The King Salman Humanitarian Aid And Relief Centre (KSRelief) and the Saudi Ministry of Education signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Riyadh for cooperation in relief, humanitarian and educational services abroad.
KSRelief has completed over 286 aid projects in Yemen at over $1.6 billion as of September 2018.
The memorandum between the two sides will last for 5 years and work on enhancing their shared strategic partnerships in order to achieve progress and key objectives in the various fields related to their respective work.
KSRelief General Supervisor Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah on Sunday signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Saudi Education Ministry to enhance the integration and strategic partnership between the two bodies outside the Kingdom.
Rabeeah explained the importance of this strategic partnership and described the memorandum as vital.
KSRelief seeks to alleviate the sufferings of the Yemeni people by initiating various humanitarian and educational programs.
Saudi Education Minister Dr. Ahmed Al-Issa said the partnership with KSRelief will have a positive impact on the relief and humanitarian activities of the center.
He stressed that education is an important factor for KSRelief missions and many programs in various countries, foremost of which is Yemen. The center seeks to raise the suffering of Yemeni people by implementing humanitarian and educational programs to ensure the continuity of education in Yemen.
KSRelief, since its establishment in 2015, has implemented 469 projects in 42 countries worldwide.
Tajikistan is the second-biggest recipient of KSRelief aid after Yemen.
The center is also working to rehabilitate 241 children recruited by the terrorist Houthi militias from several Yemeni governorates. It also recently launched a vocational training program for women in Yemen’s Shabwah governorate. The program is part of KSRelief’s continuous efforts to improve livelihoods in Yemen.
