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RED SEA COAST / WAM
Over 700,000 Yemenis on the Red Sea Coast benefitted from the services and infrastructure aid provided by the UAE during the Year of Zayed, through its humanitarian arm, the Emirates Red Crescent (ERC) which launched 100 projects and sent urgent relief convoys to affected areas.
The Emirates News Agency (WAM) is monitoring the UAE’s humanitarian efforts and initiatives in Yemen in 2018.
On the development front, the ERC launched a comprehensive plan to rebuild the Red Sea Coast valued at AED107.1 million, in implementation of the directives His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and the monitoring of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region and Chairman of the ERC.
These projects include the restoration of 143 kilometres of international coastal roads, the maintenance of 43 schools, the restoration of 13 medical clinics, maternity and childhood centres, the provision of solar electricity to thousands of homes, and the drilling of 58 wells with pumps.
The ERC also declared its intention to restore nine fishing marinas, establish a fish market, launch small production projects to support the families of martyrs and vulnerable families, and construct 34 bakeries to benefit 4.32 million people, as well as to restore 50 farms, reinforce the electricity sector, repair the lighting on main roads with solar energy, implement 29 small production projects for the families of martyrs, and provide centres for people of determination with ten vehicles.