Emirates Red Crescent renovates university dorms in Aden
Date
8/25/2016 12:33:28 AM
(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
ADEN, 24th August, 2016 (WAM) --- The Emirates Red Crescent today opened the university student housing complex in Madinat al-Shaab town, Aden governorate, after six months of restoration, maintenance, renovation and refurnishing.
Consisting of five main buildings stretching over an area of around 59,500 square metres, the complex will accommodate 1500 students from across Yemen as well as Djibouti and Somalia.
President of Aden University, Dr. Hussain Basalamah, noted that the Emirati humanitarian major has exerted huge efforts to complete the project which is "part of the continued support from brothers in the UAE."
He praised the agency for taking initiatives to improve basic services for academic institutions and restore life to normal in Yemen.
The renovation of the facility will help bring stability to education and provide better circumstances for students despite the current situation in Yemen, he noted.
Under-Secretary of Aden Governorate, Mohammed Nasr Al Shazeli, thanked the Emirates Red Crescent for its continuous efforts to provide favourable circumstances for students from southern governorates.
Recently, the Emirates Red Crescent renovated a similar project for 190 students from Shabwah governorate who study in Aden.
Students benefited from the renovated housing units, services, utilities as well as a fully-equipped computer lab in the project, which was an initiative of H.H. Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, Chairwoman of the General Women's Union, Supreme President of the Family Development Foundation, and Head of the Supreme Council for Motherhood and Childhood, and Honorary President of the Emirates Red Crescent.
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