RIYADH: King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has taken up 29 programs in urgent humanitarian assistance for the people of Yemen, benefiting 17.7 million people at a cost of $193 million, a report issued by the center said.

Adviser to the Royal Court and General Supervisor of the KSrelief Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al-Rabiah will formally launch the fifth report on Wednesday about the center’s humanitarian and health services that were provided to Yemenis and their family members in the Kingdom and outside.

A photo exhibition at the event will document the center’s history since inception in 2015 and which will showcase its report card on at least 80 humanitarian and aid programs, benefiting 62 million people at a cost of $416 million so far.

Programs under KSrelief included the Safinat Darb Al-Khair program, which cost $5.2 million and benefited 600,000 people and the food security program in Taiz, costing $1.3 million and also assisted 600,000 people. A $4.394 million food security program also covered Al-Dalea, Lahaj and Abin provinces, helping 600,000 people, while food security programs valued at 3.173 million dollars were also offered in Marib, Hadramout, Al-Mahra, and Shabwa, helping upwards of 600,000 people.

The ceremony includes a number of activities, including a speech by Dr. Al-Rabiah, the minister of local governance and the ministers of health and housing. The ceremony will also include a presentation on the services provided to injured Yemeni citizens, and a forum with the participation of the Yemeni health minister, the representative of the office of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs, the director of medical assistance at the center, and one of the wounded Yemeni citizens.

A project to complete food security needs in in Al-Wadea port, to assist 100,000 stranded people was offered, costing $228,000, while a food security program valued at $4.1 million included 100,000 food baskets and helped 600,000 people in Sanaa.

Other assistance programs included distribution of 218,250 sacrificial lambs in Hadramout, Al-Mahra, Shabwa and Marib, costing $900,000 and benefiting 217,250 people.

The costs of food security programs reached $141,248,945 and benefited 10.4 million people in total, while the participation in the United Nations Flash Appeal program for Yemen in April 2015 cost $8 millions. The food aid project in Shabwa cost an additional $352,014, and included 128 tons of dates distributed to 103,800 people.

At least 22 tons of medical equipment and medicines, 40 tons of dates, and 6,000 food baskets were distributed to 50,000 people in Saada, while food and medical assistance delivered via air drops to Taiz were valued at $203,534 and included 30 tons of food and 15 tons of medical supplies and drugs for 100,000 people.