UAE largest donor of humanitarian assistance to Yemen 2018
The UAE has once again ranked as the largest donor of emergency
humanitarian assistance to Yemen in the world for 2018.
According to the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), a centralised
source of information on humanitarian funding flows, the UAE is also the
second-largest source supporting the 2018 Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan,
YHRP, following the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The latest FTS figures show that since the beginning of 2018, the
UAE has provided Dhs4.56 billion ($1.24 billion) in aid to Yemen, including
Dhs1.71 billion ($466.5 million) to the YHRP, and Dhs815.8 million ($222.1
million) as direct humanitarian assistance.
The UAE has provided aid to Yemen amounting to Dhs3.75 billion
($1.02 billion), which includes Dhs1.71 billion ($466.5 million) in response to
the YHRP, and Dhs730 million ($198.8 million) as direct humanitarian
assistance.
From April 2015 to September 2018, the UAE assistance to Yemen has
so far amounted to Dhs14.79 billion ($4.03 billion), covering various sectors
including humanitarian relief aid and reconstruction efforts across several
liberated Yemeni governorates
