RIYADH: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief on Sunday launched a major food assistance project for Yemen’s most needy families.
The center, in cooperation with the UN Development Programme, will operate the life-saving initiative in Aden with the aim of distributing 119,394 food parcels to 170,487 people in Aden, Abyan, Lahj, Dhale’a, and Taiz.
Yemen’s Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Saleh Mahmoud noted the importance of Saudi Arabia’s role in providing support to the Yemeni people and the “significance of the project for alleviating the suffering of targeted families under current difficult conditions.”
He called on international organizations and funding agencies to implement programs of sustainable development.
Assistant director of the project, Suhaib Joban, said that the initiative had swiftly come about through coordination with partners.
