RIYADH: More than 8,000 Yemeni families from fishing communities are being helped by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
KSrelief, through its partnership with the FAO, aims to help fishermen practice their trade in a safe environment, improve their living conditions and alleviate their suffering, as the fisheries’ sector plays a vital role in food safety in Yemen.
KSrelief is implementing the emergency agricultural livelihoods project for the most vulnerable families in six Yemeni governorates: Taiz, Lahij, Abyan, Ad Dali, Hajjah and Amran.
The project aims to enhance availability and access to food for 70,000 Yemeni families, in line with the needs of residents in rural areas through three kinds of intervention, including poultry production and cash support, improving animal and agricultural production, and improving livelihood conditions of vulnerable groups living in coastal areas of Yemen by rehabilitating fisheries’ infrastructure.
Meanwhile, a prosthetics’ center in Taiz, Yemen, last month helped hundreds of people who have lost their limbs. The prosthetics project is being supported by KSrelief and helps people with physical therapy and other services that enable them to reintegrate into society.
In November, 497 people benefited from 1,742 services and 98 prosthetic limbs were fitted for 97 individuals. There were 58 prosthetic measurement services carried out for 57 patients.
There were 45 training cases on artificial limbs, benefiting 44 people, while 20 services were carried out in the field of artificial limb maintenance, benefiting 18 people. There were 1,521 physical therapy services, benefiting 281 people.
Saudi Arabia’s KSRelief, FAO join hands to support Yemeni families in fishing communities
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Saudi Arabia’s KSRelief, FAO join hands to support Yemeni families in fishing communities
- The prosthetics project is being supported by KSrelief and helps people with physical therapy and other services that enable them to reintegrate into society
KSrelief continues humanitarian outreach in Syria, Yemen
RYADH: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) continues with its humanitarian activities in Syria and Yemen with the distribution of food supplies, health kits and prosthetic services.
In the town of Beit Yashout, Jabla District of Syria’s Latakia Governorate, 499 families each received boxes containing a bag of flour as well as personal care kits on Saturday, state news agency SPA reported.
In Jindires of Aleppo Governorate, KSrelief distributed 1,476 food boxes and 1,476 health kits while in Talbiseh of Homs Governorate the aid agency on Thursday handed out to 86 families food parcels, each containing a 10-kilogram bag of flour, along with winter kits and personal care kits on Thursday.
This initiative is part of the Kingdom’s continuous humanitarian efforts, through KSrelief, to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people during various crises and hardships, SPA reported.
Meanwhile in Yemen, the Project for Operating Artificial Limbs and Rehabilitation Center in Taiz provided medical services to 434 beneficiaries who lost their limbs in December last year.
The center, being supported by KSrelief, delivered 1,613 services including the delivery, measurement and maintenance of prosthetic limbs, as well as physical therapy and specialized consultations.
UAE, Syria foreign ministers arrive in Riyadh
- Welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Saudi Deputy FM Waleed Al-Khuraiji
RIYADH: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE deputy prime minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived in Riyadh on Saturday, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
He was welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji.
Sheikh Abdullah is in the Kingdom to attend an expanded ministerial meeting on Syria to be hosted by Saudi Arabia on Sunday, SPA added.
New Syrian foreign minister Asaad Al-Shaibani also arrived in Riyadh on Saturday evening to participate in the ministerial meeting.
He was also welcomed at King Khalid International Airport by Al-Khuraiji.
Saudi Arabia condemns attack on Chad’s presidential palace
- The attack, which occurred on Wednesday, involved gunmen attempting to storm the palace
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Saturday strongly condemned the recent attack on the presidential palace in N’Djamena, Chad, which left 19 people dead, including a soldier guarding the complex, and injured others.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement reaffirming Saudi Arabia’s steadfast support for Chad’s security and stability, while rejecting any actions that threaten the country’s peace, the Saudi Press Agency reported.
In its statement, the Ministry extended heartfelt condolences to the family of the fallen soldier and to the government and people of Chad. The Kingdom also wished a swift recovery for those injured in the assault.
The attack, which occurred on Wednesday, involved gunmen reportedly linked to Boko Haram attempting to storm the presidential palace, prompting a fierce battle.
The Chadian government confirmed that 18 attackers from a 24-member commando unit were killed in the fighting, alongside one security personnel. Tanks were deployed to secure the area.
GCC secretary general receives New Zealand’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia
- Al-Budaiwi congratulated Kingston on his appointment as New Zealand’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, wishing him success in his duties
RIYADH: Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Jasem Al-Budaiwi recently received New Zealand’s Ambassador to the Kingdom Charles Kingston at the General Secretariat’s headquarters in Riyadh.
Al-Budaiwi congratulated Kingston on his appointment as New Zealand’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, wishing him success in his duties, the General Secretariat wrote in a report.
During the meeting, they also discussed a number of topics of mutual interest, notably the progress of negotiations for the free trade agreement between the GCC countries and updates on the joint action plan between the two sides. They also exchanged views on several regional and international issues.
