High-level foreign delegation visits Al-Mallah district of Lahj to check on interventions of enhancing resilience of vulnerable groups project in Yemen
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SMA NEWS – LAHJ
A high-level delegation from the German Foreign Ministry, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development #BMZ and the World Food Program #WFP visited Al-Mallah District in Lahj Governorate, to check on the interventions of the project of enhancing the resilience of vulnerable groups in Yemen through food for asset development and training implemented by the field medical institution in partnership with the Food Program.
At its visit, the foreign delegation was received by the Undersecretary of Lahj Governorate, Sheikh Saleh Al-Somalah, the Director General of the Navigator Directorate, Antar Ali Salem, and the Administration of the Field Medical Foundation #FMF, represented by Dr. Moheeb Abbad, Head of the Foundation.
The delegation got briefed on the accomplishments achieved in Al Mallah District, such as the rehabilitation and construction of classrooms in the district, in addition to the projects to protect agricultural lands and citizens’ homes, as well as paving and leveling the rough roads, where it visited Khalid bin Al-Walid School in Shamari area of Al-Mallah district, and listened to the people of the area who praised the quality of these development projects and their impact on the community, in which the delegation stressed that the aim of the visit was to see closely the humanitarian situation in Yemen and to know the needs of the community, praising the warm reception from the community and the efforts made in achieving a large number of achievements on the ground.
It is worth noting that the Foundation implemented the project in two phases in the governorates of Lahj, Hadramout and Taiz, benefiting 9,800 direct beneficiaries through food aid in exchange for asset rehabilitation and training, in addition to 436,385 indirect beneficiaries through the rehabilitation of community assets such as building and rehabilitating schools, hospitals and health units, building reservoirs, rehabilitating springs and water ponds, rehabilitating agricultural lands and water channels, paving rough roads, and constructing flood buffers.
The delegation consisted of Ms. Motneta Shimoka, Director of the World Food Program’s Office in Aden, Richard Ragan, Resident Representative of the World Food Program in Yemen, Corinne Fischer, Regional Director of the World Food Program, Yasmin Kara, Assistant Regional Director of the World Food Program, Susanna Fries Gayer, Director of Humanitarian Aid at BMZ, Oti Clammert Head of the Europe, Mediterranean and Central Asia Department of the German Agency for International Cooperation, Marcela Maserek, Development Officer at the German Embassy, Sergrid Müller, Deputy Director of the World Food Program Office in Berlin.