Riyadh : Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General of King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief), signed four new joint cooperation agreements on Tuesday to provide humanitarian assistance to Yemen.

The agreements, with a total fund of $5,333,000, were approved at KSRelief’s headquarters in Riyadh with the following humanitarian partners: the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the Benevolence Coalition for Humanitarian Relief.

Dr. Al Rabeeah signed the first and second agreements with the Benevolence Coalition for Humanitarian Relief which aims to implement programs in Hadhramaut, Shabwah, Aden, Lahij and Al Jawf to improve Yemeni livelihoods, the agreement aims to help support more than 20,000 Yemenis directly and indirectly.

The second agreement with the same organization aims to help families who lost their main breadwinner in Yemen to become self-reliant and to find stable sources of income.

The third agreement signed with the United Nations (FAO) will provide funding to implement an integrated response action plan to meet requirements in Yemen’s agriculture and food security sectors. It is expected that 147,000 people will benefit from the initiative, including farmers and the most vulnerable residents of the Al Hodeidah and Abyan governorates.

The fourth agreement signed with the IOM aims to help reintegrate returnees and settle displaced students into host communities in the Lahij area. The fund will provide assistance to 3,468 students with the aim of contributing to the social stability of Lahij, by improving educational opportunities for its youth.

—AG/UNA-OIC