King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief) on Monday signed two projects with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The projects were signed by Advisor at the Royal Court and General Supervisor of KSRelief Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Rabeeah and UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Khairat Kabalari.
The first project aims to fight cholera, rehabilitate household water tanks, provide potable water and chlorination for disinfection, qualify water systems, build and qualify toilets and get rid of solid waste.
While the second one covers providing vaccines against polio, measles, rubella, mumps, whooping cough, tetanus, meningitis, hepatitis B and diphtheria diseases for children under the age of five, benefiting around 1.14 million children.
It aims at reducing morbidity and mortality due to vaccine-preventable diseases, improving the health status of children in Yemen and decreasing the spread of these diseases.
Approximately 390,000 children under age one will be vaccinated against the nine diseases and 750,000 children under five will be immunized against measles and rubella.
The project also covers the training of 2,000 male and female health workers, organizing 600 house visits, implementing health education and distributing one million explanatory brochures.
Rabeeah said that the projects cover all Yemeni areas and follow the directives of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, who provided $66 million to combat cholera.
Kabalari, for his part, said that KSRelief is an important partner in the relief work in Yemen and is doing clear and positive work.
He pointed out that this partnership has been made between the two sides three years ago to meet the needs of children in need in several countries including Yemen, Syria and Bangladesh.
The projects will help fight cholera in Yemen and put an end to the suffering of millions of children, Kabalari stressed.
