The Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program of Yemen (SDRPY) launched the first phase of rehabilitation and expansion of one of the most important vital roads in Hadhramout, Yemen, linking several governorates with Saudi Arabia through al-Wadiah border crossing.

The expansion and rehabilitation project for al-Abar road includes the rehabilitation of the 40-km Mkhtam-Ghuirban section, 40-km Ghuirban-Dhubaibi, and the 25-km Dhubaibi-Abar section.

The project comes in addition to dozens of others accomplished by SDRPY in most Yemeni governorates, in terms of services and infrastructure, support for farmers, fishermen, health, and education sectors.

Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed bin Saeed Al Jaber explained during his recent meetings in London the Program’s 65 projects established since 2019 all over Yemen.

Jaber, who is also SDRPY Supervisor, indicated that the program supports 7 sectors including health, education, electricity and energy, agriculture and fisheries, water, roads, ports, airports, and government buildings.

He noted that SDRPY works in most governorates such as Aden, Hadhramout, al-Jouf, Maerib, Hajjah, Socotra, and Muhra to help achieve economic stability.

Jaber said the program is keen on reaching the various directorates in the Yemeni governorates, through several representative offices and aims to continuously monitor the projects currently being implemented.

The program also holds continuous meetings with local officials to coordinate efforts and provide help to the governorates.

SDRPY and various international organizations constantly coordinate efforts and hold various meetings and workshops to exchange experiences on sustainable development projects such as greenhouses and a number of projects that depend on solar energy.

Also, the local authority in Maerib celebrated the rehabilitation of a new batch of child recruits as part of the program funded by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSRelief).

The ceremony celebrated the rehabilitation of 27 of the recruited children to bring the total number of rehabilitated children up to 481 through 19 training courses.

Speaking at the occasion, Deputy Governor of Marib governorate for administrative affairs Abdullah al-Bakri highly praised significant efforts of KSRelief in humanitarian actions in different spheres including rehabilitating the children who were recruited by Iran-allied Houthi militia and were badly traumatized as a result.