(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Riyadh Dhu-AlQa'dah 21 1436 Sep 5 2015 SPA -- Upon directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud the Crown Prince and the Deputy Crown Prince and in accordance with the Kingdom's response to the United Nations appeal for Yemen on 17 April 2015 King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre has signed three executive programmes with the UN agencies.
In a statement to Saudi Press Agency (SPA) King Salman Centre disclosed that the first programme is signed with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The agreement totals $1743000 with the first disbursement paid totaling $871000. The main scope of the collaboration is providing support for local farmers and food producers to ensure food security as well as providing financial support to encourage local production and aid in the harvesting processes in addition to providing psycho-social support to victims.
The centre added that the second agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) totals $22197163 with the first disbursement paid totaling $5547174. The main scope of the collaboration is to reduce morbidity and mortality of most vulnerable populations including women and children in addition to provision of life saving emergency health nutrition and environmental health services including critical medicines and medical supplies. This agreement covers all regions of Yemen and is expected to benefit 7.5 million people.
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