UNHCR praises UAE’s aid projects in Aden
aden — Saeed Al Ali, head of the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, in the Yemeni interim capital Aden, has met a delegation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, headed by Jacqueline Parlevliet, head of UNHCR sub office in Yemen.
During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the ERC’s humanitarian and relief activities as part of the ‘Year of Zayed’ 2018, across the five governorates of Yemen which are Aden, Dhale, Taiz, Lahij, and Abyan.
Al Ali presented a video on the activities, projects and charitable works carried out by the ERC since the beginning of the year, detailing all the work stages.
He explained the ERC works on implementing its projects and programmes in cooperation with the Yemeni authorities in the five governorates. He added that the authority plans to carry out its charitable and humanitarian activities over three stages, with the first phase already completed.
The delegation were briefed on some of the biggest ERC projects, including the drilling of water wells in the most affected areas, namely Al Qabbaytah well in Lahij, at a cost of Dh3 million, the provision of water pumps in Aden,
and the launch of various volunteering programmes.
Al Ali also revealed details about a power plant due to launch in Aden with a capacity of 120MW at a cost exceeding $100 million, saying it will greatly contribute to mitigating power outages. He also shed light on the educational projects that have been implemented, namely the maintenance and restoration of schools.
In turn, Parlevliet praised the ERC’s relief efforts, saying she was left impressed by the scale of the ERC projects in Aden and its ability to accomplish them in record time. —