22 billion dirhams is the UAE’s total aid to Yemen between April 2015 and February 2020

Over 22 billion AED
It’s the value of the aid provided by the UAE to Yemen
during the period from April 2015 to February 2020
The health and education sector came at the top of the aid
with the securing of roads, reconfiguration of airports and ports and construction of new housing
The aid represented a source of income for many sections of Yemenis
like widows, orphans, determined people and others
and this through a consistent partnership between the United Arab Emirates and Yemen
and international and humanitarian organizations
to ensure coordination and unify efforts to reach the parties concerned
Furthermore, support for public programs which estimated at 10.83 billion dirhams
this aid provided the necessary funding
to activate services in vital and important sectors
such as humanitarian relief services, food aid and house building
and in the area of health and hospitals, the UAE has provided
about 2.37 billion AED
with the reconstruction and maintenance of more than 110 hospitals and clinics
by supplying modern medical devices and managing the costs of surgical operations
and build dialysis centers and a surgical center
as well as birth centers, centers for determined persons and others
and during the year 2020 during which the Corona pandemic spread around the world
The UAE Red Crescent presented health and awareness campaigns and hygiene campaigns
and about 220 thousand people benefited in the governorate of Hodeidah
It also created two laboratories to produce medical masks to prevent the virus
besides food aid, estimated at 545 tonnes for poor families
and aid of tents and necessary needs
The UAE’s humanitarian role in Yemen continues