The Governor of Socotra Archipelago in Yemen, Ramzi Mahrous, yesterday laid the cornerstone of four projects implemented by the Social Fund for Development to provide jobs for the people of the province, at a cost of 388 thousand dollars, with funding from the World Bank and the British government.
The projects represent the first installment of the Fund's project plan for the coming year 2019, within the framework of cash-for-work programs, which aim to rehabilitate and build water reservoirs for the village of Muqhar and the surrounding villages, and a number of various interventions in the villages of the governorate and the employment of unemployed workers.
The Governor stressed the importance of projects that have been laid the foundation stone for them in promoting the development of the province, and its contribution to finding jobs for its citizens and improving their living conditions.
On the other hand, three cranes belonging to the Aden and Mukalla ports have arrived in Yemeni territory, as a Saudi grant financed by the Saudi Fund for Development, through the Comprehensive Humanitarian Support Center in Yemen. The cranes will be installed in the coming days, two in Aden port and one in Mukalla.
The grant comes as an extension of previous efforts to increase the capacity of Yemeni ports, which is a key objective of the operations plan. Comprehensive humanitarian in Yemen to increase relief and commercial imports to Yemen ».
He added that «the plan launched earlier this year has succeeded in increasing the volume of imports, the average monthly volume of Yemeni imports in the first quarter and second of 2018, 2.7 million tons».
He pointed out that the plan of comprehensive humanitarian operations in Yemen aims to alleviate the human suffering of the Yemeni people, by supporting the Central Bank of Yemen to deposit $ 2.2 billion, in addition to $ 1 billion previously deposited, and $ 1.25 billion from the Kingdom, To support the United Nations Humanitarian Response Plan for Yemen for 2018.
"The cranes will operate up to 60 tons each, to increase the operational capacity and capacity of the ports, which will contribute to increasing the flow of humanitarian and relief assistance and is in line with the objectives of the UN plan," he said.