The Deputy Governor of Aden Governorate and Secretary-General of the Local Council, Badr Maoun Saeed, met this morning with the Country Representative of the World Food Program in Yemen, Mr. Pierre Honorat, and Mr. Rashid Hammad, Acting Director of the Food Program Office in Aden.

In the presence of Intisar Murshid, Director-General of the Office of Planning and International Cooperation, and Amjad Al-Husseini, Director-General of the Aden Governor’s Office. Redha Hajib, the governor’s advisor for organizations affairs.

*The meeting was devoted to discussing all issues related to the aspects of support provided by the World Food Program to the city of Aden. And the existing need to increase support for poor and poorest families, especially in light of the current conditions and the escalating rise in the prices of materials as a result of the decline in the value of the local currency.

In addition to the facilities provided by the local authority to carry out the tasks of the World Food Programme, especially in allocating land to establish strategic warehouses in the Dar Saad Directorate for materials and goods provided by the World Food Programme.

The meeting concluded with an agreement to continue the meetings

And meetings in order to achieve a full partnership between the local authority and the World Food Programme, and coordination in the implementation of all support projects with the governor’s leadership represented by the Office of Planning and International Cooperation, including procedures for updating and evaluating lists and statements of cases benefiting from the program’s support.

The Deputy Governor of Aden Governorate, Secretary-General of the Local Council, Badr, Saeed’s assistant, welcomed the Country Director of the World Food Programme, expressing his thanks and the leadership of the governorate, represented by Mr. Ahmed Hamid Lamlas, Minister of State and Governor of the capital, Aden, for the World Food Program and the support it provides to Aden Governorate.< /p>

Pointing to the living conditions that the majority of the residents of the city of Aden suffer from, as they live below the poverty line as a result of the current economic conditions that our country is witnessing in general and the city of Aden in particular, especially since the residents of the city of Aden have no sources of income other than their salaries, which do not exceed between (50 to 70 thousand riyals), which is equivalent to (30 to 40 dollars). This requires more attention and the approval of additional cases to be supported by the program. Again, the governorate leadership is keen to provide all aspects of support and facilities for the work of the program, including allocating them to affiliated warehouse locations. For the programme.

Calling on the World Food Program to reconsider reducing support cases to more than (12) thousand cases in the districts of Aden city. Stressing that this will result in great suffering for thousands of poor families....expressing his optimism in the role of the new country director For the program to find a quick solution to this problem.

For his part, the country representative of the World Food Programme, Mr. Pierre Onrat, expressed his happiness at visiting the city and meeting with the leadership of the local authority. He explained that the process of reducing the number of beneficiary cases resulted from a decrease in the World Food Program allocations to more than 50%, not to mention the Conflicts and wars in Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, Lebanon and others. Pointing out that the program’s policy requires repeating and updating the survey of lists and statements in cooperation with local authorities through the Planning Office so that the most needy and poorest cases are covered by support.

Stressing that the program will spare no effort in working to ask donors to increase support through which the program can support people outside the approved lists.

The meeting was attended by Abdel-Qawi Hamash, Director of the Office of the Secretary-General. And Dr. Jamal Abdul Rahman Al-Majali, the program’s relations officer. Ghosson Parghivan (World Food Program) and others.