The UAE’s total assistance to Yemen has reached Dh14.79 billion ($4.03 billion) during the period from April 2015 to September 2018.

The aid was provided to meet the basic needs of more than 16.7 million Yemenis, including 10.1 million children and 3.4 million women.

This year, the UAE assistance amounted to $1.24 billion, part of which around $465 million were allocated to support the United Nations Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP).

The humanitarian aid covered public programmes, power generation and supply, transport and storage, budget support, development of civil society, judicial and legal sectors, health, education, construction and social services in addition to water, health and public welfare.

Around Dh6.323 billion ($1.7 billion) were allocated to support general programmes.

The UAE government provided assistance to support Yemen’s public budget, especially the payment of salaries of government employees in order to ensure that all government bodies particularly those related to health, education, and security, continue to provide services to a large number of people. Similarly, commodity assistance reached Dh3.8 billion (US$1.03 billion).

Around Dh1.72 billion (US$467.3 million) were provided to support the power generation and supply sector.