A new humanitarian program, which aims to deliver vital healthcare support to vulnerable Yemeni women and children, has been announced by the United Kingdom on Friday.
UK Foreign Office statement said the POUND 160 million four-year program will deliver primary health care, including nutrition, water hygiene and sanitation, and reproductive health services, to some of the most vulnerable in Yemen.
It will aim to reach over 1 million women and children annually and increase protection for women and children by preventing and responding to gender-based violence, and assisting and protecting people in conflict.
UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said “the conflict in Yemen continues to cause pain and suffering for millions of ordinary Yemenis, with women and children particularly paying a heavy price.” The UK remains committed to tackling the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and the new Yemen Women and Children Program will deliver vital support to the most vulnerable.
The UK is a top contributor to the UN-led response in Yemen having contributed over Pound 1 billion since the conflict began.
Yemen remains one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, with 21.6 million Yemenis, two-thirds of Yemen’s population, identified by the UN as in need of humanitarian assistance this year.
However, it is welcome that full-scale conflict has not resumed since the UN brokered truce formally expired in October 2022.
Source: Kuwait News Agency