WASHINGTON: The US has welcomed reports that four US-funded cranes operated by the UN World Food Program were unloading supplies in Yemen’s Hodeidah port.
The cranes were purchased by the UN World Food Program with funding from the US Agency for International Development. They arrived in Yemen in mid-January but took several weeks to be erected. Officials say the cranes became operational on Friday.
The UN said last month the four mobile cranes had arrived at Hodeidah after an Arab coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi militia agreed to let them into Yemen.
“These cranes are offloading key supplies for the people of Yemen and will allow greater throughput of critical humanitarian assistance and goods,” US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.
Nauert said the US welcomed a pledge by the Saudi-led coalition to provide $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen.
The UN says that more than 22 million of Yemen’s 25 million population need humanitarian assistance, including 11.3 million who are in acute need, an increase of more than 1 million people since March 2017.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) is also generously distributing humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people and is working on several projects for the rehabilitation of the civilian population.
On Feb. 3, KSRelief distributed aid in the form of tents, blankets and rugs to the Yemeni people, the Saudi news agency SPA reported.
It was part of a project targeting 10,000 displaced people in four Yemeni cities, including Marib, Jouf and Sana’a, within the framework of the Yemen Comprehensive Humanitarian Operations (YCHO).
The cranes were purchased by the UN World Food Program with funding from the US Agency for International Development. They arrived in Yemen in mid-January but took several weeks to be erected. Officials say the cranes became operational on Friday.
The UN said last month the four mobile cranes had arrived at Hodeidah after an Arab coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi militia agreed to let them into Yemen.
“These cranes are offloading key supplies for the people of Yemen and will allow greater throughput of critical humanitarian assistance and goods,” US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement.
Nauert said the US welcomed a pledge by the Saudi-led coalition to provide $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid for Yemen.
The UN says that more than 22 million of Yemen’s 25 million population need humanitarian assistance, including 11.3 million who are in acute need, an increase of more than 1 million people since March 2017.
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) is also generously distributing humanitarian aid to the Yemeni people and is working on several projects for the rehabilitation of the civilian population.
On Feb. 3, KSRelief distributed aid in the form of tents, blankets and rugs to the Yemeni people, the Saudi news agency SPA reported.
It was part of a project targeting 10,000 displaced people in four Yemeni cities, including Marib, Jouf and Sana’a, within the framework of the Yemen Comprehensive Humanitarian Operations (YCHO).
