UAE continues to partner with various international bodies and organisations including Unicef, the World Health Organisation, the World Food Programme, UN Development Programme, UNOCHA, and the ICRC, among others, to ensure the effective and efficient delivery of humanitarian relief and assistance to Yemeni citizens.