US PROPS UP UNHCR PROGRAMS IN YEMEN WITH $ 4.9 MLN

SANA'A, April 17 (Saba) - The US has allocated $ 4.9 million for
propping up the humanitarian programs of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Yemen.

The US embassy announced, in a press release issued on Saturday,
that the sum comes in continuation of the US urgent assistance to
the UNHCR programs for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of
the rebellion in Saada province and Harf Sufyan of Amran province,
which are over 250,000 IDPs.

The sum is to be used for providing the IDPs with relief and
sheltering stuffs in the IDPs camps in each of Saada, Amran and
Hajjah provinces, in addition to support the efforts of refugees
registration, according to the press release.

The embassy said that the US has presented more than $ 24.5 million
as assistance for humanitarian activities in Yemen since 2008 for
Saada IDPs and affected people of the rainstorm disaster hit
provinces of Hadramout and Mahrah.

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