Today, Saturday, the Yemeni government announced that it has received a new humanitarian aid package from Japan worth $23 million.
And the Yemeni news agency, “Saba”, stated on its official website today, Saturday, that “Japan announced the provision of a new package of humanitarian aid to Yemen worth about $23 million from Japan’s supplementary budget for the fiscal year 2021, in response to the increasing humanitarian needs resulting from the continuing conflict in the country.”
“The package includes humanitarian projects in priority areas such as education, health, food, protection of children and women, and assistance to internally displaced persons, in cooperation with international organizations,” she added.
Last September, the Japanese government announced a $10 million grant to Yemen, through the World Food Program and the United Nations Children’s Fund “UNICEF”, in response to the food crisis in Yemen.
In early March, during the Yemen Donors Conference, Japan announced a donation of 47.50 million dollars for the year 2021 and another 49 million for the year 2022 to fund the humanitarian response plan for Yemen, which amounts to 3.85 billion dollars.
For nearly 7 years, Yemen has witnessed violent battles between the Ansar Allah group and allied forces on the one hand, and the Yemeni army affiliated with the internationally recognized government backed by an Arab military coalition led by Saudi Arabia on the other hand to restore large areas controlled by the group, including the capital, Sanaa, in the center of the country in late 2014. .
The bloody conflict in Yemen caused the death and injury of hundreds of thousands, in addition to the displacement of the population, and the spread of epidemics and diseases.