Since 2015, UAE provided $3.76 billion in financial assistance to war-torn Yemen

Abu Dhabi, May 18: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have so far provided $3.76 billion in financial assistance to Yemen, the country devastated due to the dual attack i.e civil war and another one from the outbreak of cholera. Notably, the financial assistance given to Yemen was aimed to benefit various sectors with emphasis on the development, humanitarian and charitable fields. 

Since April 2015 to till now, the UAE has provided$3.76 billion in financial aid to Yemen that has helped over 13.8 million Yemenis including 5.3 million children. Importantly, the UAE’s foreign aid was an urgent humanitarian response to the ongoing crisis to help in reducing the suffering of Yemeni people, support Yemen’s stability and unity.

The UAE through financial assistance has supported Yemen’s long-term needs through funding various sectors such as public programmes, power generation and supply, transport and storage, government and civil society, health, education, construction and civil development, social services, water, and health.

The UAE’s financial assistance was extended to 12 Yemeni governorates, rehabilitating basic infrastructure including airports in Aden, Rayyan and Socotra, as well as seaports in Aden, Mukalla, Socotra and Mocha, the radio station and the court etc.

The UAE financial assistance has also helped in many renovation projects to rehabilitate 218 schools and provided more than 232,000 tons of food aid to an average of 10,000 beneficiaries, reconstructed and maintained 46 hospitals / health centres, provided more than 300 tons of medical supplies, and reconstructed and maintained 12 A power station, 635MW, rehabilitation and maintenance of 9 water plants and networks containing 80 pumps, 4 sewage treatment plants, and 250 dams.

Last but not the least, the UAE has also provided polio and measles vaccinations to 488,000 children, 74 ambulances and more than 500 police vehicles to support security agencies, and offered 70 transport buses to support the education sector, and also rehabilitated 19 police stations.

Since the civil war in Yemen erupted in the year 2015, over 20,000 civilians have been killed and a million others were displaced. Due to civil war, the waterborne disease cholera also erupted and as many as 2250 civilians were killed while suspected cases reached over 1,060,000.